opinions on football training

[Prometheus]

this doesnt make sense or is this just me? y would you train like that. football is all power and quick explosive runs. how many times do you run 110 yards in football. y so much endurance?
i m new at this sport specific training but thats how i see it

I take it you've never played football.

 

[b fold the truth]

Is this where someone asks a serious question and then everyone turns it around and tells about how they know the "toughest person in the world"?

B True

 

[p0ink]

i never played football, nor do i really have much interest in it personally, but i will be the first one to admit they are the true athletes. there are no other sports that i think train more intensely. and before you people give me triathalon shit, spare me. they don't get all banged up and shit, travel all the time, and train 4-5 days a week, all while going to class. fuck that

 

[deathonthefield]

yea poink i play college football and i agree with u. the coaches doing this isnt so much to put the people in shape although it does, its more for a mental toughnes thing and attitude. in the offseason u have to try and simulate what its like in the 4th quarter, where u have to dig deep down inside and push it with all uve got

 

[bm2k]

endurance is crucial for football. i don't play at a collegiate level, but i guarantee you its exhausting as hell to go all four quarters, even though the actual playing time isn't much....

But the type of endurance needed for football is not attained by running longer distances or doing stupid training like this.

By replicating the work and rest periods, and intensity of a football game in training, you can develop football-specific endurance (the ability to complete every play at 100% intensity - not run long distances, for example).

I could paraphrase from the book I read this (Complete Conditioning for Football by Arthur & Bailey), but it would take all day...

 

[thriller]

thank you

that was what i was talkin bout. when in football do you run 110 yards. each play last for 10 seconds so y would you have to train to run long distance. wouldnt it make more sense to have short intense 100% work outs like every play in football.

 

[b fold the truth]

Not all football players play the same position nor do they have the same needs. There is no need for a lineman to train the same as a quarterback or a WR.

Making them train as a team and sometimes hating the coach for doing crazy stuff like this...will make them come together...as a team.

B True

 

[bm2k]

Making them train as a team and sometimes hating the coach for doing crazy stuff like this...will make them come together...as a team.

Indeed, that is very true to a certain extent.

However, I think that attitude isn't as applicable these days (or maybe more so with the egos flying around, who knows?) with the knowledge of training methods that coaches SHOULD have (or have access to people with the requisite knowledge).

I'd prefer my athletes to have an intelligent, methodical and scientific preparation. Their bodies are the ultimate weapon on the field, and can be controlled by a mind that can be trained through other methods - not methods of training that might actually HINDER their on-field performance!