Effects of Aerobic and Speed Training Versus Active Control on Repeated Sprint Ability and Measures of Self-confidence and Anxiety in Highly Trained Male Soccer Players

Sports Medicine - Open

Table 1 Exemplified micro-cycle of the aerobic and speed training in combination with the soccer-specific training group (intervention group)

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Training type	Speed training (20 min)	Aerobic training (20 min)	Speed training (20 min)	Rest	Aerobic training (20 min)	Speed training (20 min)	Day off
Soccer specific exercise	Technical drills (45 min)	Tactical drills (45 min)	Small-sided games (SSG’s) with or without goal (45 min)		Technical and tactical drills (45 min)	Small-sided games (SSG’s) with or without goal (45 min)
Warm-up and cool down	25 min	25 min	25 min		25 min	25 min
Total volume	90 min	90 min	90 min		90 min	90 min

Technical drills: Ball control, ball pass, ball conduction and dribbling, feints and moves, positional rotations, combination passing, crossing, ball kicking, ball heading; *Tactical drills: Defending functional drills: functional soccer training for specific defending positions in soccer (like centre defenders, outside backs etc.), attacking functional drills: functional soccer training for specific attacking positions (like centre forwards, wingers, attacking mid-fielders etc.), corner kick situations. Keeper and with or without change of soccer rules (e.g., one touch pass, only heading goals)
Small sided games: one team is coached on a specific coaching objective, (e.g., coaching forward runs, creating space etc.). These games may also involve 'floater' players or support teams to achieve coaching objectives
Defending small sided games: one team is coached on a specific coaching objective, e.g. compact defending. These games may also involve 'floater' players or support teams to achieve coaching objectives and penalty kicks