Magazine Extras
Unfortunately, we can't always fit everything in our bi-monthly magazine issues. Here you can find all the stuff we didn't use, but wanted you to see.
August 1, 2011
Fitness for Soccer Drills
By: Mark Cinelli
Fitness for Soccer Drills
By: Mark Cinelli
7 Up and 7 Down (Run hard at 90 percent of maximum heart rate)
Procedure
Sets and Repetitions: Perform 4 sets
Rest: 2 minutes between sets
Procedure
- Set up 20 cones so they cover one half of the field and make sure all cones are 15 yards apart and in a random pattern
- Sprint hard to 1 cone
- Jog to a cone
- Sprint hard to 2 cones
- Jog to a cone
- Sprint hard to 3 cones
- Jog to a cone
- Sprint hard to 4 cones
- Jog to a cone
- Sprint hard to 5 cones
- Jog to a cone
- Sprint hard to 6 cones
- Jog to a cone
- Sprint hard to 7 cones
- Jog to a cone
- Sprint hard to 6 cones
- Jog to a cone
- Sprint hard to 5 cones
- Jog to a cone
- Sprint hard to 4 cones
- Jog to a cone
- Sprint hard to 3 cones
- Jog to a cone
- Sprint hard to 2 cones
- Jog to a cone
- Sprint hard to 1 cone
- Jog to a cone
Sets and Repetitions: Perform 4 sets
Rest: 2 minutes between sets
July 26, 2011
An Unlikely Road to the Top: Part 1
By: Ciara McCormack
It was Dec. 7, 2008 in a packed Estadio Bicentenario Municipal de La Florida in Santiago, Chile. Her face was etched with pure joy as she had just scored the first goal for the United States in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Final against North Korea. A photographer captured the moment; her triumphant finger was thrust high in the air as her ecstatic teammates embraced her. Thousands of miles away, Sydney Leroux’s mother sat with ten family friends, in front of a TV screen at Bob’s Burgers in Blaine, Washington. With proud tears streaming down her cheeks, Sandi couldn’t help but feel a wave of relief while seeing her daughter’s ear-to-ear grin. After an arduous journey, her child was finally happy.
Since her mother represented Canada internationally in softball, and her American father, Ray Chadwick, was a professional baseball player with the California Angels, Sydney seemed destined for the dugout.
“Everyone in my family was involved in baseball, but my mom put me in as many sports as possible, both because I was athletic, as well as off-the-wall energetic,” said Sydney. “I was a total tomboy and had no feminine side whatsoever. I was horrified by girls wearing pink and just wanted to be one of the boys. I definitely took that persona on to the field with me.”
Sandi coached Sydney growing up, but later realized that her daughter needed a more experienced coach. She found one - Chico Munoz. Sydney credits Munoz with instilling in her a love of the game, as well as a strong foundation of basic fundamentals. Under this guidance, she dominated as a youngster, developing her trademark speed and quickness, while filling opponents nets with regularity.
At 13 years old, while playing a year up for the U-14 Coquitlam City Wild, Sydney delivered a performance that caught the eye of not only Canadian Youth National Team scouts in attendance, but also her mother.
“My mom and I were talking about the nationals that were coming up, and I bet her that I would score more than ten goals,” she said. “My mom laughed and told me that that was ridiculous. We were playing the best club teams in Canada, I was playing a year up, and there were only four games. I won the bet and scored 13 goals, and we came home with the National Championship.”
While Sydney was basking in the glow of her first National Championship, U-19 Canadian National Team coach, Ian Bridge, was preparing to make contact with the talented 13-year-old. Shortly after her performance at Nationals, she was invited into camp with the U-19 Canadian Team that was preparing for the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women’s World Cup in Thailand.
An Unlikely Road to the Top: Part 1
By: Ciara McCormack
It was Dec. 7, 2008 in a packed Estadio Bicentenario Municipal de La Florida in Santiago, Chile. Her face was etched with pure joy as she had just scored the first goal for the United States in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Final against North Korea. A photographer captured the moment; her triumphant finger was thrust high in the air as her ecstatic teammates embraced her. Thousands of miles away, Sydney Leroux’s mother sat with ten family friends, in front of a TV screen at Bob’s Burgers in Blaine, Washington. With proud tears streaming down her cheeks, Sandi couldn’t help but feel a wave of relief while seeing her daughter’s ear-to-ear grin. After an arduous journey, her child was finally happy.
Since her mother represented Canada internationally in softball, and her American father, Ray Chadwick, was a professional baseball player with the California Angels, Sydney seemed destined for the dugout.
“Everyone in my family was involved in baseball, but my mom put me in as many sports as possible, both because I was athletic, as well as off-the-wall energetic,” said Sydney. “I was a total tomboy and had no feminine side whatsoever. I was horrified by girls wearing pink and just wanted to be one of the boys. I definitely took that persona on to the field with me.”
Sandi coached Sydney growing up, but later realized that her daughter needed a more experienced coach. She found one - Chico Munoz. Sydney credits Munoz with instilling in her a love of the game, as well as a strong foundation of basic fundamentals. Under this guidance, she dominated as a youngster, developing her trademark speed and quickness, while filling opponents nets with regularity.
At 13 years old, while playing a year up for the U-14 Coquitlam City Wild, Sydney delivered a performance that caught the eye of not only Canadian Youth National Team scouts in attendance, but also her mother.
“My mom and I were talking about the nationals that were coming up, and I bet her that I would score more than ten goals,” she said. “My mom laughed and told me that that was ridiculous. We were playing the best club teams in Canada, I was playing a year up, and there were only four games. I won the bet and scored 13 goals, and we came home with the National Championship.”
While Sydney was basking in the glow of her first National Championship, U-19 Canadian National Team coach, Ian Bridge, was preparing to make contact with the talented 13-year-old. Shortly after her performance at Nationals, she was invited into camp with the U-19 Canadian Team that was preparing for the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women’s World Cup in Thailand.
While most parents would jump at the chance for their daughter to represent their country, Sandi’s immediate reaction was to say no, as she felt missing a significant part of the school-day for soccer was unacceptable. Furthermore, with the Canadian team running practices 40 minutes away from their home in the middle of the day, Sandi, who was a single mom working as a cashier at a local grocery store, quite simply had no way of getting Sydney to practice.
That problem was solved when her club coach, a former Canadian National Team star, the late Domenic Mobilio stepped in. “Dom was the one who explained to my mom what a big deal the invitation was, and offered to take me, said Sydney. “My mom agreed, and so Dom came and got me every morning from school, took me to training, and then drove me back for the end of the day, for months.”
Sydney was hit especially hard when a few weeks after the 2004 World Cup that she was training for, Mobilio, the coach who had made it possible for her to compete at the event, passed away suddenly from a heart attack at the age of 35.
To read "An Unlikely Road to the Top: Part Two", check out our August Issue which will be released August 1st.
Sydney was hit especially hard when a few weeks after the 2004 World Cup that she was training for, Mobilio, the coach who had made it possible for her to compete at the event, passed away suddenly from a heart attack at the age of 35.
To read "An Unlikely Road to the Top: Part Two", check out our August Issue which will be released August 1st.
6 Cones
Procedure
Procedure
- Set up 6 cones anywhere on the field in a random pattern. In the example below, cone 1 is 50 meters from the start and cone 4 is 80 meters from the start.
- Move to cone 1, return to start, move to cone 2, return to start, move to cone 3, return to start,
- etc. Continue this pattern for 36 minutes using a 1:1:1 jog to run to walk ratio. Jog for 1 minute
- Stride for 1 minute at 90 percent of maximum heart rate
- Walk for 1 minute
- Repeat
