Soccer is a highly demanding sport requiring both strength and agility. While strength helps with powerful shots and tackles, agility allows quick direction changes. Together, they create a complete ...

Coaches Brent Jones and Gaby Smith are Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coaches working with the Kentucky Men’s and Women’s Soccer teams. They specialize in speed, agility, and plyometric training ...

Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. The key to competing in such a crowded landscape is practice, practice, practice. In order to get the most out of any training session, soccer players ...

Agility—the ability to rapidly and tactically change speed or direction—is an important factor in soccer performance. A new study reports that two new agility tests can successfully discriminate ...

A new study reports that two new agility tests can distinguish between youth soccer players in under-17 and under-19 divisions, with older players showing increased agility. In contrast, other ...