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Continuing on from the ‘How to sprint faster’ series of articles, we bring you this weeks article on how to improve your cardiovascular fitness. This area is undoubtedly something that everybody wants to improve, and people often either over-simplify or over-complicate the necessary requirements, when really, its something that anybody and everybody can do. [...]
Puma have released yet another new colourway onto the market, with the Charcoal/White/Peach looking decidedly smart! The past releases with the Puma V1.11 have been, well, vivid. Yet Puma have gone for an understated look with this release, and the boot is looking all the better for it! In the battle for [...]
Nike’s latest boot release, the Nike Mercurial Vapor VIII, is now up for customisation on NIKEiD. Generally, it takes a little while for Nike to provide the customisation section of their website for new boot releases, but Nike are stressing the importance of the latest Vapor release by immediately making the option available to the [...]
In the final article of this two-part series, I reveal the final three aspects that you should consider to implement in your training regime to improve your speed! So far, we have touched upon technique, interval training and squats, which you can read about here. This article will focus more on the actual technical [...]
Continuing on from the current trend of compression wear in the PEP Talk, comes the Nike Compression Long-Socks review! Quite possible one area many players will ignore is their football socks! But with the current trend of football players cutting the socks off their boots and wearing a different pair underneath, this is a [...]
Many people say; “You are born with speed.” While this is not too far from the truth, it’d be ridiculous if a seemingly ‘slow’ sprinter couldn’t eventually become a faster runner over time. All it takes is a specific training regime and a bit of hard work, and you can prove this theory wrong. In [...]
In the second part of the ‘Injury’ series, I will be talking about the rehabilitation that you should attempt to follow before playing football again. Many people may rush their injuries, or just completely ignore them. This is quite frankly, a little ridiculous. Your body deserves the care and attention to get back to [...]
This week on SoccerReviews performance, we aim to talk you through how to recover from an injury safely and help prevent any future injuries in 4 short articles. We are starting with what to do the first three days after injuring yourself. I personally have been plagued with injuries, and have been told I’m [...]
The footballing mentality. The difference between being good, and being excellent. Being mentally good is a vital component to footballing performance, it can be the difference to whether you put the distance in during the game, whether you win that 50/50 tackle in midfield, and whether you score that last-minute winning goal. So what exactly [...]
The emergence of compression gear has been hyped up a lot of late. Seemingly every professional footballer feels the added bonus that compression gear supposedly offers, and it is even beginning to spread to amateur leagues as the equipment market starts to become more and more popular with the ordinary player. Dubbed as some of the most [...]
