Summer 2007 Football Conditioning Program
Summer 2007 Football Conditioning Program
PROGRAM
WEEK #1
WEEK #2
WEEK # 3
WEEK #5
WEEK #7
WEEK #9
WEEK #10
WEEK #11
A SKIP
1. DRIVE KNEES HIGH AND FORCEFULLY (PARALLEL TO THE GROUND)
2. WHEN ONE LEG IS LIFTED, THE OTHER LEG SHOULD BE FULL EXTENDED
3. BEND SLIGHTLY FORWARD AT THE WAIST, BACK STRAIGHT
4. DRIVE ELBOWS
5. RELAX FACE, ARMS AND HANDS
6. TAKE SHORT ONE FOOT STEPS
AVOID:
1. LIFTING THIGHS TOO HIGH OR NOT HIGH ENOUGH
2. INCOMPLETE EXTENSION OF THE LEGS AT ANKLE, HIP AND KNEE
JOINTS
3. LEANING BACK
4. TAKING STEPS TOO LONG
5. TENSING FACE AND ARMS
B SKIPS
1. SAME AS MARCHING, BUT WHEN YOU DRIVE THE KNEE UP REACH OUT
WITH YOUR TOE. WHEEL YOUR LEG OUT REACHING OUT WITH YOUR
TOES AND PLANTING ON THE GROUND BALLS OF THE FOOT FIRTS
POWER SKIPS
1. EXPLODE FORWARD FROM ONE LEG TO THE OTHER ACHIEVING A
NATURAL DISTANCE AND HEIGHT
2. DRIVE OFF THE BALLS OF THE FEET
3. THIGHS COME PARALLEL WITH THE GROUND
4. PUMP THE ARMS IN COORDINATION WITH LEG MOVEMENTS
AVOID:
1. ACHIEVING TOO MUCH HEIGHT AND DISTANCE
2. GOING TOO FAST
3. TENSION IN HANDS, FACE, AND NECK
BUTT KICKS
1. ALTERNATELY SWING HEEL OF EACH FOOT UP TO BUTTOCKS
2. HAVE A SLIGHTLY FORWARD BODY LEAN
3. ACTION IS QUICK AND SMOOTH SWINGING MOTION PRODUCED LARGELY
AT THE KNEE JOINT
AVOID:
1. MOVING FORWARD TOO FAST (GET MANY REPS IN A SHORT
DISTANCE)
2. USING ARMS
3. LIFTING THE KNEES BY FLEXING THE HIPS
WALKING LUNGE
1. BODY IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION
2. ALTERNATELY STEP FORWARD KEEPING BACK AND HIPS IN A STRAIGHT
LINE
3. REACH UP AND OUT IN A CONTINUOUS MTION
4. COORDINATE ARM MOVEMENT
AVOID:
1. GOING TOO FAST
2. NOT KEEPING BODY ALIGNED
3. LETTING KNEE GO OVER TOP OF THE TOES
BACKWARD LUNGE
1. BODY IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION
2. ALTERNATELY STEP UP AND BACKWARD KEEPING BACK AND HIPS IN A
STRAIGHT LINE
3. PAUSE FOR A SECOND AND SINK HIPS AFTER COMPLETING A STEP BEFORE
GATHERING FEET
4. GATHER FEET BEFORE PERFORMING ANOTHER BACKWARD LUNGE
AVOID:
1. GOING TOO FAST
2. NOT KEEPING BODY ALIGNED
3. STEPPING TOO SHORT (REACH BACK AS FAR AS POSSIBLE)
BACKPEDAL
1. SLIGHT BEND IN HIPS
2. RELAX UPPER BODY
3. 70% OF MAXIMAL EFFORT
AVOID:
1. NOT KEEPING BODY ALIGNED
2. TAKING IMPROPER STEPS
3. LEANING TOO FAR FORWARD OR TOO FAR BACKWARD
EACH ONE OF THE ABOVE FORM RUN EXERCISES WILL EXTEND INTO A 10
YARD STRIDE.