Soccer Aerobic

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Terry,

I would have to disagree with the chart you provided in regards to soccer.

Soccer is primarily an aerobic sport. 90 % of the game is aerobic in

nature. Then that is supplemented by the anaerobic sprints etc.

Tollison

Salt lake city

Terry Mavroudis wrote:

<<Energy System recruitment

Although all energy systems basically turn on at the same time the

recruitment of an alternative system occurs when the current energy

system is almost depleted.

The following table provides an approximation of the percentage

contribution of the energy pathways in certain sports. (Fox et al

1993)

Sport ATP-PC and LA LA-O2 O2(aerobic)

Basketball 60 20 20

Fencing 90 10

Field events 90 10

Golf swing 95 5

Gymnastics 80 15 5

Hockey 50 20 30

Distance running 10 20 70

Rowing 20 30 50

Skiing 33 33 33

Soccer 50 20 30

Sprints 90 10

Swimming 1.5km 10 20 70

Tennis 70 20 10

Volleyball 80 5 15

" Table adapted from Fox E. L. et al, The Physiological Basis for

Exercise and Sport, 1993 "

As you can see by the tables above, the sports you mentioned

as being high intensity aerobic are for the most part purely

anaerobic before the primary energy system used is exhausted and then

moves on to the next available energy source.

" Without endurance do you think a boxer would be able to throw a

knock out punch in the 15th round after running around the ring,

dancing and weaving for 45 minutes? "

If the primary energy used in a boxers preparation for a fight

is aerobic, chances are that he wont even be able to reach the 15th

round or throw any kind of punches with speed or power. Just because 1 round

lasts 180 seconds dos not imply that the energy required is

aerobic.

For the sports that you mentioned, boxing, tennis, soccer,

martial arts etc, it would be better to evaluate the energy system

pathway from a more simplistic approach and break it down to a " per

round, per set, per shift(hockey)per play(football)per point(tennis)

view " ect.and from there evaluate the need of the athlete and his

weakness.

Due to the old school mentality that still exists in boxing,

conditioning outside the ring a 3:1 ratio is still very predominant.

In my opinion, training them that way outside the ring will do

very little to help them and will probably cause injury from overuse.

In boxing, basketball, baseball, hockey, tennis, soccer, martial

arts, they always explode with high energy output followed by a state

of rest and " actively resting " (which for most well conditioned

athletes is like a walk in the park) so on and so forth until resting

for the sport given interval and back again. Boxing 1 minute per

round, tennis has more frequent breaks per set and per match and for

the most part energy output is very high and short from a point

scored to the next. Baseball being purely (AAP) alactic anaerobic

power, in competition(game time)

In my opinion, a few major key components in all sports is

strength-endurance and the ability to recuperate after a high energy

output (being able to perform at peak levels under repetitive high

force output conditions)

I hope this answers your question somewhat as there is much more

we can discuss about this topic.EX:limit strength,strength-

speed,speed strength.>>>>>>