In an ideal world (does one exist in the universe?) each player would have a professional strength and conditioning coach, who could teach him or her to perform Olympic Lifts and plyometrics safely and effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unless you’re a pro player, this isn’t going to happen. So you have two options remaining – do the exercises anyway, and risk injury, or just stick to the standard football player exercises of push ups, sit ups and running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There’s another option, do these bad boy exercises listed below, for some speed gains and to mitigate the risk of injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Equipment Required:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Disclaimer – exercise at your own risk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n When you run, you are extending and flexing your legs and your hips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Olympic Lifts are used by professional athletes (usually) to develop explosive, quick and powerful hips and quads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you don’t have access to an Olympic bar, then resistance bands are just as good – arguably anyway. Some may say they are even better because of the “ascending strength” they develop (this relates to how the bands provide more resistance as they get lengthened)<\/p>\n\n\n\n A simple exercise routine to try for explosive hips is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Resistance Band Thrusters x 6 reps<\/p>\n\n\n\n Followed by 4 vertical jumps<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Try and do the thrusters (shown below) as quickly as possible, without a pause between the squat and the press<\/p>\n\n\n\nResistance Band Thursters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n