Considerations for Increasing Speed of an In-Season Soccer Athlete
by Michael Hallburn, CSCS, NSCA-CPT
Personal Training Quarterly
January 2023
Vol 9, Issue 3
The following article is an example training program that was built based on personal experience and research for an in-season soccer athlete.
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