Q&A for How to Get Faster for Soccer

Yes. There are no age restrictions. If you want to be faster, you should train every day running up hills help you even more.

You should always warm up with a light jog to get your blood flowing to your muscles. Once you warm up for around 10-15 minutes, you should stretch the major muscles groups in your body, mostly your legs (arms if you are a keeper). By stretching and getting your blood flowing you are making your muscles able to react quicker and faster without injury.

There could be a couple of things wrong. You need to build up stamina first. Start slow and work up to being faster. You also need to make sure you get enough protein. Drink plenty of water and make sure you get enough sleep. Keep practicing and you will get faster.

Yes, that's a good training schedule. It's good to take a day or two off to rest your muscles.

It just means your body is working hard. Make sure you aren't eating anything heavy before running, and either slow down or keep your arms above your head for a few minutes to stretch and release the cramp.

You may be experiencing cramps due to not stretching enough before games. Thoroughly prepare your muscles through stretches and ice them afterward.

Practice and once you think your are good, show small groups of people your moves. Then you make the groups bigger. Finally, join a team and play on the field.

Depending on your age, you should try to get between 8 and 10 hours of sleep.

Try setting a goal for the number of laps you want to do in one day and slowly increase the goal once the previous goal gets easier to do. Make sure to stay hydrated.

You should see a physical therapist for this issue. They will be able to give you exercises that will help you strengthen your knee.

There is no way to get taller, but you can build muscle by working out.

It depends. Every day, run and build up endurance, and you will get better at it.

Try to do certain exercises like sharp direction changes. You could set up cones and try to sprint around them as fast as possible. Another exercise that helped me improve my agility, was stop-and-go sprints. You set up 2 cones (5 meters apart) and sprint from one to the other and back... for 30 seconds. Than rest for 1 minute or 30 seconds (depends on how intense your exercise should be) and do the sprints 3-6 times.

If you play soccer, you need to get at least 8-9 Hours of sleep because your body needs to recover from usage and body stress. The brain and the muscles need sufficient time to repair.

Eating something with carbs and/or protein works well for most people. A protein bar and a banana is a good option, or you could have a protein shake and a granola bar. You don't want to eat anything too heavy. And make sure you drink enough water to stay hydrated (but not so much that you feel bloated).

If you do not have a ladder, you can use cones or poles. This might sound too simple, but they use the same muscles and force as does a speed ladder.

Of course! You have to slow down to change directions, but it's all about making the time between changing from full speed in one direction to full speed in another direction, as short as possible.

Try decreasing your running time, and keep hydrated. Maybe start with about 25-30 minutes and keep building up to higher times.

It is not compulsory, but lots of people do, as it makes it easier to warm-up. You can warm-up other ways though.

You can practice doing sprints on a soccer field or any field. Striker is a hard position if you are not fast enough but you also don't want to work too hard so your body starts to hurt. You and your teammates can go on short jogs, going 80-90% sprints. What helps is also doing track. Winter track and spring track to make sure you keep fit while the season has ended.

During high school, or college you really want to focus on football. Work on that sport all year around and try to also become a better team player and engage your team more.

Try to not to lean too far in when running. Have a goal or point of where you want to stop your body knows where and when you want to stop.