The experts say that if someone want to become a football player, he should practice the game, as much as he can. However, there are some physical activities which can help a player to enhance his skills. These drilling activities are different for different age groups. Here we are discussing conditioning drills for 12 years olds, which can help the young children to be a good football player.
Shuttle runs: Games like football requires a lot of running and agility. Young people can start with five cones, which are 10 yards apart. Couch should ask the players to run from cone one to second cone, as quickly as he can. Later, upto five cones can be added and players can run not only forward but backward and sideways as well.
Squat Jumps: this is again a conditioning exercise for the legs. For this drill, player has to bend his keens and come in squatting position. The arm should be behind the back. Being in the same position, player will jump up and in forward direction. When he lands on ground, he should try to jump again, with the minimum contact to ground. The frequency should be increased with the passage of time.
Pushups: Pushups are known to strengthen the whole body. Player kneel on the ground, while their hands should be under their shoulders. Plyers can be on their knees or they can do pushups with straight legs, depending on their strength. Player bend the elbow and lower the chest towards the ground. When they want to return to starting position, they should straight their arms. The frequency depends on the strength of the player.
Ball Jumps: Strong legs is the key to play better football. For the conditioning of legs, place the ball on the ground, and ask the plyer to stand near the ball. For ball jumps, player should keep feet and knees together, and should jump over the ball. Jumping back to the initial position will be more helpful. This practice should be repeated for a minute.
Circuit Training: When the above mentioned exercises are used in combination, this is called circuit training. Do ball jump for few minutes, then pushups for two three minutes and then shuttle runs for few minutes.