stamina

[Andys]

basicly, i'm 13, quite skinny, reasonably fast but i can't seem to run for very long at all.
i get tired off running about the length of an 11 a-side pitch?

as i'm only 13 i'm quite worried - is this normal?

[Minstrels]

IMO that is unfit... Where do you play though.

[DieselShaq]

Running or sprinting? If you do mean running, then that is unfit...

[Minstrels]

Running or sprinting? If you do mean running, then that is unfit...
However it depends where he plays, don't make say it's unfit when you don't know where he plays. Midfield, it's unfit. Keeper? It's fit. Defender? It's fit. Striker? Fit.

[DieselShaq]

In my opinion, it doesn't really matter what position he plays. That is unfit in general terms.

[Cells]

I'd say that was pretty unfit.

[Andys]

i'm not unfit, i go out and play football every night and have done for years? >.>
i play striker

[Cells]

i'm not unfit, i go out and play football every night and have done for years? >.>
i play striker

Playing football every night doesnt mean you are fit, as you could be running short distances and not training your stamina.

To train your stamina you should start jogging, and gradually keep getting further and further, so you can handle longer distances.

Then speed up the jogging, until you reach a sprinting pace.

[Abbie.]

my stamina isnt as good as it used to be actually lol

i used have to run around a 400m track 8 times for training, and i could do it no problem

id like die now if i had to do it LOL.

[e5]

nothing to worry about, you just need to get fitter.

[VPSwow]

The treadmill will help you my friend :).

10 minutes a day will improve your stamina in no time, when you can manage 10 minutes then increase to 15 and so on.

[Excellent2]

Yeah, just keep working at it and pace yourself, you'll build stamina as you go along :)

[Andys]

The treadmill will help you my friend :).

10 minutes a day will improve your stamina in no time, when you can manage 10 minutes then increase to 15 and so on.
if i had a treadmill or had a gym near me lol

[mike475]

if your skinny, put on a tad of weight maybe

[Captain]

if your skinny, put on a tad of weight maybe

That won't improve his stamina at all.

You don't need to join the gym or own a treadmill to exercise! Try jogging around the field for about 15 minutes then gradually increase to 20 etc.

[sock]

just maybe go to an athletics club, or run a size of football pitch slowly and gradually build it up.

[alexxxxx]

go out running.

[Soy]

I reccommend a treadmill because you can't really know how fast your going when you run manually.

[LoveToStack]

Tbh, if you want to improve quicker than jogging or running, SWIM. Swimming gives you amazing stamina if you do it a lot, also works much more muscles than many other sports and it's fun too :)

[Captain]

BUT YOU'LL DROWN. DONT DO IT, ITS A TRICK!

[LoveToStack]

BUT YOU'LL DROWN. DONT DO IT, ITS A TRICK!

For that to work he'd need to be fat! He's just unfit, memba? :)

[Soy]

Tbh, if you want to improve quicker than jogging or running, SWIM. Swimming gives you amazing stamina if you do it a lot, also works much more muscles than many other sports and it's fun too :)

Yes but swimming isn't specific to his sport?

When Is he going to swim in a football match?


Yes swimming will prehaps make him a better swimmer and help him improve his muscular endurance but he needs to work on his cardiovascular fitness more.

Just as an example,
My freind swims for his country and struggles to run for 3km at a mid paced jog working at about 65% of his maximum heart rate.

So yeah swimming is a completely different excersise than swimming so try and do some research before you give people the wrong information

[Captain]

For that to work he'd need to be fat! He's just unfit, memba? :)

He might not be able to swim.

[LoveToStack]

Yes but swimming isn't specific to his sport?

When Is he going to swim in a football match?


Yes swimming will prehaps make him a better swimmer and help him improve his muscular endurance but he needs to work on his cardiovascular fitness more.


I thought that maybe he could swim in a swimming pool, possibly while not playing football. Maybe you didn't gather all that.
Swimming improves cardiovascular fitness. My friend is easily one of the best cross country runners for his age group in glasgow atm and he got to the stage he's at now by swimming. He swam a lot before and it improved his staminda immensly. :S

[Expresions]

alright pal, i'm a fitness instructor if you want my opinion go to a field and remember to wear a watch. to improve on your fitness and speed try running for 1 min and jogging for bout 2 mins continue to do this for bout 10mins. over the following weeks gradually lower the jogging time until you are pretty much running and this new intense pace. you will see great improvenments.