1.Design of developmental mesocycles

Mesocycle »

If you want to design mesocycles of five weeks with developmental nature try the following order:

MESOCYCLE

week 1 STRENGTH week 2 ENDURANCE week 3 SPEED week 4 RETAIN week 5 UNLOAD

In each microcycle is emphasized more one physical ability with the fourth microcycle be the maintenance and fifth micro the recovery.

The placement of microcycles in this order gives the opportunity not only to players of the starting eleven but and substitutes to improve their physical atributes.
Details on the design and the potential improvements can be found in the following research that i designed and executed with my colleagues:

Original Scientific Research Study
IN-SEASON CONCURRENT AEROBIC ENDURANCE AND CMJ IMPROVEMENTS ARE FEASIBLE FOR BOTH
STARTERS AND NON-STARTERS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCCER PLAYERS: A CASE STUDY
Leonidas Papadakis, Kostas Patras, Anastasios D. Georgoulis