Most of the professional clubs have already started their pre-season training knowing that effective pre-season football training will go a long way in preparing players to cope with the increasing demands of professional football.

So is pre-season training important in youth football, especially for readers of the Asian soccer star blog?

I think it’s not only important but vital for anyone looking to play professional football, especially anyone with dreams of becoming an Asian soccer star.

You see, it’s what you do outside of team training that can make the vital difference and a much more scientific approach is needed, which combines energy systems training with skill development.

And unless you’re already signed up to a professional academy or centre of excellence you’ll need to find the right training information and experts to help you with a pre-season football training programme.

Infact, it wouldn’t do any harm to supplement the professional academy and centre of excellence training with your own programme.

This is vitally important to ensure that players are in the best possible shape at the start of the season and maintaning their fitness throughout the season.

In future posts and articles we’ll share specific pre-season football training programmes used by our own Asian soccer star which can be adapted for personal use.