@tomjoycefitness: Single leg exercises for football 🦿⚽️ Unilateral lower body exercises transfer well into football as we kick, run, turn off and often jump from one leg at a time. Single leg exercises demand more core and ankle stability than bilateral exercises; they also require a high level of balance and coordination - the foundations of a strong, fast and resilient athlete - which transfers into better agility and efficient change of direction. When we strengthen each leg individually we can identify areas of weakness and work on them to minimise injury risk. Not only this, but strengthening single legs also transfers well into a quicker first step when accelerating and a more explosive vertical jump! Some of my favourites include the reverse lunge, Bulgarian split squat, single leg RDL, step up variations and lateral lunges. There’s so many ways to progress and add greater stimulus to these exercises to really get the most out of them. Unilateral exercises can also be power based; single leg plyos will help build explosive power and are a good way to progress from bilateral plyos, for example single leg bounding or single leg box jumps are both a lot more challenging than their bilateral counterparts and they are excellent power exercises for an advanced athlete to improve their speed and explosiveness! 💯 #BuiltNotBorn #Fitness #Football #Soccer #PremierLeague #Strength #Training #ForYou #Performance #Speed #Movement #FYP #Power #Explosive #InjuryPrevention @Anthony Elanga @Patson Daka @Teden Mengi @Lauren James @DG777 @DishonBernard @Dynel Simeu