Wow, things have seemed to pass by very quickly this year. It seems like only yesterday when we were planning our teams for 2011, watching all the NAB Cup games and scouting for the league's best rookie talent. It's hard to believe that we're already into pre-season again but as always, the annual cycle continues and the hardcore DT coaches out there start their planning for the following year.

It's quite obvious that 2011 will be very different year when it comes to Dream Team. Pre-season...

Developing a strong athletic fitness base is essential in maximising and reaching your potential as footballer - however most amateur footballers aren’t going about developing it the right way.

The traditional approach has been to focus on long slow distance runs of 5-10km, maybe some middle distance sprint intervals over 400m or 800m and weight training a couple of days per week (with most overemphasising or only focusing on upper body strength).

Whilst this...