THE TRUTH ABOUT RECOVERY: How to MINIMIZE SPORTS INJURY and BOOST RECOVERY | Athletic Training
Courtesy of Richard Bucciarelli and Soccer Fitness Inc. July 12, 2020
Richard Bucciarelli
Richard Bucciarelli, MS, B.Kin., R.Kin, CSCS, CSEP-CEP, USSF “A,” is a professional fitness coach, sports scientist and coach educator, and the owner of Soccer Fitness Inc., a soccer-specific strength and conditioning company in Toronto. Richard was an assistant coach previously with the York University men when they won the U-Sport National Championship in 2010, and has been part of the Ridgebacks women’s soccer team since its inception in 2012. He has continued to work with the team up to and including their third place finish at the OUA Final Four and subsequent qualification for the 2014 U SPORTS National Championship tournament. He returned to Ontario Tech in 2019 to take on a role as assistant coach and fitness coach with the men’s and women’s teams.
Richard has worked at some of the highest levels of the game both in Canada and internationally including: the Canadian national women’s teams, Toronto FC Academy, the Uruguayan Segunda (second division) with Canadian SC Uruguay, the United Soccer League (USL) with Ottawa Fury FC and several Canadian college and university teams.
Richard is presently completing his PhD in human health and nutritional sciences with a specialty in biomechanics of speed and acceleration training in soccer players, at the University of Guelph (expected 2020). He has presented his research at some of the world’s largest and most prestigious soccer-specific sports science and coaching conferences, including the World Congress on Science and Football, the World Conference on Science and Soccer, the National Soccer Coaching Convention, the Ontario Soccer Summit and the Futsal Canada Conference.
Richard holds certifications as a FIFA 11+ instructor, Sport for Life movement preparation instructor and Ontario Soccer learning facilitator. He works as a professor of exercise science and physiology at George Brown College in Toronto, provides coaching education for Ontario Soccer, Canada Soccer and the National Soccer Coaches Association of Canada and has had over 50 of his articles published in research journals, books and soccer magazines.
Everybody involved in sports these days is worried about “overtraining.” This worry has reached new heights, as athletes get back into training after 4 months off. Please see the link below for the latest suggestions from Richard.
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