The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of training in the preparatory period in professional soccer players. Seventeen athletes, aged above 18 years were included in the study and who dispute the third division of Championship "Paulista", in 2009. The training program was the predominant type neuromuscular and through tests of sit and reach, sextuple jump, vertical jump and speed of movement in the 30m athletes were evaluated before the training program (M1) and after seven weeks (M2). The data collected data were kept in a computer, producing the information in the plan descriptive (measures of centrality and dispersion) and, inferentially, Student t test and One-way ANOVA. The main results show improvement in flexibility, explosive strength and speed and significant decrease in forward speed of 30 meters.
Soccer; preparation; sports training; methodology
