Are soccer players the most fit athletes on the planet?

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Soccer might be one of the hardest sports to train for. Players need endurance to run for 90 minutes, with only one 15-minute break. And in the World Cup knockout rounds, if there is a tie, match time could extend to 120 minutes. Over the course of a game, the average player runs between 6 and 8 miles. But endurance is just a piece of the puzzle. Players also need to be capable of explosive acceleration, quick stops, jumping, and have a surprising amount of upper body strength. Plus, soccer is really hard to predict. Unlike sports like cycling or rowing, the exact movements of a soccer match are dependent on the movements of 21 other players and can feel completely spontaneous. In order to find out how soccer players can train for a sport that is so physiologically complex and chaotic, Vox producer Nate Krieger went to a practice with Brooklyn FC, a professional soccer team in the USL Championship League. He talked to forward Stefan Stojanovic and tried a drill designed by the team’s head of performance, Michael Higbee, to see how hard training for soccer can really be. Read more about the fitness required to play high-level soccer: Chris Barnes on the evolution of sports science in professional soccer: https://robertsontrainingsystems.com/blog/chris-barnes-podcast/ Sportsmith is a platform for trainers and coaches that has a lot of information about sports science and fitness. https://www.sportsmith.co/learn/ This Sports Illustrated article breaks down how many miles a player runs in a game, broken down by position: https://www.si.com/soccer/how-many-miles-do-soccer-players-run-in-a-game This video is presented by Colgate. Colgate doesn’t have a say in our editorial decisions, but they make videos like this one possible. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com. Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o Or Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H