Performance Nutrition for Soccer Players eBook
Gain the Advantage
Authored by: Bob Seebohar, MS, RD, CSSD, CSCS
About This E-Book
This 60 page e-book is a must read for all soccer athletes, parents and coaches! Gain the advantage over other athletes with the practical tools and key nutrition tips and tricks for enhancing your performance, recovery, and overall health that are found in this book. Learn more about what topics are included below!
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: General Nutrition
- The Macronutrients: Carbohydrates, Protein, Fat
- Water & Monitoring Hydration Status
- The Micronutrients: Vitamins and Minerals
- The Macronutrients: Carbohydrates, Protein, Fat
- Chapter 2: Nutrition Periodization
- Pre-Season Nutrition
- In-Season Nutrition
- Off-Season Nutrition
- The Role of Daily Eating Patterns
- Meal Guides and Snack Ideas
- Chapter 3: Nutrient Timing for Soccer
- Guidelines for before, during, and after
- Sample nutrient timing plan
- Tournament Nutrition Tips
- Chapter 4: Supplements
- Supplement Contamination
- What to Look for and What to Avoid
- Supplement Categories
- Conclusion
- References/Recommended Resources
4 Key Performance Nutrition Tips You’ll Learn
#1
Nutrients in foods. Not only will you learn the difference between the macronutrients: carbohydrates, protein, and fat, you will learn how to identify foods that contain these nutrients and recommendations for choosing the best ones to support performance!
#2
A performance centered eating system. You will learn how to combine carbohydrates, protein, and fat together at meals and snacks for sustained energy. In addition, this e-book contains sample meal plans that will help guide you through implementing this system into your performance nutrition routine.
#3
Nutrient timing. You will learn how to time your consumption of foods before, during and after practices and games to support energy demands and to optimize performance and recovery.
#4
Supplement education. You will learn about the supplement industry, how to be a smart consumer when it comes to supplements, and about three supplement categories.
About Bob Seebohar, MS, RD, CSSD, CSCS
Bob Seebohar is a nationally known board certified specialist in sports dietetics, a strength and conditioning specialist and a USA Triathlon Certified Elite Level III and Youth/Junior Certified Coach. He was previously the Director of Sports Nutrition at the University of Florida and most recently, a sport dietitian for the US Olympic Committee. In 2008, Bob traveled to the Summer Olympics with Team USA and was the sports dietitian for the Olympic Triathlon Team. He currently owns Fuel4mance, a sports nutrition consulting company, Elite Multisport Coaching, an endurance coaching company for adult athletes and Kids that TRI, a non-profit youth triathlon organization.
Bob grew up a competitive soccer player having played for 18 years. He also coached youth and collegiate soccer players for six years. During that time, he was the head coach for the Colorado State University women’s soccer club where he led the team to be national champions. Currently, he is a competitive endurance athlete specializing in triathlon and cyclocross racing. He has completed hundreds of endurance events ranging from sprint triathlons to Ironman to 100-mile running and mountain bike races. He is a sports dietitian who practices what he teaches.
Bob has an undergraduate degree in Exercise and Sport Science, a masters degree in Health and Exercise Science and a second masters degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition, all from Colorado State University.
Additionally, Bob is an accomplished writer who has authored many books including “Nutrition Periodization for Athletes”, “Metabolic Efficiency Training: Teaching the Body to Burn More Fat”, “Performance Nutrition: Applying the Science of Nutrient Timing”, “Metabolic Efficiency Training Recipe Book”, “Sodium Loading Protocol for Endurance Athletes”, “Caffeine Protocol for Endurance Athletes”, and “ Neuromuscular, Dynamic and Functional Strength Training Exercises for Endurance Athletes”. He has also written many chapters for sports nutrition textbooks and produced the DVD, “Strength Training for Triathletes” in conjunction with USA Triathlon.
In 2009, Bob successfully completed the Leadman series in Leadville which consisted of a marathon, 50 mile mountain bike race, 50 mile trail run, 100 mile mountain bike race, 10 kilometer run and a 100 mile trail run in the span of 7 weeks.
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