 the next day so this is what I did in between to recover as quickly as possible. First of all hydration so the more you sweat the more you play the more water you need to drink at a minimum you want to focus on getting your urine your pee back to clear you'll notice that after you play after you sweat a lot your pee will be yellow so try to get it back to clear nutrition immediately after your game you want to be eating a source of especially carbohydrates if you have to play the next day so getting some fruit or a nice fruit juice into your system is a great idea yes you can get some protein as well but throughout the rest of the day you really want to focus on getting a good source of protein carbohydrates and healthy fats I can tell you exactly how much to eat because that depends on your physical demands and your body type. Next I moved into some contrast baths so I started with a cold bath or an ice bath I just had one bag of ice so I put that in there you can put as much ice as you want the colder it is the more beneficial it will be you can just put some cold water if you want just run as cold water as possible it's still going to help you recover so get that ice in there and get that cold bath going then you want to get yourself in the toughest part is just getting in there and getting through those first few minutes while you're sitting in there just go for it just put yourself in right away and then focus on your breathing you'll get past that first minute or two minutes and then it will become a lot easier so once you're in the bathtub and you're all set you may want to think about I like to get a book if you want to risk it you could use your cell phone but get something to distract yourself and I would recommend that you sit in there for a minimum of about 20 minutes this is going to help you suck all the lactic acid that you built up through the physical demands of the day it's going to help suck that out of your legs and help you recover quicker now once I completed the 20 minute ice bath I moved into and call this a contrast bath so I did a warm bath I will send the better in one day soccer blueprint to anyone who comments hashtag soccer on this video now I'm not saying a hot bath I'm saying a warm bath because especially since your legs have just been in cold water for 20 minutes if you put boiling hot water you're probably going to burn your skin so you just want a warm bath get it to a temperature that is comfortable it's going to be a nice contrast from the cold and now you're focusing on getting some heat back into your muscles and you'll notice that after you get out of this 20 minute warm bath after the ice bath you'll probably already be feeling better and get out of this 20 minute warm bath you will be feeling amazing so again just get in there that first minute it might be a little uncomfortable but you'll get through it then get your book or your phone whatever you want something to distract you I would recommend another 20 minutes so after I bend those ice baths I'm already feeling the ice bath and the hot bath I'm already feeling great and I did some foam rolling so I'm not going to tell you do 30 seconds of five repetitions for each exercise because what I want you to do is I want you to focus on the specific points on your body that are tight that need tension we all move in different ways we all play different positions we all go through different things so we're not all going to feel the exact same soreness in the exact same area so you need to be aware of your body analyze your body say hey where am I really tight where am I really sore which areas do I need to work on to release tension so focus on those areas I have this on super high speed so it looks like I'm really cruising through these but I would recommend that you go nice and slow it should hurt it should be a little bit painful but in a good way you know it's actually doing something you hear you're focusing on massaging all of the tension and tightness out of your muscles so as I said focus on those specific muscle groups and once I finish the foam rolling then I moved into a little bit if you want to improve faster and achieve more this season use the soccer success planner it's 100% free players all around the world have already used it to improve you can download it right now there's a link in the description below and of stretching similar to the foam rolling here you want to focus on your specific areas that are holding tension and tightness so what's so on your body that's where you need to stretch now when you are doing these stretches I would recommend you do a minimum of 30 seconds when you're warming up you're doing that dynamic those two second stretches here you're doing static stretching so you want to hold each stretch for about 30 seconds or you could do 10 deep breaths focus on your breathing while you're stretching going a little bit deeper with each breath now you can just do this while you're hanging out watching tv but really focus on those areas on your body that are tight and you'll notice that after you spend those 30 seconds you'll start to loosen up so just threw this in here for a little bonus this is not something I expect you to do it's just something I have the luxury of having in my house so I have a very nice massage chair in my basement so I'll just sit in there and play some FIFA while I get a 20 minute massage on my back and my legs and also I am using a tens unit or an electrotherapy unit and basically you put these little patches on whatever part of your body that you want and you adjust the intensity and it sends electro waves electro currents through your body to help repair broken down muscles and release tension if you've been watching my videos for a while you know I've gone through an injury so I had a quad injury that I'm trying to deal with here so let's recap how to recover effectively number one hydration immediately after game and throughout the rest of the night you want to be drinking lots of water focusing on getting your urine back to clear nutrition immediately after game I want you to focus on getting a good source of carbohydrates yes you can get a little bit of protein but carbohydrates especially to get energy back into your muscles then throughout the rest of the day you want to think about consuming good healthy sources of protein carbohydrates and fats move into the contrast bath so you can start with a cold bath or an ice bath the colder it is the more ice you put in there the more beneficial it's going to be but the more difficult it will be to endure for 20 minutes so you can just make it as cold as you want but sit in there for 20 minutes then you're going to move into a warm bath getting some heat back into your muscles minimum of 20 minutes and after that you will feel amazing to do a little bit of extra recovery you can go into foam rolling and stretching focusing on your specific areas that have tension and tightness thank you so if you don't know about me I used to be a huge underachiever but through obsessive self-improvement I found my success earned a college scholarship played for my national futsal team a youtube channel with over 100 million views I've helped players worldwide and I'd love to help you improve faster and achieve more from moving up divisions to making national teams players who use the online soccer academy get results access elite level coaching and training become a complete player make a difference on the field and get noticed when you play limited spots available apply today start improving tomorrow link in the description below