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At least for soccer players, it comes down to a blend of two types of fitness - your base endurance, which comes from longer distance running, and your speed, which comes from sprint-based workouts.

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Soccer players need both the ability to keep going for a long time, which is built by running longer distances, and the ability to run very fast in short bursts, which is developed through sprint exercises. These two types of fitness work together to help them perform well on the field.

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