Most beginners will enjoy this sport because cost of getting into surfing is relatively low. A good board can cost $200 - $ 1,000 depending on material it’s made from. Many beginners can buy a good board used and can take up sport at a nearby beach. Before you begin, there are several things you should learn.

- How to keep your board nearby should you wipe out - How to swim out towards an incoming wave - What to do should you collide with another surfer - What conditions are right for surfing and which ones are dangerous

You only have to watch a senior professional game of football to recognise importance that speed has in game. But there is more to speed than meets eye.

Soccer players are athletes, but unlike a 100m runner where there is explosive speed for 10 seconds in a straight line, there are many other abilities that soccer players need to develop.

Here are 5 key soccer related speed abilities that you should develop in your players.

#1 - Speed of thought

Soccer players have a great deal to concentrate on. There senses are constantly being blitzed with information, which they need to quickly decipher. Here are some examples:

- Where opponents are positioned

- Actions of their team mates

- What's infront of them and their peripheral vision

- The conditions of pitch and weather

- The noise from team mates, crowd, coaches and opponents

- Their tactical position and strategy of team

#2 - Speed of anticipation

Some players have a great reading of game. I have a friend who although he is now in his late 40's early 50's still plays regularly and competes well with players half his age!

How does he do this... because he's played soccer all his life at professional and international level he has built a huge database in his brain of playing situations, player characteristics, tactical situations etc. and he is able to draw on this which gives him superb speed of anticipation.

Sure for explosiveness and reaction times younger players would win every time, but as old saying goes..."the first couple of yards are in head!".

So here it is important that players develop a knack of interpreting actions of opponents and what that means to games development.

#3 - Speed of reaction

As mentioned in last bullet, speed of reaction is vital.

Anticipation is one thing, being able to react quickly is another.

Consider role of goal keeper, their reaction time to a sudden shot, deflection, switch in angle of attack, flight of ball must be very acute.

But how does a goal keeper react and what to? In this instance, goal keeper will react to a number of external stimuli, here's a list:

- The visual element of opponent with ball, are they carrying it, have they got backlift as if ready to strike ball, is opponent in space and is their a clear line of sight on goal

- The auditory element, do they hear strike of ball, is it fizzing, does it take a deflection of a player (thud), a shout from a team mate, maybe a close opponent barracking goalie " he's going to shoot!"

All of these stimuli will have an effect on player.

Once stimulated player should choose best option available to them to react to that situation.

Again we will use goalie;