I love seeing this stuff. Changes in pre-season fitness and warm up routines are always interesting to me as a fitness geek. So good to see the static stretching of yesteryear replaced by good dynamic routines. Did note a couple of players still doing the utterly pointless grab of the foot, raising to the backside static quad strech - bad habits died hard.
They seemed to recover well from the "long" runs (our perspectives differ on the term.long run) which indicates they've been mindful to maintain levels over the break.
Footballers (with a few exceptions) still can't run distance properly though. They can sprint, make darting runs, accelerate, which of course is exactly what's needed, but their form on a 5K is generally awful,no wonder they're knackered at the end of it, all the speed but extremely inefficient.
Few sessions with Shane Benzie would help sort that out.
For those bemoaning the running up and down Portsdown Hill - far more effective to do deadlifts, calf raises and core work such as weighted lunges to build that area of strength as this actively targets the correct muscles you're trying to strengthen. Do hill work wrong and you increase the risk of calf injury. The weights and core work can continue throughout the season and helps with injury prevention. Hill reps are only useful in the early stages.
They seemed to recover well from the "long" runs (our perspectives differ on the term.long run) which indicates they've been mindful to maintain levels over the break.
Footballers (with a few exceptions) still can't run distance properly though. They can sprint, make darting runs, accelerate, which of course is exactly what's needed, but their form on a 5K is generally awful,no wonder they're knackered at the end of it, all the speed but extremely inefficient.
Few sessions with Shane Benzie would help sort that out.
For those bemoaning the running up and down Portsdown Hill - far more effective to do deadlifts, calf raises and core work such as weighted lunges to build that area of strength as this actively targets the correct muscles you're trying to strengthen. Do hill work wrong and you increase the risk of calf injury. The weights and core work can continue throughout the season and helps with injury prevention. Hill reps are only useful in the early stages.