The first day of Presiden is probably the most positive moment of the whole year for professional footballers.
You walk in the training ground, see your peers again, hold with employees, and feel a new wave of optimism. Whatever happened in the previous season is in the past, has been replaced with a sense of enthusiasm and hope. You are back to good shape, your kit is fresh, the training ground has been renewed, coaches are optimistic. This is the beginning of a new journey.
But the Presiden also marks the return of stress and hard work. For the season, there was once a time for comfort and careful preparation, now there is something that needs to be prepared in itself. Time and requirements are changing, and players are doing a lot of work in offsen.
In the past, most people considered the presiden time for players to fit the campaign. Now, most of the footballer are ready to fit for Presen so that things are closed to do things directly at high levels: physical, strategically, technically. It has changed a lot since I started in 2004.
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These days, everything is measured, and it is not just about body weight: it is the body structure, dexa scan and strict goal. When I was Queens Park RangersThere was a rule: When the weather ends when you come back to the Presiden, you could not put more than 1.5% body fat. It did not matter what your creation was. If you were 12% body fat and 13% returned? Play. But if you were at 6% and 8% are returned, you will be punished.
Things have developed and are not as a Dracian, but the punishment still occurs. Sometimes it is a fine and sometimes it is additional training, but in reality, sometimes you do not want to see as players in the squad who are not committed. I have noticed that some players are taken away from the group and complete the extra task until they reach the goals – but sometimes it is not even about numbers, but is about perception.
Like the then-Manchester City Midfielder Calvin Philips In 2022 FIFA World Cup In Qatar, when he returned after playing for England, his body fat percentage was higher than that before his departure. His manager Pep Guardiola said He will get more weight But speaking relatively, his number was still among the top 1% of his age in his profession.
Managers, of course, have their own standards. But Chelsey Under the Antonio Conte, the players were expected to be between 6% and 8% body fat, possibly flowing towards 6%. When you are “on holiday”, it is to be a large amount of work, so you are contacting for a day for that physical prime.
So far, I am thinking about returning the players who can get acquainted with the routine or coaching staff, which put them through it; Now imagine having a new signature running in that environment. As you are coming in, you are willing to make a good impression, but it is almost as if you don’t want to do very soon. You can’t just come in and say: “Okay, I want this locker. I am doing this number. I am going to do this. I am going to do it.”
All this is trying to read the room and feel one for it. Therefore club culture is so important. If this is correct, people welcome you with gate-go. If you have so, you have been accepted immediately. Second time, people are watching you and seeing you how you play in these first few days. This is quite ruthless.
Sometimes, players also test new people. They will hit a pass slightly or become strong on a tackle: some of it is dark humor, just trying to make it as hard as possible for new signing. But exactly what they are trying to do, it is to see how your character is. How do you handle adversity? How are you on the spot? This is a hard initiation, but once you get through it, you are very part of the collective.
Thierry Henry was famous for doing it in that incredible arsenal team, as told by Sesk Fabregas BBC: “Every time a new player was coming, we used to do five against two, it is called ‘Rondo’. He always brought him to ‘Rondos’ because he wanted to see the level and he gave him a strong ball whether he could control it.
Then there are Presiden Tour. When I was younger, most clubs were not traveling abroad and whatever trips I did, she did not look like these big, marquet events. Now, with globalization Premier League In the last 10 to 15 years, the players fully understand why they go to those places and they do the best to make maximum effort of experience. In fact, do you want to travel 12, 13, 14 hours to play in 40-degree Celsius heat on a pitch, what will you face during the season? Probably not. But this is part of the job.
Players get. These tourism have a lot of downtime; They will work hard, and some of these will play friendly in front of thousands, but in fact they are working on things that are not necessarily not seen in the open, such as status training. This is the usual business in that regard; Players are trying to get minutes under their belt and reaching the point where the season begins, when they can once again go to the toe with people in their league.
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This intensity and focus is the place where a proper brake deficiency becomes a problem. Take FIFA Club World Cup Final Chelsey And Paris Saint GermainFor example. The standard minimum amount of time between season is about three weeks. However, usually they will inspire you three weeks to start the presiden, or perhaps in the Presidain in a week if you are on international duty. But the fact that the season ended at the end-the Club World Cup final was played on 13 July-that means the difference of three weeks originally gives Chelsea and PSG players in a week or perhaps decreases with the onset of the season.
There is also mental fatigue to consider. These players will be against non-international, non-club World Cup players in the Premier League, who completed their sessions two months ago.
There are immense benefits to be able to relax and start to recover mentally, physically, emotionally – whatever must be – from a terrible season. But those who are brainstorming these games, playing international parties, playing for clubs who make deep progress in competitions, are playing almost a different game.
So Presiden is the time of hope. But it is also the return of stress, stress and emotions associated with playing football. Now, more than ever, clubs whose cultures are the strongest and help players through the transition that will later benefit in the season.
