Fitness coaching

[paul8241]

http://www.sydneycricketground.com.au/News.aspx?PageID=7&id=1811

Robbie Deans has called on Australian squash player David (the Marine) Palmer to give the Wallabies the edge over the all blacks. Palmer is known to have "completed" the beep test 5 times in a row with just a 3 minute break between, and is well recognised as possibly the fittest man on the squash tour and possibly the world (funny enough, I don't know if he was invited to participate in Australia's greatest athlete, but may have blitzed them).

What impresses me the most about Palmer though is his incredible mental toughness, I've seen him grind a more talented opponent down when he is on the verge of defeat only to pull out a victory. He seems to do this in almost every tournament, which got him the nick name "the Marine". Most players dread playing him. He has not dropped out of the top ten in the world since he got in there in 2000, and still pulls those beep test results in his 30's.

This is the sort of fitness and mental training we need at our club.

 

[Docker Clint]

Awesome. 5 beep tests in a row.

The players are fit enough and that's one of the issues in football, worrying about getting the best athletes and having skills secondary.

 

[Chops_a_must]

I dare say our fitness is fine.

Strength takes more than 1 pre-season when we had a sub-par regime previously.

It's all upstairs.

And yes, Palmer is a freak. Looks a lot like Darren Glass too IMO.

 

[Kickett Punches Read]

I have a solution to freo's problems, for every missed kick, run a lap, for every handball, run two laps doesnt matter whether it is under pressure or not, always the same punishment, will improve our skills and make them fit, and will punish perennial hacks like gilmore and thornton to the point that we may not need to delist them, they will just quit

 

[paul8241]

I have a solution to freo's problems, for every missed kick, sprint a lap, for every handball, sprint two laps doesnt matter whether it is under pressure or not, always the same punishment, will improve our skills and make them fit, and will punish perennial hacks like gilmore and thornton to the point that we may not need to delist them, they will just quit

I've edited it for my preference.

If they run, it's endurance (aerobic fitness), but sprinting is power and creates anaerobic fitness.

 

[Kickett Punches Read]

I've edited it for my preference.

If they run, it's endurance (aerobic fitness), but sprinting is power and creates anaerobic fitness.

fair call and if players dont pass out from exhaustion atleast once a week, we know they arent running hard enough