Your average Physio experience is a classic exampe
you go the physio with some sort of niggle, pain, issue
Physio as part of your treatment gives you homework, do x how every many times
most people if they are lucky once the pain goes away stop
this doesn't mean the issue is fixed, it comes back, they blame the physio for being shit
now players have more access and more time with professional help to do the work but they still have homework, whether that be things to do or not do
add to that the Shane Crawford or Sam Mitchell examples
Crawf was an aerobic beast, he liked the work and he used the results to help him be the player he was
he was also the guy who after training was done did some more end to end sprints, or decided to walk to training from home instead of drive etc
Mitch, couldn't kick off either foot to save himself, after training he didn't just do extra practice with his hands, he practiced kicking
Footy players are by and large like Tom Cruise in Days of Thunder, they know how to drive the car but now how the car works

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