well i guess that the training didnt really matter, the german team just sh-- themselves with two goals given up in ot to the italians…too bad
at least they had snazzy jerseys 
One point of view has it the Germans were a mostly ordinary team with an ordinary coach who was a good motivator. That they reached the last four of this tournament was more a tribute to their physical and mental preparation over any gifts of talent or tactical design. So maybe without all the contraptions and power training etc, maybe they would have lost earlier?
The German’s and Italian’s played an excellent game. One of the wierdest games I’ve ever seen in terms of scoring.
Lol, I didn’t revisit this post in a while and I have found some interesting posts to my comments about cheetahs and gorillas.
First, I’d like to say that animals DO perform resistance training on a daily basis. Although most animals movements are either bodyweight or body-to-body resistance efforts (such as in fighting or hunting prey), they do recieve large amounts of ballistic resistance to the body very frequently.
This might seem out of topic for this post, but my statement was mearly to suggest that such high amounts of “technology” need not be employed to get world class results. I am always one to say that the further away from simplicity, the worse the exercise.
I wouldn’t even know what category to put vibrational training in? With those types of frequencies, shear forces on the joint capsules may not be noticed (by proprioceptors) and the stretching of the connective tissue would be the first negative effect to come to my mind.
Now, back to the animal topics. Cheetahs and gorillas do warm up on a daily basis. Most cheetahs hunt their prey off of a pre-run, which would make their training like fly 100’s. Add in the agility and the combat which ensues after the takedown and you have sprinting mixed with MMA…lol.
Seems like that would be a pretty good workout to me! Seriously, very simple, but I just wanted to illustrate that we can learn a lot from wild animals. There is nothing tame about running 10 sec in 100m.
interesting reply, i am not the most knowledgable on the german soccer team, but if thats the case, i guess that AP is flexing its muscles again!!
Whatever they did,the Germans seemed to me already tired in the game versus Argentina.
Tonight against Italy…well they just did not run fast enough,long enough…NOT RECOVERED AT ALL!
Whatever they did,the Germans seemed to me already tired in the game versus Argentina.
Tonight against Italy…well they just did not run fast enough,long enough…NOT RECOVERED AT ALL and very far from any kind of peak condition!
I agree completely with that analysis.
I would also agrue that is traditionally a great German strength.
That’s not to say they don’t have - nor have had great players - but I feel they play better as a team.
I don’t believe many other teams are as well organised or prepared as German teams, nor do the players have the ability to maintain concentration or discipline to the same degree.
I think you could argue quite successfully that none of the other teams in the final 4 or even last 8 have as few world-class players skill wise.
Even years ago I would argue that things were similar.
Thoughts?
Actaully I wouldn’t agree completely with that.
If you remember the second half - they dominated the Italians.
Same after the goal against Argentina - they dominated the 2nd half and extra time.
Fair enough in the last minutes of extra time they seemed to fall apart … but I would agrue the Argentinian game affected them greatest then.
Agree?
Yes to some extent…to me they seemed to keep up and at times prevail maybe in the first 20 minutes of each half…then a marked drop off and decrease in readiness and attention.
It would be interesting to see the Proquest data from these games. Working with some pro soccer players i know they don’t look after themselves in terms of rehydration and carb intake during the games (unless you literally force feed them). With all the tensions of a big match perhaps they didn’t hydrate properly?
That’s hardly surprising in a sport where as late as the World Cup in 90 you would get a yellow card if you recieved water from the sidelines during a game.
and in the end… this is what we like to see please
and this
Klose assist Materazzi
and we like this too . . .
zambrotta consoles the inconsolable ballack
