- I think we can divide high CNS, low CNS, at least for some activities. hormonal/metabolic/neuromuscolar/cardiac stress - are you talking about the output of the OW system?
Actually the general trend is high field specificity with low or no gym work and much ball work at various intensity (see Mourinho approach i.e.).
From what I know, this is the Mourinho’s and Faria’s approach, not a lot of followers. A lot of what is done by athletic coaches in soccer is rubbish, lately they present a lot of graphs, a lot of names, not a lot of results. A lot of pseudo-science, but at the end it is only to seem more professional.
Soccer is first tactical and situational game, where aerobic component is prevalent with really short repetitive sprint (10-30m) and often is the aerobic componet to be stressed.
Just like any team sport. But speed is so underrated in soccer, better, the development of speed. Tell me, how many players at the highest level have you seen improving their acceleration through their career? Yes, it is the aerobic system to be stressed, but gains are elsewhere…
- You can write with capital letters, but injuries IMO are not first of all training related. First of all they are traumatic. The first problem (training-related) is insufficient strength-endurance. Others are bad running technique (this is interesting, you run 10 kms or more during a match with bad running technique and no one had the great idea of “correcting” it) and yes, rest, insufficient therapy, even if it is not the same for every team (you have much more info than me on this aspect).
The only fault of the athletes is dancing on thursday, bad diet (cappuccino prior to a match) and sometime do sex the night before the match (someone has won a world championship with this approach!).
I don’t understand here.
Otherwise, great post.