Big Dave T wrote:Depends on the size of facility. To run though back to back plays etc they would need a half pitch facility at least. I'd hope we dont just run through 1 play at a time, would expect them to work on continuity through plays.
Yeah, but somewhere the size of David Lloyd or Cannons (in the tennis bit) would be big enough for that.
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Who cares where it is!
All those d*ckheads from the Red side can try and imply it has all sorts of connotations!
The only connotation i can see is that its a decision based on good business sense. A week training in hotter climes certainly does help, but if it isnt feasable, then which kn*b of a chairmen would allow it.
Whoever made this decision has made the right call.
HKR fans can say all they want - if i were them, i'd worry about trying to sort that woeful away kit, and awful stadium, and the fact that they havent won a trophy or appeared in a major final for years!
Never understood "warm weather training" anyway. We send them to a warm country to train for a season that starts during probably the coldest spell in the year? But then, I'm not a trainer.
Frankly as a fan, I don't care if they train in Hull, Portugal, Spain, at the North Pole or Mars, provinding they produce the results match day.
Joined: Jan 14 2009 Posts: 297 Location: A hop, skip and a jump from the Stoop! (otherwise known as Isleworth!)
Never understood "warm weather training" anyway. We send them to a warm country to train for a season that starts during probably the coldest spell in the year? But then, I'm not a trainer.
the benefits are both physical and psychological.
The physical aspect means you are not hindered by climatic conditions when trying to get a base level of fitness.
The psychologial aspects mean that practises, understanding and greater teamwork/set play drills can be performed, thus enhancing the team understainding.
Cancelling a session at Brantingham Park/Saltend/wherever at this stage of the season is far more detrimental in the building blocks of getting an individual or team up to speed as quickly as possible.
ExiledFromHull wrote:The physical aspect means you are not hindered by climatic conditions when trying to get a base level of fitness. The psychologial aspects mean that practises, understanding and greater teamwork/set play drills can be performed, thus enhancing the team understainding.
I reamain unconvienced. Physical... you can obtain a perfectly good fitness level in a variety of ways, including indoor training facilities, such as indoor pitches, gyms, and swimming, running tracks, all of which are pretty readily available.
Psycological, while I understand that the areas you have highlights are important, I don't see how its got anything to do with warm weather. If we want to work in a team or understand each other we all have to jet off to somewhere warm. I'm going to suggest it to my manager, I'm not sure he'll go for it though. I think you can actually get all of those things here in the UK were the training conditions will be similar to those they will be playing in.
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