Shabino wrote:Bad luck and I’m not sure all the graphs, iced baths, computer generated recovery times, S and C coaches, nutritionists etc actually help the players that much at times. Gets incredibly complex. Very one dimensional too. Some if the best players who never got injured over the years had their own approach. Ben Westwood springs to mind…..
I'd agree there that the game is over analysed in all departments with the apparent outcome being lower playing standards and higher injury rate.
Digressing, but I took my team as u14s to Kirkstall some years ago and the detail the performance analysis suite went into to break down the biomechanics of every players movements just seemed counter productive to me, as someone whos career is in sport development.
As an aside on that trip I remember Simon Bell saying to these 13 year olds 'if we approach to sign you and you turn us down, we won't be coming back for you. We only want players who 100% want to play for leeds'. While I understand the stiment to a degree, this seemed over board (especially at their age) and an indictment of this leeds sense of being entitled.
