TRAINING!!!

[skynyrdman]

corect me if you think im wrong, iv heard that alot of teams train about 2 hours a day ,that includes SL and full time our league, so why dont widnes train more hours a day to get even fitter, and be alot fitter than the other teams in are leaugh, because last season we seem to struggle even against part timers!!!, maybe im wrong and they might train longer, i just want widnes to be back in the big time, and prove the RFL wrong for not putting us in super leaugh.

[efcviking]

Maybe if most teams do so it will mean anymore than 2hours a day is to much?

[Glynn]

being full time doesnt mean you train for 40 hours a week, you use the full time for recovery sessions and  video sessions of your performances and the opponents and other things such as weight sessions as well as the normal training exercises and drills.

[skynyrdman]

thought fulltime would mean more than 2 hours a day!!, what about pepole who work 8or 10 hours aday then go the gym!!!.

[Brynhild]

I think that the club's gym sessions would be slightlymore intensive than most peoples

[MA]

thought fulltime would mean more than 2 hours a day!!, what about pepole who work 8or 10 hours aday then go the gym!!!.

As someboy said, being full time doesn't mean you train for all of the hours - there has to be time for community work, physio, team training, personal training, recovery & recuperation, debriefing e.t.c. Don't forget, one or 2 days of the week when the season starts will be game days too.

If you trained intensely all day for 5 days a week, your body will inevitably suffer burnout within a few months.

Am I right in thinking that the majority of players who are full time in the National Leagues will be on a pittance?

[warringtonviking]

From what I've seen of late (past few seasons) they don't do any training yet alone 2 hours a day.  Perhaps their training involves eating Bacon butties.

[Patterson 1]

There was a study about this a few years back.
Study concluded that 123 mins is the optimum training time when doing drills etc. Study covered both brain and body, and this resulted in the findings above.

[Industria Ditat]

Having spent hours watching the NRL and more recently the World cup, the area that lets us down more than anything in this country is our inability to perform the basic skills at a high level. This is something which can be improved on by good coaching and lots of time spent practicing the skills. As a full time club there is no reason why our players can't spend extra hours improving these skills - accurate passing from dummy half and defusing kicks to the corner ( for example) can be worked on for lengthy periods of time without causing excessive fatigue. We need to make the most of the fact we are full time because I have a feeling next season will be more difficult than some people think.

[Neil]

Don't forget that last years pre season training was heavily compromised by the situation of the field. Fitness should not be an issue this season with a full pre season.. (i hope) !


Fly

[vikings 4 ever]

Don't forget that last years pre season training was heavily compromised by the situation of the field. Fitness should not be an issue this season with a full pre season.. (i hope) !


Fly

I totally agree, the fact that RL is so physically tough on the body, it means most of the actual muscle building and aerobic training is done before the season starts. Once the games are in full swing, the players are merely recovering and also maintaining fitness. It was frustrating watching us last year, but next year should be different - well, one can but hope.

[K9]

There were some interesting newspaper articles by Edmundson (now retired) when he was in Australia with Roosters. He said that the training over there was like a full time job. Not working out physically all the time but a full day at the club with fitness  sessions, rest periods, meal breaks, skills sessions, rest periods, video sessions, throughout the day. Thats were they get their intensity from.

[MA]

There were some interesting newspaper articles by Edmundson (now retired) when he was in Australia with Roosters. He said that the training over there was like a full time job. Not working out physically all the time but a full day at the club with fitness  sessions, rest periods, meal breaks, skills sessions, rest periods, video sessions, throughout the day. Thats were they get their intensity from.

I believe that we would do things with  pretty much the same intensity.

I just think skills the Aussies have are light years ahead of ourselves and also they seem to harbour desire and commitment to be professional sports people so much better than ourselves.

[cheadleviking]

I am no fitness coach but I would imagine intense exercise/training is best in smaller chunks more often, there will be lots of warming up and cooling down to be done, lots of rehabilitation and also would imagine with our new setup classroom tutorials so it depends what is meant by 2hrs training really!

[farnworth viking]

I just think skills the Aussies have are light years ahead of ourselves and also they seem to harbour desire and commitment to be professional sports people so much better than ourselves.
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If you've been to Australia for the recent World Cup, you will perhaps might not think the same, as the papers and tv were running stories about quite a few Brisbane Broncos players, who had been in court on sexual assault charges, after heavy drinking sessions, which are apparently quite the norm over there. In the papers it was saying that if they were going to get drunk and party, they should hire out a room, and do it in private.

Hardly what you would expect from profesional sports people

. I think one of the main reasons Australia are better than us, is that with it being such a big country, they have far more players to choose from, where as if GB/England get a few injuries, we dont have enough good players to bring in to replace the ones injured.