training on off season

[psucolonel]

Is it a good idea? or is rest more the order of the day?

[Vic Taylor]

In pre-season you should focus on heavy fitness and strength training.

[Johnjo]

it is seriuosly the most important time of the year to train, while on holiday the players attributes will go down and when they return they will get a major boost in whatever attributes you train them in, a lot more than in-season training, i don't necisarily cocentrate on strenght and fitness though as i want other important attributes to get this boost as well

[phnompenhandy]

Do you mean pre-season or off-season. I saw one thread where the guy prevents his players from ever going on holiday during the summer and keep training them. Would like to know the long-term effects of that.

[fuzzrab]

Do you mean pre-season or off-season. I saw one thread where the guy prevents his players from ever going on holiday during the summer and keep training them. Would like to know the long-term effects of that.

How can you stop them going on holiday? i thought that was an automatic thing.

[phnompenhandy]

How can you stop them going on holiday? i thought that was an automatic thing.

I think he arranged friendlies with foreign clubs in leagues who play over the summer, or something like that.

[robertcornell68]

I think he arranged friendlies with foreign clubs in leagues who play over the summer, or something like that.

I would have thought that was a recipe for constant injury problems.

Friendlies are for getting peak fitness. I personally don't have any specific pre-season schedule.