All Napoli players were devastated to discover that they seemed to have underestimated the intensity of the summer training camp.
Whether it is Callejon and Parejo, former Real Madrid players, or players who played for the team last season, they all know that Gaoshen's training intensity has always been very intense. Each training session lasts ninety minutes, but the training
The project was arranged very tightly, almost trying to squeeze every last bit of energy out of them.
They can also benefit from such training.
But this time it's obviously different.
The intensity is higher.
What's more important is that from practicing twice a day to practicing three times a day, this is definitely a rhythm that can kill people.
Buenaventura is like a big devil. He even told the players that the running distance of the team this season is higher than before. Even high center forwards like Pellet have to run more than ten meters.
kilometer.
Not to mention some of the full-backs and midfielders, they almost all run 11, 12, or even more distances.
In order to achieve this goal, the team must make sufficient physical reserves during pre-season training, so this devilish training camp appeared that made all players feel collapsed and even despaired.
"You had such a comfortable holiday, but now you are in so much pain!" Buenaventura said with a smile.
There are three training sessions every day. In addition to physical reserves, a lot of ball training is also required.
For example, before each training session, there will be a round of ring grabbing game, which is also known as monkey walking that many people are familiar with.
This is actually not new, it is even a regular training program for Barcelona and the Dutch team.
When Gao Shen was coaching Real Madrid, he often used it to adjust the training atmosphere, making it more like a game.
Callejon and Parejo thought they were familiar with this game, but when they arrived at the training ground, they discovered that it was completely different from the game they played at Real Madrid.
Naples' lap-grabbing game is mainly based on two-and-eight.
As the name suggests, eight players pass the ball to each other in a circle, with two players in the middle responsible for grabbing the ball.
This kind of training can improve players' ball-handling skills in a small area, and at the same time train players' movement, allowing them to maintain an effective triangular position anytime and anywhere when dealing with pressure from players in the circle.
This is recognized as the most suitable position for passing the ball.
Players standing in the circle learn how to press the most efficiently, block the opponent's passing lane, and predict the opponent's passing intention in advance. These are all simulating what happens in real games.
It can be said that the circle grabbing game seems simple, but the effect is very effective, especially for teams that press, pass and control the ball, it is an indispensable training item.
Whether it is the Dutch national team, Ajax, Barcelona, or the team coached by Louis van Gaal, they are basically inseparable from the training of the circle game.
In addition, the circle grabbing game can also adjust the intensity and purpose of training according to the ratio of the number of people. For example, two to grab six, two to grab five, or even one to grab three triangle grab circle can achieve good results.
But Gao Shen put forward higher-level requirements, making this training no longer just a game, but training.
That is, everyone must touch the ball with one foot, and players are restricted to using their left or right foot.
In other words, whether it is passing or catching a ball, only one foot can be used.
This undoubtedly greatly increases the difficulty of the circle grabbing game.
Coupled with the punishment mechanism, this training is not only interesting, but also has high training intensity and training value.
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As Spanish players, Callejon and Parejo are both familiar with the game of grabbing the circle, but neither of them expected that the Naples players were also so familiar with this training, and even did it better and at a higher level than Real Madrid.
While the new players are still getting familiar with and adapting to this training, the old Naples players, led by Rakitic, Biglia and others, are already "playing" on the court very smoothly, and the football is like a bullet.
Just like that, he kept shuttling back and forth between them, very fast.
Vidal and David Luiz were also having a great time pressing in the middle. They almost snatched the ball away several times, causing the training ground to scream in surprise.
This made both Callejon and Parejo put away their pride.
If nothing else, basically no one can do this kind of training at Real Madrid.
Of course, this is also because the old Naples players have been trained very skillfully, but it can also be seen that Naples' skillful passing and cutting on the court is really not an accident, but the strength gained through training.
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In addition to the circle grabbing game, there are also shadow training methods specifically responsible for training overall oppression, as well as other targeted training, such as seven-on-four group confrontations.
It is said to be seven versus four, but it is actually four versus four. Three players are neutral. Whichever side has the ball, they belong to that side.
This is mainly to train players' running without the ball.
All these trainings were brought to Naples by Gao Shen last season, or were added slowly during the coaching process.
After practice in Naples, the results are very satisfactory. On this basis, all the coaching staff will further dig into and improve the difficulty, so that the players can achieve the best training effect.
In addition, after each day's training session, the players will receive a detailed training report. In addition to their own training, it also contains the team's overall performance, including some good performances or mistakes.
place.
For example, a forward may even analyze the reason why he failed to score a certain shot during training.
This is thanks to Naples' investment in this area.
The Fort Volturno training center has limited space, but it was completely renovated and upgraded this summer. Cameras were installed. Even during training, videos are taken and sent to Lucas' analysis department in real time. Then they will immediately conduct various
Analyze, summarize and organize.
After the players get the analysis report, they basically have a preliminary understanding of some of their own and the team's mistakes. Their task is to first think about why they have this problem, and how to solve and avoid such problems from recurring?
Before training the next day, the coach will meet with the players one by one to discuss these issues with them and give them suggestions for improvement to help them improve.
If it is a recurring illness or a general problem, the coaching staff will also arrange special intensive training sessions as soon as possible.
I have to say that this is not only unique in Serie A, but also quite advanced even in European football.
The investment is not very large, the most important thing is the introduction of advanced technology and the emphasis on advanced talents.
Lucas's two assistants were carefully selected by Lucas and the club. Although they have never held such a job before, they both have considerable potential.
And these are unknown to outsiders.
But all the Naples players in Fort Volturno felt novel and at the same time enjoyed the benefits brought by this technological advancement, especially when each of them got the analysis report and became more aware of their own problems and mistakes. It's all clear at a glance.
This is very helpful to everyone.
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Since last season, Gao Shen has been aware of a problem.
That is how to better regulate the psychological changes of players.
In the final analysis, the football game is still a human game.
Benitez said that if you give him eleven robots, he can win all games.
The reason is very simple, the robot has no feelings, no emotional changes, and remains 100% focused.
A lot can be done in training, but some things cannot be done, such as the emotional changes of players.
Especially young players are the most outstanding in this regard.
To give the simplest example, this is recognized by everyone, that is, in a game, after a goal is scored, the probability of scoring another goal in the next ten minutes is the highest.
This is how the players' emotions changed drastically because of the goal.
Gao Shen discovered a very interesting phenomenon last season, that is, the players' emotions will continue to change with the trend of the game. For example, when the team successfully grabs the ball and switches from defense to offense, the players' emotions will change. Those who walk up will be very excited, and sometimes they will even be hot-headed and forget about everything.
However, when the team loses the ball during organization and offense, and switches from offense to defense, the players' emotions will go down, and they will become very frustrated, complain about their teammates who made mistakes, and even become discouraged and have negative thoughts.
This is actually all human nature.
Not to mention young players, even adults are basically unable to avoid such positive or negative emotions.
But in a high-level game, this kind of emotion is likely to lead to mistakes, which may lead to conceding goals.
If you are too excited, you will make mistakes, if you are too negative, you will make mistakes.
Therefore, Gao Shen was wondering, is there any way to guide and control the players' emotions within a reasonable range as much as possible, so that they will not be too excited or too disappointed?
To this end, Naples specially hired a famous Italian psychologist to come to the team. He believed that this requires long-term psychological construction and training to create a psychological mechanism for the players.
However, it is not clear yet how to do it specifically and whether it will be effective, and we need to continue to explore.
At least in this area, I'm afraid no other team in European football is currently studying it.
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Whether it is high-intensity physical training or high-level ball training, whether it is training analysis or the construction of psychological mechanisms, all of this has only one purpose, and that is to allow the team to perform at a stronger level on the court.
But before the league starts, all players have to go through an almost devilish hell-like training.
With three classes a day, each class lasting ninety minutes, plus some other course arrangements, the players' pre-season training can be said to be very tightly arranged, and everyone is drained of all their energy every day.
To use Paul Cannavaro's complaint in the locker room: "I don't even think about applauding my wife for love when I go home!"
This is not surprising.
Because when everyone leaves the training base every day, they are almost all weak.
But they are also constantly adjusting their physical condition, recovering and improving during such cruel training.
After two weeks of devilish training in Fort Volturno, the team officially ushered in an intensive summer warm-up match.
