Coaching a football team is one very complex task, and that's because you have to keep
finding various ways to make your team win. Most times, we only get to see coaches do
their jobs during games. But there's just so many other things that we don't see,
take for example training sessions. And what the coach
does during these training sessions is probably more important than what he does during games.
During training sessions, most managers tend to employ regular training methods
to keep their players fit. However, there is another group of managers who prefer a much
more rigorous style of training. In this video, we'll be talking about some of these managers.
So sit back and relax as we bring to you 5 Managers with the most intense training sessions.
1) Antonio Conte: Surely he's the first name you would
have expected on this list. We all know Conte for his antics on the touchline. He is by far
one of the most energetic managers in world football. And it turns out he enjoys making
his players feel the same way. Perhaps that's why his training sessions are just so intense.
No kidding. Just recently, players of Spurs were spotted after a training session, and they looked
absolutely exhausted. And you know what's more surprising? Many of these players have played
under coaches like Mourinho and Pochettino, but they had never experienced anything like that.
And even the very athletic Harry Kane had to throw up after one of the sessions.
This isn't the first time Conte would be doing this, though. Chiellini once said
that his training sessions used to leave players feeling dead. Hehe, good thing
it's just a feeling. Well, you really can't blame Conte for sticking with these methods,
can you? They seem to be working quite well for him. After all, he is in fact a
league winner in multiple countries. And perhaps these methods may work once again,
this time with Spurs. And he may just become the one to finally end their trophy drought.
2) Marcelo Bielsa His inclusion is definitely no fluke.
We mean, when this man was the coach of Leeds, his training method was so intense, that it was
nicknamed the murderball. Yep, you heard right. Hehe, okay, we don't think anybody actually got
harmed due to the training methods. But the point is, you can imagine just how intense
the training method must have been for his players to give it such a destructive name.
Well, if you're still in doubt about what the murderball was about, then this one's for you.
You see, just like regular training drills, the murderball involved dividing players into two
different teams. Only that in this case, there were actually no stoppages in play.
Pretty surprising right? That means no throw-ins, free kicks and so on. The players basically had to
keep going on and on, with no chance to even catch a breather. Well, some of his players
have actually complained about his methods in the past. And even new Leeds coach Jesse March
complained that the team was overtrained by Bielsa, and this made them prone to injuries.
But would all of these complaints make Bielsa change his methods? Naahh, we don't think so
3) Diego Simeone: You've already heard about the murderball
for Bielsa. Now for Simeone, we bring to you the "murder hill". And if you're wondering what the
murder Hill is, well it's a high intensity fitness training used by Simeone for his Atletico Madrid
team this summer. Hehe, again, just like in the case of Bielsa, we don't think anybody actually
got harmed by the murder Hill. But from the looks of the players after those sessions,
their muscles must have been quite hurt. If you're currently thinking that was the first
time Simeone would subject his players through such drills, then you couldn't be more wrong.
In the summer of 2016, Bernard Mensah had just signed for Atletico and turned up for his first
training session. And well, he probably thought it was going to be just another session like the
ones he was used to. But what happened that day is something he will never forget. That's because
on that day, he ended up throwing up during training, because it was just too intense for him.
Perhaps that event was the reason he left the club on many loan spells, and eventually left the club
without playing a game for the club. You really can't blame him for wanting to get away, can you?
4) Jurgen Klopp: Simeone and Conte
aren't the only coaches who have made players throw up with their training methods. It turns
out the same thing happened to some players of Liverpool when Klopp first arrived at the club.
Liverpool are currently known for playing a fast high-intensity style of football.
And if you think their football is intense, then perhaps you should wait till you see how hard
they are made to train. And believe it or no, he didn't just start this style in Liverpool.
His sessions have always been this intense, even when he was still a coach at Dortmund. And just
so you know how intense some of these sessions were, there have been rumors that on some days,
many of these players would stay over at hotels. No, not because they finished
too late to go home, or anything like that. The reason they had to sleep over at hotels was
because they were too tired to even go home. If Klopp could make actual sport professionals this
tired, then imagine how regular people like us would feel if we were at such sessions.
Well, we don't know about you, but we sure wouldn't want to be at any one of those sessions.
5) Erik Ten Hag: Before he was appointed appointed
as Manchester United’s coach, the club were struggling with so many things. It wasn't just
about the fact that they weren't winning games or trophies. No. The players were also seen to
lack the level of passion and urgency you would normally expect from players of the club. So when
they appointed him as their coach, these were some of the things he was tasked with changing.
And well, if his training routines are anything to go by, then he's already on his way to doing so.
You see, one of the first things he changed about the club, was the time of training. Unlike under
former coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, trainings at the club now start by exactly 9am. This is very
similar to how things were under Alex Ferguson. But that's even the least of the changes,
and here's where it gets more intense. He didn't just make trainings earlier, he also increased the
number of training sessions for the players. Now they do as much as three sessions in a single day!
That's not even where it ends for them. You see, three regular sessions in a day could
still be a lot bearable for players, but in the case of Man United, they're actually made to do
very intense sessions. To make things worse, the players are also made to do push-ups
when they concede a goal in training. Surely this is very intense, even for fit athletes.
And some of the players have admitted it already. Well, if they're made to do push
ups for conceding goals in training, then you can imagine what he would do to them when they
concede goals in Premier league games. Well, we just have to keep our fingers
crossed and wait to see if this would translate to success for Man United.
But what do you think? Do you support such intense sessions?
Are there any other coaches who employ similar methods? Do let us know in the comments section.
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