jonh wrote:
I’m quite pragmatic about the lethargy in our performances.
Given how many games we have played over the last 2 seasons it’s impossible not to have peaks and troughs. In performance.
These will often be due to pre planned peaks and troughs within the training program.
I’m guessing we will have planned to drop off the intensity at this point of the season with a view to peaking again ahead of the play offs.
If you look at the current period we are in, it’s one of the only times where we can pull back in training and prepare to peak again for the playoffs.
I’d love to see us play 100% all year but it’s just not realistic.
You can plan to peak twice maybe 3 times a year successfully, and it requires a lot of skill planning and management from the coaches and particularly the performance/conditioning team.
I could obviously be wrong, I just think this lull will precede a strong build up towards the post offs which we will start to see signs of in a few weeks time.
I think you're likely spot on. This side has done really well over the last couple of seasons in learning when to peak and hit full throttle and I expect we'll really see the players ramp up in the next few weeks. I got the feeling Peet expected a little more intensity today going off his post match comments but I wouldn't be surprised to see our intensity go up several notches away at Catalans next week, just as it did last year. That was the start of our run to OT and I think the timing of this one is positive as well. The players can get away and spend some time together and really be challenged.
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