Fitness（关于身体素质）
Fitness in today’s sports is higher than its ever been，we are seeing world records smashed daily from swimming to athletics．The professional athlete today is faster fitter stronger than at any time in the past．As a professional in the England and Australia all those years ago our training was 4 mornings a week which included sprints long distance runs，weights training that was the extent of our work out “o” plus ball skills for 2 hours some players would go back in the after noon for extra but most went of to play golf．We did not have to days experts and to days machinery to help us to be faster and stronger．
Footballers to day have every benefit available to then to make them the players they are．They have trainers for sprints，trainers for skill trainers for weight chefs to make sure they eat and drink and have individual diets．Machines to monitor everything imaginable which in the end will give a team the edge．
The facilities that are available to clubs are now more equipped then ever before
Indoor field for when it rains or snows and for winter training．Boots have been designed by computers for individual feet．，balls that are lighter and move faster in the air then ever before，so the players have everything imaginable to give them the maximum chances to be the best at what they do．
Players do have to put the rest of the jigsaw together that will make them the best．The sacrifice that the players put into to days game is quit remarkable．some can sustain it for many years but many fall at the wayside due to the very difficult commitments players have to give and go through year in year out．When i played we would play 42 games a season today’s player will play as mush as 100 games in a season and that has to take its toll on the body．Many player who can go on into there thirties and still play at the highest level are very rare in to days game．
Technology has come a very long way since the days when I played． Players get over injuries so much faster due to key hole surgery which can also prolong there playing days．
The first round is over and the teams that have impressed me so far are Argentina，Spain，Brazil，Ivory Coast，Holland．I’m sorry to say that the English side have been the most disappointing side I have seen．I still feel it will be an Argentina and Brazil Final．But keep your eyes on the Swiss and on the team from Germany home ground advantage has always been hard to beat．So could we see a German and Brazil final that will be all sorted out over the next 3 weeks． |