Chapter 1568 This Game of Chess Is Too Big!

"It's a very irresponsible approach to blame the players for the current problems of the team."

At the dinner table, Yang Yang said to Florentino very seriously.

Since they were entertaining the two families of Yang Yang and Xavi Alonso, together with important members of the club such as the general manager Manuel Redondo and Butragueno, they were divided into two tables, surrounded by Yang Yang and others. a table.

"I have fought side by side with them for many years, and I have a deep understanding of their character. Maybe they are old, maybe they are a little slack, maybe they have all kinds of problems, but I still insist, put the problem on the players, Irresponsible."

Yang Yang's words are serious and serious, because it can be seen as his criticism of Real Madrid's management.

In fact, everyone can see that Real Madrid's management is indeed not doing well. Otherwise, why would Valdano take the blame and resign? Isn't he the scapegoat for the team's poor record?

Florentino is not without tolerance, especially when this person is still Yang Yang.

"What do you think is the current problem of the team?" Florentino asked calmly.

Yang Yang thought for a while, "A lot, as far as I can tell from this game, the biggest problem is still training."

"Training?" Manuel Redondo was a little surprised. "Based on the feedback we have received, whether it is Lopetegui or Solari's training this season, the intensity is not low."

Yang Yang shook his head, "But the players have already proved by their game performance that their training is not up to standard."

"Yang Yang is right. The real high-level training does not lie in the intensity, but in whether it can mobilize the performance of the players. It is as if UEFA accused Ancelotti of not training at a high intensity. But in fact, the players The performance was excellent.”

Harvey Alonso took Yang Yang's words, because he was in charge of daily training at Ajax, and during this period of time, he also came into contact with and learned a lot of things, especially driven by Yang Yang.

Training intensity can no longer be used as a measure of the level of training of a coaching team. Maybe it was okay a few years ago, but it is no longer possible, because in the past few years, the use of high technology in European football has improved the level of training. A leap-forward development has taken place.

Head coaches like Lopetegui and Solari are outdated and unable to keep up with the rhythm and pace of this era.

Since a few years ago, dataization has become popular in European football. Therefore, in addition to arranging players' training every day, the coaching staff has also done a lot of other work, including detecting various physical indicators and data of players, and making long-term records. And analysis, to better track and observe the ups and downs of players.

Based on this set of data, the coaching staff can arrange the players' diet, training and rest in a targeted manner, which is why the Real Madrid team also has professional nutritionists, sleep therapists and other various professionals and consultant teams.

Among them, the more famous one is the Milan laboratory ten years ago, which was gradually learned by the entire European football team, so digitization has become a wave.

Up to now, Real Madrid's first team has not only collected training data, but also collected, sorted and analyzed the data of players in the game, through the tracking and analysis of various data, to evaluate the team's performance as a whole This is also an important factor for Real Madrid to achieve excellent results in the past few years.

There is also the sleep program, and various other projects for the players, these are the changes brought about by Real Madrid in the past few years with the times, which are not well known, but have played an important role.

But now, Yang Yang feels that these data have not been widely used by Lopetegui and Solari in daily training and game evaluation. This may be due to various reasons, but it is undeniable that they did not do it. good.

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"The big data department has already become a very important department for European teams. Many teams will formulate different training plans for each individual based on the tactical arrangements of the head coach."

"For example, at Ajax, we are good at the opening rush, while Real Madrid is used to attacking from the back. These two different tactical styles adopt two different training modes, because they require different physical fitness. "

"I had a long communication with Pochettino in London, and even had the honor to communicate with his team. They have done a good job in data analysis and application, and they have a strong ability to control the data of players. This allows them to have a very clear view of each player's physical condition anytime, anywhere."

"Not only that, but now there is a new trend in European football. They have begun to try to introduce methods from other medical fields into the football field, such as some muscle vibration therapy, or research on the mechanism of the brain, and there have even been experiments. The laboratory found that the habitual injury of a certain part of the player is related to nerve damage."

"As far as I know, German fitness coaches have even begun to use artificial neural networks, self-organizing neural networks, chaos theory, etc. to analyze game patterns. They are trying to use more advanced technology to train and strengthen players."

Florentino, Manuel Redondo, Butragueno and others were a little dumbfounded. First, they are not professionals, so they have not participated in related industries. Second, they are all The management is not familiar with and understands these front-line coaching news.

But they all clearly got a message from Yang Yang, that is, Lopetegui and Solari are really behind the times.

Because these two Real Madrid coaches are not familiar with all that Yang Yang said, even Zidane a year ago may not understand.

"Not only is the large-scale introduction of science and technology, but also the concept is undergoing earth-shaking changes."

"I talked to Pochettino before, and he has set up a special position at Tottenham Hotspur called the director of sports performance."

"Yes, the former physical coaches were in charge of player training. Their task was to train players to be able to run and jump, and to be strong enough in physical confrontation. They even went a step further and began to pay attention to the players' individual skills, tactics and physical uniqueness. It's a pretty good fitness coach, but now, Tottenham Hotspur are taking it one step further."

"The so-called sports performance coaches not only need to be proficient in physical training, but also be proficient in all aspects. Their job is not to train players' physical fitness, but to connect the sports scientists, rehabilitation physiotherapists, masseurs, sports performance analysts, and technical staff in the team. Coaches, maybe even head coaches."

"They can give professional advice on players' physical condition, training load, technical and tactical load, player recovery, etc., and cooperate with coaches in other positions to serve every player."

Yang Yang's words made everyone present in a daze.

What Pochettino did in Tottenham Hotspur, the outside world did not get much news. More people only knew some clues through Gary Neville’s column, but now they know all this from Yang Yang. Really surprised.

This is a conceptual upgrade.

"I see, I saw the news before that you funded Pintus and Winston Bogarde, as well as Ajax's fitness and youth coaches to do a doctorate in sports science, and it turned out to be because of this. "Butragueno said in amazement.

At that time, he didn't pay much attention to it, but now when he heard Yang Yang say that, he couldn't help but feel ashamed from the bottom of his heart, because he was really sitting on the sidelines.

"Yes, I personally think that this is a kind of conceptual progress that we at Ajax must keep up with, and more importantly, we are working with Adidas to try to put this new set of technology and concepts into Go in the youth training."

"Youth training?" Butragueno was surprised again.

"That's right." Harvey Alonso took the words and took the initiative to explain to Yang Yang, "After we took over Ajax, Yang Yang did one thing, which was to call all the coaches and youth coaches of the club for a meeting. , and then held several consecutive meetings on physical fitness and youth training, combined with Ajax's youth training experience, and came to a conclusion."

"In the adult first team, physical fitness is actually not the most difficult thing, because the players are basically formed and can be seen and touched, but it is not the case in the youth team, because in many cases, more scientific and step-by-step training cannot be achieved immediately. It is effective, but it is constantly accumulating and consolidating the height and upper limit of players as adults."

"In the past, this kind of training was often not easy to accept, but now, we believe that it should be valued and adopted. Not only that, but also pay attention to players, seize the window period of their growth stage, and give targeted help And guidance, to keep the players in the most appropriate training load at all times, this is the direction that Ajax should work hard."

"Talented players are different, and even every talented player is different. How to train every young player well through technological means is a huge system. "

Harvey Alonso's words made Florentino and others look at Yang Yang differently.

Before, they all thought that Yang Yang was only leading Ajax to achieve a transformation in performance, but what they didn't expect was that Yang Yang was profoundly changing all aspects of Ajax, especially the youth team that the team is proud of. training system.

If it is really like what Harvey Alonso introduced, then Ajax's youth training ability will be greatly improved in the future, which will make Ajax's youth training, which is already proud of the European heroes, bound to go further.

Yang Yang's game of chess is too big!

In this regard, Yang Yang is not humble either, because he does have such self-confidence.

"The same is true for the development of young players, the same is true for the training of veterans. Real Madrid has many veterans. How to train them and how to help them maintain their fitness is a complex training science, but whether it is Lopetegui or Solari, obviously not doing well, that's why I think Real Madrid's training level is not high."

Yang Yang's remarks also brought the problem back to the beginning stage, that is, it is inappropriate to blame Real Madrid's problems on the players.