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7 Dec 2023
VAR proponent. Game has changed and the referee’s will illicit criticism either way. They are professional, and train accordingly. Good people. Just remind fans of Man Utd losing the league in 2010. Mike Dean missed 2 penalties Utd v Chelsea and the off side goal is embarrassing.
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6 Sep 2023
Sweating just watching this. Unbelievable example and recording of extremes in human performance. Wonder how much the camera operator was paid😮
6 Sep 2023
"I’ve never fell off a big chimney. You only fall off one of them once."
#OnThisDay 1979: Extraordinary steeplejack Fred Dibnah was introduced to the nation.
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5 Sep 2023
This video is insane.
And a great teaching moment.
Reporter asks Bill Belichick (6x Super Bowl coach):
"Why have a long-snapper on the roster?"
Bill gives a 10-minute speech on it on the spot.
The greatest CEOs think so deeply about their craft it's almost weird.
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28 Aug 2023
As a sports scientist by nature, I love the impact it has made on the game. Taken the game to exciting levels. But put it into perspective. SAF has openly commented that Cantona, Giggs, and Scholes were WC. That was before our impact. We just supported them in their development.
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There is no template for success. No DNA process that spits out a graduate/WC player. Otherwise we would produce the same outcomes every year. We don’t! Therefore appreciate the contextual factors. And don’t absorb in self gratification.
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28 Aug 2023
No better feeling when a player exceeds in the professional game. It’s what Academies were set up to do. Player development is multi-disciplinary and complex at best. Developing them is a team sport. Not sure why so many practitioners pinpoint their ownership in the process.
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23 Aug 2023
Across the Premier League that could be £900 million in injury related costs. Surely that is worrying for all stakeholders.
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23 Aug 2023
On average, it is estimated that a Premier League Team lose £45 million a season due to injury-related decrements in performance. £36 million on underachievement and £9 million on salaries to injured players. We are already into week 3 and the number of injuries is worrying.
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Struds1972 retweeted
22 Aug 2023
"You have to embrace hard.
Tough times make hard people.
Easy times make soft people."
Champions don't back down from adversity – they embrace it, they conquer it, and they emerge stronger.
That's the path to greatness.
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20 Aug 2023
LeBron James on Leadership 🎯
“You don’t get to pick 2 or 3 days out of the week where you wanna be a leader... it’s an everyday thing.”
@KingJames
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7 Aug 2023
Seems like a good time to introduce a Player Health & Safety Committee. Key themes - Health & Safety, governance of external fitness practitioners, recommended rest breaks, fixture cadence, data ownership and data protection etc
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7 Aug 2023
Injury rate per 1000 hours exposure increases X6 when 2 matches are played in a week. In 2019, 6 PL players were injured every 24 hours across a 13-day period (Christmas). Last season, one team had in excess of 50 injuries.
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7 Aug 2023
Injuries are rising in football. The proportion of all injury absence days caused by hamstring injuries has increased from 10% in 2001/02 to 20% in 2021/22. Incidence and medical claim costs have continued to rise exponentially. Claims in excess of £200,000 per year for teams.
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5 Aug 2023
Adding multi ball system at the same time means the intensity and volume of games is increased simultaneously.
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5 Aug 2023
4000 minutes a season is an exceptional return for any player. Extra added minutes will push the demands to nearly 5000 for those who play every game.
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5 Aug 2023
If every game in championship plays 15 mins added time, that equates to approximately 8 games per season playing time. Which is an additional 17% output. #rulechanges will push demands on all squads.
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29 Nov 2022
Balch. Proud of this squad. Proud of my colleagues. Proud of this nation that consistently punches above its weight.
C’mon @Cymru! 🏴
29 Nov 2022
Across 64 years, across half the span of the world...
It's there, on your chest.
It's there, at your back. It's there, at your side.
Gyda’n Gilydd yn Gryfach.
#TogetherStronger | #ArBenYByd | #FIFAWorldCup
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18 Nov 2022
Ymarfer Cymru 💪
🤩 The squad's first session at our World Cup Training Base.
#ArBenYByd | #TogetherStronger
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