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I know, but the point I was making even from my crap training is that too much high intensity training is far more likely to lead to injury. My track, 5 and 10k speedy running pals typically also did something like 80% of their training at maybe 60% intensity, with much shorter fast sessions...

That’s what I was alluding to in #21…….too high a % of a player’s work may now be at high intensity, and without adequate recovery time etc. The S&C guys have all the data in the world on this, but the need to keep winning is perhaps over-riding player welfare to some extent. I know from years...

Possibly......I'm no expert (junior is somewhat and I've learned a lot from him and it's also led me to read around it a lot more - it's fascinating). All teams manage player 'loads' extremely carefully (and individually to set thresholds)- cumulative work over a period, including a detailed...

Definitely part of it I think - they're also red-lining/operating at the extreme limits of their physical capability for much longer so much closer to the injury threshold for longer