Arne Slot can assure one main continuation from the Jurgen Klopp regime: Depth as an id.
The problem for Liverpool’s Dutch head coach, nonetheless, will likely be maximising availability for a staff that has periodically suffered from damage crises.
The Athletic now experiences there are encouraging indicators from the 45-year-old’s prior managerial roles that bode properly for the longer term.
“One of many key standards when assessing doable contenders to succeed Klopp this summer season was how the health data of their squads and Slot’s file at each Feyenoord and former membership AZ Alkmaar was optimistic on this regard,” Andy Jones and Gregg Evans wrote.
“His groups have been repeatedly the fittest within the Eredivisie, Dutch soccer’s high division, however additionally they succumbed damage crises. Muscle accidents have been uncommon at AZ, and so they have been famend within the Netherlands because the staff whose gamers may nonetheless dash full-throttle within the remaining minutes of matches.”
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In that regard, the appointment of Slot – and by extension his lead bodily efficiency coach, Ruben Peeters – is an announcement.
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How Peeters and Co. may revolutionise Liverpool’s health
Pre-season will likely be Peeters’ first main alternative to showcase his abilities.
“Peeters’ predominant focus is the periodisation of coaching planning, the place he maps out particular person timetables for every participant, deciding the workload required and when to construct them up or relaxation them, so that they peak on the proper time,” as was reported on The Athletic.
Jones and Evans went on so as to add concerning the Belgian’s strategies at Feyenoord: “The medical and efficiency staff adopted a biopsychosocial method to participant health. Catapult coaching vests have been used throughout periods to trace 1000’s of items of bodily knowledge, whereas every participant was given a high-intensity stage to hit, with Slot being saved knowledgeable of targets and progress.
“Peeters additionally led a ‘DNA venture’, which noticed the membership analyse samples of a participant’s sweat, saliva, urine and stools a number of occasions a season, with the purpose of acquiring extra info to try to guarantee sooner bodily restore and cut back time misplaced to accidents. This detailed administration noticed Feyenoord’s participant availability hit 90 per cent or above in every of Slot’s first two seasons.”
It’s maybe a stage of depth beforehand unseen on Merseyside. In the end, given the struggles we endured in sustaining availability in 2023/24 – and, certainly, in prior campaigns – we welcome a contemporary pair of eyes and options for the issue at hand.
Welcome to Liverpool, Ruben!
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