Players Were Over-trained, Right – Jesse Marsch On Leeds United’s Injury Issues - Inside Futbol 12/4/22
Jesse Marsch has indicated that the raft of injury issues to Leeds United’s players this season is down to them being over-trained and stressed he and his staff have tried to put in place a training methodology to handle his charges carefully.
The Whites have had to deal with injuries to a clutch of key
players throughout this season, which has played a role in them becoming
embroiled in a relegation scrap.
Leeds’ stars followed a rigorous training regime under
former boss Marcelo Bielsa, which included the infamous “murderball” sessions,
and many felt years of intense training might have taken a toll on the physical
state of the players, which resulted in their alarming injury record this
season.
And new Whites boss Marsch has insisted that his team’s
injury issues this season are down to them being over-trained, which led them
to being physically, mentally, psychologically and emotionally drained.
The American stressed that he and his backroom staff are
trying to implement a training methodology that will help them to handle their
over-trained players carefully and transform his charges into healthy, strong
individuals.
“The injury issues had lot do with the training
methodologies”, Marsch explained on talkSPORT.
“These players were over-trained, right, and that led to
them being physically, mentally, psychologically, emotionally in a difficult
place to recover from week to week, from game to game.
“So, I have a very specific methodology with the way I work
and I had a reputation for running, having high running data in the way that we
play but also having healthy, strong players, who can meet the standard of the
game that we want.
“So, we have tried to put that into the place to help the
players, I think that has helped a lot.”
