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Sports => Football => Topic started by: Tallman on May 19, 2011, 04:22:02 AM
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Pfister takes Warriors to Las Cuevas for training
T&T Guardian
National coach Otto Pfister switched his training venue to Las Cueves yesterday as the Soca Warriors continued preparation for the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign. Pfister has been conducting sessions at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, but opted for a change in environment and conditions, overseeing a fitness session at the beach on a sunny but quiet morning with the session starting at 9 am and lasting about an hour. Pfister is no stranger to training in a hot climate but says that the beach conditions in T&T are a prime resource of which athletes here should take advantage.
“Football is an international game. Each region has its own peculiarities and personalities, and its conditions. At the end of the day it is the same game in Egypt, Cameroon or Togo as it is in Trinidad and Tobago. It’s the same family, the same ball and the principles are the same,” Pfister said recently. While the current squad comprises strictly home-based players, T&T’s quota of European-based players are nearing the end of their seasons and will return to T&T within the next few weeks. It is expected that those who are in Pfister’s overall pool will be invited to join the sessions.
Pfister has stated he will consider only his best available players based both at home and abroad for upcoming international matches including a friendly during the August Fifa international window. He will leave for the United States next month to witness the Concacaf Gold Cup. Prior to that, he will visit Tobago to take in some of the action at a game arranged involving some of the better players on the island.
(http://www.guardian.co.tt/sites/default/files/event/cuevas.png)
Joe Public captain, Carlyle Mitchell, right leads members of the Soca Warriors training squad
Glenroy Samuel, Micah Lewis, Atualla Guerra, Noel Williams, Andrei Pacheco, Marvin Phillip,
Clyde Leon, Keston Williams, Akim Armstrong and Hughton Hector jog under the supervision
of national coach, Germany’s Otto Pfister on Las Cuevas Beach, yesterday.
PHOTO: courtesy TTFF Media
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We in May, most European leagues is over or almost over and our first game is during an international break 3 months away in August when the European league starts back ?
So while we players on a 2 months break they will be inactive and showing up for practice now and then only if they on vacation in T&T.
Cheryl, yuh doing a great job.
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We in May, most European leagues is over or almost over and our first game is during an international break 3 months away in August when the European league starts back ?
So while we players on a 2 months break they will be inactive and showing up for practice now and then only if they on vacation in T&T.
Cheryl, yuh doing a great job.
So what do u suggest?
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So what do u suggest?
Jocking yuh prick twice a day for the next 2 weeks and if symptoms continue call your doctor.
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he need to have some of dem swim to carrera and back
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nice background pic!!!!!!!
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This bring back some good memories,those were my haunting grounds,i spent many days training on those beaches and mountains,Las Quevas,Maracas etc etc San Juan Snr Com still talks about it.
All the best guys,like the assistants doing their job. (good old days)
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them big men running with sneakers on the beach.
They need to toughen up they feet and run barefoot.
they does baby these men they must be trying to protect them from shin splints.
training on the beach is a good thing, nice to see this coach doing it.
he might shock me and do a good job. let me see how they look in the first game.
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THey better get fit. Last night I takin in highlights of dem workin out on d beach. It look kinda sad
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them big men running with sneakers on the beach.
They need to toughen up they feet and run barefoot.
they does baby these men they must be trying to protect them from shin splints.
training on the beach is a good thing, nice to see this coach doing it.
he might shock me and do a good job. let me see how they look in the first game.
nothing wrong with wearing sho0es to run on the beach, seems silly in a perfect world, but those guys feet are thier tools, imagine if one were to trod on a piece of wire/glass/sharp stone etc???
and given the attitudes trinis have to keeping charlie close by its a wise move
better to be safe than sorry
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Under all kicks...las cuevas is a dread patch of sand...I sure its a mile plus of beach to run.
I tote a full cooler a few weeks ago from the carpark, down the hill and across the sand to the area by the mud/sand track on the eastern side of the beach....talk bout workout.
It take meh a good 3 beverages and 20 minutes to ketch mehself and recover after that trek.
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I guess Pfister has been watching Rocky 3
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Under all kicks...las cuevas is a dread patch of sand...I sure its a mile plus of beach to run.
I tote a full cooler a few weeks ago from the carpark, down the hill and across the sand to the area by the mud/sand track on the eastern side of the beach....talk bout workout.
It take meh a good 3 beverages and 20 minutes to ketch mehself and recover after that trek.
4X4 touches...no walking required! and then yuh cud go down by the river
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I guess Pfister has been watching Rocky 3
:beermug: ;D , this forum needs a like button.
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We in May, most European leagues is over or almost over and our first game is during an international break 3 months away in August when the European league starts back ?
So while we players on a 2 months break they will be inactive and showing up for practice now and then only if they on vacation in T&T.
Cheryl, yuh doing a great job.
So what do u suggest?
Having a bit of foresight and organising that June friendly before Pfister was officially named.
Having a standby opponent not participating in the Gold Cup?
Keeping Wasa on retainer?
Hell...men frustrated, We ent play a match for the year and world cup qualification suppose to start this year. Let we vent...
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get them fellahs in shape first and work on the fundamentals of football before they go into a match
pfister getting them up to standard :beermug:
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Cutting edge training. Who would have thought about training our players who live on an island on the beach. WoW absolutely top class. :applause: :applause: :applause:
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How alyuh so sure a grounds was available for training?
At least the beach better than a Ballroom ::)
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http://www.youtube.com/v/fjZXWOmYgLc
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runnin on sand eh no joke.... we boys go be fit..
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runnin on sand eh no joke.... we boys go be fit..
yeah, but dem is the most sour face footballers I ever see ah coach have to work with..is like dey doh wha be here, buh allyuh making we come....if yuh doh wha put out for the National team, for whatever reason...Don't...Not wait till game time to show everybody that doh yuh body was at training, yuh mind wasn't there .
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Cutting edge training. Who would have thought about training our players who live on an island on the beach. WoW absolutely top class. :applause: :applause: :applause:
Nothing new or nothing that have not been done before. Nice change of scenery. But this should have be done before the bloody CFU. We more than likely would have been in the Gold cup.
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runnin on sand eh no joke.... we boys go be fit..
yeah, but dem is the most sour face footballers I ever see ah coach have to work with..is like dey doh wha be here, buh allyuh making we come....if yuh doh wha put out for the National team, for whatever reason...Don't...Not wait till game time to show everybody that doh yuh body was at training, yuh mind wasn't there .
Agreed! Dey seem to lack intensity or just going tru the motions! Th best was the kids passin tru in the background! Comical!
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runnin on sand eh no joke.... we boys go be fit..
yeah, but dem is the most sour face footballers I ever see ah coach have to work with..is like dey doh wha be here, buh allyuh making we come....if yuh doh wha put out for the National team, for whatever reason...Don't...Not wait till game time to show everybody that doh yuh body was at training, yuh mind wasn't there .
Agreed! Dey seem to lack intensity or just going tru the motions! Th best was the kids passin tru in the background! Comical!
actually I not sure eh, buh ah feel ah see a similar movie scene, wid the kids challenging and bussing de National footballers in ah game ah beach football...or was it ah Naruto or pokemon cartoon...either way, I feel the media man cut that part out :devil:
ps: is not the intensity, but with what seem to be light stuff, dem fellas in deep concentration mode, like is the softest easiest hardest piece ah training dey ever had to do....dis lil piece ah training whey I self by doing wudda make meh feel, like I couuld represent boy, even if yuh just sprint the whole ah Maracas, then he come with this, yuh should be glad, is the part when men coulda be smiling both inwardly and outwardly that wha he had dem doing so papsy...nah, is beastface, cause like dey beast wuk...attitude can't sometimes be coached, it has to be instilled from home..
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Agreed! Dey seem to lack intensity or just going tru the motions!
I disagree.This is just a snippet of the training session that we were allowed to see. All yuh ever see manu, chelsea or Brca go thru an entire session. You only see what they want you to see. This is dey 2nd session. They intensity will come in time. Hopefully.
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Agreed! Dey seem to lack intensity or just going tru the motions!
I disagree.This is just a snippet of the training session that we were allowed to see. All yuh ever see manu, chelsea or Brca go thru an entire session. You only see what they want you to see. This is dey 2nd session. They intensity will come in time. Hopefully.
nah deeks to many times that intensity didn't show...we thought we wasn't seeing that part of the workouts, but now ah starting to think, based on the stamina displayed in many games over the years, what we actually saw might be some high intensity points...these are seasoned ballers, not fellas who just starting back after a long lay off..if anything they should be tired from their long intense season, yet when doing these light drills they seemed more stressed, than relaxed...this is not USA or Mexico coming at yuh mile ah minute for 90, this is running on the spot and 10 yd sprints we see, and man face screw, like is the hardest drill just land from Germany...in this part of the video, it should show them having fun, but it looking like they working hard..don't get me wrong, I'm not judging the whole or all session on 2 minutes...I guess my point is, most of the guys have to learn to relax under pressure, and enjoy whatever they get now, cause when they run up against teams, is then yuh face should screw, cause it gets more difficult
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We will always struggle to beat any team and the players will always struggle to be any kind of Pro. These fellas have a great disdain for doing the basic things. The lil dynamic stretching men screwing to do that and not even trying, You can see on their face like " I is ah bess baller and you want me to do this shyte".
The coach call them in and not one man jog to the coach, everyone of them take they time, some even avoided looking at him. Not good at all. You training in such nice scenery, one would think the mood would be jovial and competitive, but instead is like punishment. These fellas doesn't see how much basic the big stars does do. The mundane part of the game is what does always kill we.
And ah next thing, the lil chirren and dem saying such a nice good morning to the players and only a couple kinda acknowledge the chirren. They will remember the time they see the NT training and they didn't say good morning to them. And yuh wonder why the stands does be empty.
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We will always struggle to beat any team and the players will always struggle to be any kind of Pro. These fellas have a great disdain for doing the basic things. The lil dynamic stretching men screwing to do that and not even trying, You can see on their face like " I is ah bess baller and you want me to do this shyte".
The coach call them in and not one man jog to the coach, everyone of them take they time, some even avoided looking at him. Not good at all. You training in such nice scenery, one would think the mood would be jovial and competitive, but instead is like punishment. These fellas doesn't see how much basic the big stars does do. The mundane part of the game is what does always kill we.
And ah next thing, the lil chirren and dem saying such a nice good morning to the players and only a couple kinda acknowledge the chirren. They will remember the time they see the NT training and they didn't say good morning to them. And yuh wonder why the stands does be empty.
>:( >:(
best the media officer don't post no videos, it not helping with exposure at all...just spin it
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runnin on sand eh no joke.... we boys go be fit..
yeah, but dem is the most sour face footballers I ever see ah coach have to work with..is like dey doh wha be here, buh allyuh making we come....if yuh doh wha put out for the National team, for whatever reason...Don't...Not wait till game time to show everybody that doh yuh body was at training, yuh mind wasn't there .
man know they probably aint going to be paid so what yuh think........ ::)
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runnin on sand eh no joke.... we boys go be fit..
yeah, but dem is the most sour face footballers I ever see ah coach have to work with..is like dey doh wha be here, buh allyuh making we come....if yuh doh wha put out for the National team, for whatever reason...Don't...Not wait till game time to show everybody that doh yuh body was at training, yuh mind wasn't there .
man know they probably aint going to be paid so what yuh think........ ::)
so y they playing ?
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We will always struggle to beat any team and the players will always struggle to be any kind of Pro. These fellas have a great disdain for doing the basic things. The lil dynamic stretching men screwing to do that and not even trying, You can see on their face like " I is ah bess baller and you want me to do this shyte".
The coach call them in and not one man jog to the coach, everyone of them take they time, some even avoided looking at him. Not good at all. You training in such nice scenery, one would think the mood would be jovial and competitive, but instead is like punishment. These fellas doesn't see how much basic the big stars does do. The mundane part of the game is what does always kill we.
And ah next thing, the lil chirren and dem saying such a nice good morning to the players and only a couple kinda acknowledge the chirren. They will remember the time they see the NT training and they didn't say good morning to them. And yuh wonder why the stands does be empty.
>:( >:(
best the media officer don't post no videos, it not helping with exposure at all...just spin it
Yeah just hide it from we.
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runnin on sand eh no joke.... we boys go be fit..
yeah, but dem is the most sour face footballers I ever see ah coach have to work with..is like dey doh wha be here, buh allyuh making we come....if yuh doh wha put out for the National team, for whatever reason...Don't...Not wait till game time to show everybody that doh yuh body was at training, yuh mind wasn't there .
man know they probably aint going to be paid so what yuh think........ ::)
so y they playing ?
Good ?
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they lucky they can train on a beach, some european footballers training in cold weather in the early morning
pfister should run them into the damn ground, they need some discipline and fitness >:(
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I like this! Pfister is real old school, if you want to have a chance to make his team you need to be fit. Coaching Africans for so long he knows this well! I see in the pic it's just a jog and man bun...haahaha ah love it, them pull stones think they can show up and wear National colors, Pfister man...you on the right track!
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ah the memories!!!. that beach aint to easy jog from end to end. and them biting flies is no joke
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I like this! Pfister is real old school, if you want to have a chance to make his team you need to be fit. Coaching Africans for so long he knows this well! I see in the pic it's just a jog and man bun...haahaha ah love it, them pull stones think they can show up and wear National colors, Pfister man...you on the right track!
:beermug: Could you image a talented T&T team that actually fit?
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I like this! Pfister is real old school, if you want to have a chance to make his team you need to be fit. Coaching Africans for so long he knows this well! I see in the pic it's just a jog and man bun...haahaha ah love it, them pull stones think they can show up and wear National colors, Pfister man...you on the right track!
:beermug:
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I like this! Pfister is real old school, if you want to have a chance to make his team you need to be fit. Coaching Africans for so long he knows this well! I see in the pic it's just a jog and man bun...haahaha ah love it, them pull stones think they can show up and wear National colors, Pfister man...you on the right track!
This is one area I think the federation actually made a good decision.
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The coach hold a session on the beach and man getting carried away... Anton did the same thing with the youth team, and what was the result?
What is the sense in doing beach training in the name of getting fit but you dont live yuh life like a professional. Do we have anything resemblling some sort of nutritional and or weight training program? Another reason the overseas players will always get the nod ahead of local based.
I only hope we could get these players playing highly competitive games to get and keep them match fit as well... and ah using the term 'match fit' loosely.
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You comparing Anton to Pfister? ::)
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You comparing Anton to Pfister? ::)
ENTTTTTTT
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You comparing Anton to Pfister? ::)
:D
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Not comparing Anton to Pfister, but why get excited bc Pfister hold a session on the beach, this is nothing new, we living on an island... is donkey years now man training on the beach, or running the sand track in the QP savanah, or running Maracas or Lady Chancelor.
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Big College you know how long since we had someone that actually know what they doing at an international level? so excuse us if we like kids in a candy store. ;D
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like kids in a candy store.
:devil:
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like kids in a candy store.
:devil:
Ey ey behave yuh mouth.
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Big College you know how long since we had someone that actually know what they doing at an international level? so excuse us if we like kids in a candy store. ;D
:beermug: