Training Intensity

[TurboGav]

Training is without doubt the most enjoyable aspect of football manager for me and I am always trying things to get the absolute maximum level of development from my players. Recently though, because I have been forcing my players to train to a much heavier regime, I have had an issue when it comes to injuries. I don't want to lose the intensity we train at however because the workload is developing my players hugely, I am thinking that if I give my players an extra day off after a match or during the week then we can keep up our intensity and avoid injuries.

What are other peoples thoughts on this? And do you guys have any interesting training regimes/techniques to get the best out of your players?

 

[kryptoh]

I can appreciate that you like the accelerated progress intense training provides, but I would reconsider that idea. I fluctuate my training intensity based upon my fixture congestion. If I have a stretch where we're only playing one game per week, I will use a higher intensity. If we have 2 or more matches in a week, I drop the intensity. I also look to give players the day off here and there during congested periods. I will also notice who's getting tired quicker during matches, make a note of it, and give them personal days off if they need the rest.

You can beat the **** out of your players the first half of the season and get away with it, but when you get to the business end of the campaign, you will notice how tired your players are if you don't manage their fitness properly. I never used to bother with these things but once I started doing it, I noticed a huge difference. I still have injury crisis from time to time, but it's rare.

 

[Meffisto]

I try to keep the workload at "Medium" and that's all what I care about and it always gives me great results

 

[JRHaggs]

I've started keeping training at high all season, but resting both before and after games.

During international breaks, my non-internationals get pissy, but, overall, I've found my list of whiners reduced compared to my previous, medium workload regime.

It means that with a dense fixture list, there is very little training going on, but I guess they go nuts when they do actually train.

I'm getting the best training results yet with this setup.