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Load monitoring, physical disparities, absences, planning, or space management. Tom Douchet offers his solutions to address these recurring challenges during the pre-season.
Whatever the level, pre-season is a key period if you want to have a successful season. Yet trying to apply the principles used by professional teams at amateur level seems destined to fail. Time, contextual, financial, and organizational constraints all show that these are two very different worlds. So, in this context, how can we address the most common challenges: limited or even nonexistent measurement tools, considerable differences in players' physical levels, squads that are never fully available at the same time, planning friendly matches, or training several dozen players on the same pitch? Five distinct challenges, but one common underlying principle: dealing with heterogeneity rather than suffering from it.
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