Alavés footballers try to get used to their new work routine. Once the suspension of training was decided and confined to their homes, they work under the supervision of the albiazul coaching staff for, once the activity is resumed, return “in the best conditions to compete” This is how he explains it José
Antonio
Morga, one of the babazorros physical trainers. Unlike the summer or the winter break, the main problem now is not knowing when the competition will resume.
The high contagion curve of Covid-19 has forced the albiazul team and the rest of the clubs The league to confine themselves to waiting for better times. After playing his last game against Valencia in Mendizorrotza the 6th of March, the events precipitated in just one week.
Positive Ten and Isolation
The team ended the clash with multiple players with physical problems, reason why the unexpected stoppage, in a certain sense, has been good for him, although he has cut the excellent streak he maintained in the second round. The following week, from Monday to Friday, the pupils of Asier
Garitano they worked normally.
The LFP initially decided to postpone two league days, those scheduled for the weekends of March 15 and 22. While some groups stopped their activity before this news, that last day, on Friday the 13th, Alavés suspended the session scheduled for Saturday with the intention of resuming preparation the following Monday.
However, everything rushed and forced a rapid suspension of work. On Saturday 14, the club reported the appearance of two positives for Covid-19 in its technical structure. Given this, he decided to practice virus detection test to all members of the first campus on Monday 16, in addition to suspend training until you know the results.
The tests were overwhelming. Three players and seven members of the albiazules coaching staff tested positive, in addition to five workers from the business group Baskonia-Alavés. All this with the players starting to work in their respective homes.
Virtual monitoring
Already used to working on their own in the summer and during the Christmas break, footballers have had to start a new routine, with different nuances. Running or training outdoors is not allowed and, in addition, this time It is unknown when the return to normal activity will occur.
Therefore, in addition to the personal discipline of each one to follow the recommendations, mental strength is vital, since right now there is neither a specific objective nor a date set on the horizon.
The most fortunate have their own garden or a limited space to train in their spacious homes. Others, in smaller homes, must develop to the maximum the ability to train inmates, to replace the lawn with the four walls of their floor.
For this, as he explains José Antonio Morga, “each player works at home with a program designed by the coaching staff” for “keeping fit” The program features strength exercises and aerobic training. It is complemented by an individualized nutritional plan.
Footballers dedicate an average of two hours a day to maintain your muscle mass and not gain fat percentage. “Every day, members of the technical staff maintain contacts with them to control and supervise this type of work.”, Indicates the one who is one of the babazorros physical trainers.
Work with dumbbells, the exercises of flexibility, the bikes
static waves tapes
for
run has now become a Daily task that each footballer performs between the four walls of his home. During quarantine, more necessary if possible after the appearance of positives, surely they miss the aroma of the grass and the cold and cutting wind of Ibaia.