THE COACH FOCUSES HIS STRATEGY ON THE PHYSICAL
Hansi Flick's keys for his new stage as coach of FC Barcelona
Published:20/07/2024 - 01:46h
Updated:20/07/2024 - 01:46h
Hansi Flick started training with some first team players accompanied by the Barça Atlètic and Juvenil squads. During these first days, the coach has shown that his way of working is very different from that of his predecessor
From his first trainings in this pre-season, Hansi Flick has showed his interest in the physical preparation of the players of the FC Barcelona, something that confirmed the incorporation of his new assistants. In this sense, Raúl Martínez and Julio Martínez direct the 'staff' formed by fisioterapeutas and preparadores. Now, the quantity of physical exercises is upper to the of other years and the days of preparation include the use of ropes, medicinal balloons and elastic rubbers.
This new approach centred in the physical receives the support of the president of the Barça. In several occasions, Joan Laporta has recognised that they have to prioritise the physical preparation of the staff to be able to confront to the same level that the big European clubs. In this context, the new technician is following closely all the trainings.
The communication with the staff
The German heads to the footballers in English because it does not dominate the Spanish. Therefore, the trainer has insisted so much in the incorporation of Thiago Alcántara so that it exert like link between him and the footballers. Besides, the trainer looks for to be very near of his team in the sportive installations. The exjugador of the Bayern wants that the group share more free time and that no only communicate during the trainings.
For example, if the batch of exercises is in the morning, now the players desayunan before the training and later remain to have lunch. In case that there is a double session, all remain together during the day. This new form to manage the team leaves to glimpse the interest in reaching a greater connection between the members of the group.
The 'ceremony' of Hansi Flick
The changes in the group no only tackle the sportive. In the last day of training, the trainer asked to the attendants of communication of the FC Barcelona that prepared a greeting with the journalists that attended to the Ciutat Sportiva Joan Gamper. In front of the cameras, the technician greeted to all the communicators before heading to the footballers. The first gestures of the míster leave to glimpse his intention to change a lot of things in the club, something that differentiates it of his ancestors.
