i want to be king

Chapter 56 The Athletic Performance Trainer

Regarding how to train a young player, Sporting Lisbon has its own youth training system.

The means include but are not limited to: the second team, lease, sale and repurchase terms...

Different methods are adopted for different players. The key lies in which one is more suitable for the player when it is in the interest of the club.

Su Dong is only 17 years old, and it is very difficult for any 17-year-old player to enter the first team.

Talented as Quaresma was, he was just a month shy of his full charge when he made his first appearance for Sporting Lisbon.

Is Cristiano Ronaldo's talent good enough?

He is the only one in the history of Sporting Lisbon. In one season, young players from U16 to U18 to the second team and then to the first team have directly experienced a leap forward. But so far, he has not played even a minute in the first team.

Youth training is very risky.

In other words, professional football itself is a very high-risk industry.

For example, Nikule, who is very prestigious in the Romanian league, can not accept the climate after coming to Sporting Lisbon, and even suffered injuries, and was forced to suspend the game for a long time. This deal caused Sporting Lisbon to suffer heavy losses.

If it weren't for the team's good performance in the Portuguese Super League and the Portuguese Cup, because of Nikule's transfer, Boloni will definitely be under pressure from the board of directors, or even questioned.

In the same way, no one knows what will happen in the world tomorrow.

Young players are even more changeable.

Maybe one season is great, but the next season is a mess, who knows?
At the age of 17, full of unpredictability, maybe it will be very successful in the future, maybe it will fall soon.

Just like at the beginning, Maritimo missed Ronnie because of being late. Do they regret it?
definitely.

But that was an afterthought, and at the time, that was the norm.

For a player like Su Dong, the most important evaluation criterion for the technical team is whether the first team needs it or not?
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After hearing Aurelio's question, everyone looked at Boloni in unison.

If the player is in Boloni's plan, it is obvious that the club will pay attention and increase training efforts.

But if Boloni has no plan to give him a chance for the time being, the team will consider whether to accept offers from other teams, because this is related to hundreds of thousands of euros in revenue.

Boloni also knew exactly what his choice would represent. After careful consideration, he said: "I will consider giving them a chance to play in the first team this season. I am optimistic that Su Dong can bring help to the team."

After hearing this, Pontes breathed a sigh of relief.

Obviously, this sentence basically means that Su Dong's first team playing time is getting closer and closer.

Even, his playing pick is likely to have surpassed Giswi and Lorenzo.

At least in the second team, Su Dong's performance has already suppressed the two forwards.

"In that case, it's decided." Aurelio said immediately.

This decision is not difficult for Sporting Lisbon, because Su Dong is only 17 years old.

For a 17-year-old young player, as long as he can maintain the momentum of improvement, it is an investment full of potential.

This is why Sporting Lisbon's first team is basically veterans and teenagers.

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Now that the decision has been made, Pontes also raised some problems he encountered.

"As I said earlier, I was surprised by the speed of his improvement, especially after training with the first team, I found that we have gradually fallen behind him, especially in terms of physical training."

After all, Pontes is not a professional physical coach. Some of his physical training is more aimed at young people under the age of 15. When Su Dong made rapid progress, he began to be unable to keep up.

The first team also has fitness coaches, but they serve the whole team more, and it is impossible to be responsible for Su Dong.

"Before, he considered going to the gym, but I rejected it because I thought that the gym could not provide him with a set of targeted strengthening physical training programs. I suggested that he hire a professional personal trainer."

The center's body is very important. Boloni also said before that Su Dong's body is still at a disadvantage when facing adults.

It can be seen that the improvement of the body is imminent for Su Dong.

And Su Dong also found that Pontes' physical training seemed a bit insufficient for him, because the speed of his strength improvement slowed down.

That's when the idea of ​​hiring a personal trainer was born.

"Yes, half of the fee will be subsidized by the club." Aurelio made a decision immediately.

That's a benefit the club values.

Since we have to do our best to train, investing an extra fee to hire a personal trainer is just an investment in the future for Sporting Lisbon.

In this regard, football director Carlos Freitas has no opinion.

Naturally, Pontes will be in charge of this matter, and Su Dong's agent Mendes will come forward.

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Pontes and Mendes quickly informed Su Dong that his personal trainer had been found.

Nuno Cruz, a native of Lisbon, Portugal, is 35 years old and turned out to be a professional player.

Ferreira, who has played in the lower leagues for a long time in his career, is the Ferreira team that is currently ranked eighth in the Portuguese Super League, but at the end of the 80s when Nuno Cruz played, this team was still struggling in the third tier.

After moving through many teams, he went to Vicente, yes, it is the No.13 team in the Portuguese Super League, but in the early 90s, he was still struggling in the second tier league, and he was not promoted to the Portuguese Super League until later.

Nuno Cruz helped Vicente get promoted to the Super League and once played the main player in the Portuguese Super League. Later, after the team was relegated, he went to the University of Coimbra, another team in the Portuguese Super League. Due to his age, he only played the full main team in the first season. Later, he was basically reduced to a substitute.

This is the second-ranked institution in the Portuguese Sports Academy, after the University of Porto.

After graduating from the University of Coimbra, he went to Loughborough University, which ranks first in the world in sports, to study. After graduation, he has been working in a well-known gym in Lisbon. After hearing that Sporting Lisbon hired a personal trainer, he applied for the job, and was recognized by Pontes and Mendes.

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Su Dong met Nuno Cruz for the first time in Alcochetti's gym.

He is a bit short, wearing a black loose T-shirt, he doesn't look very strong, he doesn't have the powerful feeling of a fitness trainer, wearing a pair of glasses, and holding a stack of thick materials in his hand, which makes him look more like a teacher than a fitness trainer.

"Nice to meet you, Su." When seeing Su Dong, Nuno Cruz immediately stretched out his hand, showing a friendly smile, "From today on, I will be your personal trainer."

"Hello, Nuno." Su Dong shook his hand vigorously.

Nuno Cruz flipped through the information and scratched his head in embarrassment, "From now on, I will be there when you train every day, but in the morning..."

"It's okay, I'll come by myself in the morning." Su Dong understood.

Every morning at 04:30, this is a very troublesome thing for anyone.

Although he is a personal trainer, it is just a job after all, and he has his own family.

Therefore, before entering the job, the two parties have already agreed.

Nuno Cruz's work begins with the arrival of Soton in Alcochetti.

Of course, he will also arrange for extra training in the morning.

"Now let me tell you what kind of help I can provide you."

As he said that, Nuno Cruz handed Su Dong a piece of paper with each item clearly listed.

"I am your one-on-one training instructor. I will maintain close cooperation with the team's coaching staff. At the same time, I will communicate and coordinate with the physical coach and team doctor every day. If you have any physical problems, or have any questions about life and health, please feel free to consult me."

"This is a big aspect. When it comes to training, I will tailor a set of targeted physical strengthening training programs for you."

"I have seen the plan that Pontes made for you before, and your current physical condition. My initial opinion is that your execution is very good, but the training plan is far from meeting your current needs. Simply put, your body is not full."

"Secondly, I am still a nutritionist. From now on, I will design recipes for your three meals a day. I need you to cooperate with my arrangement as much as possible. This will be of great help to you."

"Of course, considering everyone's eating habits, I need to understand you in an all-round way, and I can communicate with you to solve any problems."

"In the end, what I want to tell you is that you are very important to Sporting Lisbon, but your body has not yet met the requirements of the Portuguese Super League, let alone a Portuguese Super League giant like Sporting Lisbon. You need to make your body stronger. This will make you more confident and energetic on the court."

Nuno Cruz is obviously an excellent communicator. He said these words concisely and easily won Su Dong's trust, and Su Dong also raised his own questions.

"Is there a way to maintain flexibility and agility while strengthening the muscles of the body?"

After hearing what Su Dong was concerned about, Nuno Cruz smiled slightly, "This is my job, Su."

"Many people think that physical training will make the muscles hard and make the body clumsy, but this is not normal. My duty is not only to train your body and strengthen your muscles, but also to make you faster and more explosive, and at the same time more flexible and agile. This is not contradictory at all."

After a pause, Nuno Cruz said again: "Of course, this requires a process, not just a training, and not just in Alcocheti. For example, there is no swimming pool here, and there is no professional yoga instructor here, but these are what I want you to learn and master."

Su Dong was a little surprised when he heard that, playing football and learning swimming and yoga?
This has never been heard before.

Perhaps seeing the surprise on Su Dong's face, Nuno Cruz smiled confidently.

"Maybe, instead of thinking of me as a personal trainer, fitness trainer or strength and conditioning coach, I prefer to call myself a performance trainer."

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(End of this chapter)