Coach Renato Gaúcho’s concern with injuries and the marathon of matches at Flamengo comes from his arrival at the club. For some time now, the coach has perfected a load control work that he supervises closely, still on the training ground, and has yielded good numbers in the physical performance of players in games, even with a high number of casualties. This Tuesday, the team faces Athletico-PR, at the Brazilian Nationals, with seven absences, six of these athletes in recovery: Arrascaeta, Filipe Luís, Rodrigo Caio, Diego, David Luiz and Pedro.
To try to avoid such a scenario, one of the physical trainers stays in the field with the GPS data of all the athletes, monitoring the load. And Renato’s assistant, Alexandre Mendes, receives this information and passes it on to the coach. Renato, then, always asks for a supplement, at the gym or on the field, after the activities.
As a mantra, the coach repeats almost daily to the cast: “train hard to play strong.” The concern with the physical part has already led him to meet several times with the technical committee to ask for other types of constant feedback. The posture and the work are similar to what Jorge Jesus used to do, but the Portuguese did not follow him so closely as he had a large commission.
No wonder, since Renato took over Flamengo, all athletes reached their best physical indexes in official games in 2021. Only against Atlético-MG, Willian Arão, Bruno Henrique, Ramon, Léo Pereira and Andreas improved their individual marks.
In total, since July 12, Desar has found that 14 athletes have achieved their best marks in distances covered in games; 19, at high intensity distance, above 20 km/h; 20 at full speed; and 17 in blast efforts.
The club understands that the effect is positive from the requirement of the coach and his assistant, Alexandre Mendes, in demanding intensity and quick actions in training sessions and during matches. And that is not what has generated injuries, on the contrary. It has avoided an even worse situation.
In this sense, Renato pointed out that he does not criticize the medical department at the last press conference. Because there are expressive numbers at this point in the season, even with so many games in a row, and they are a consequence of the coach’s work with the Department of Health and High Performance (Desar). However, the concern is when the athlete makes the transition to the physical part.
Managed by Márcio Tannure, the sector has been the target of much criticism. As well as the physical preparation commanded by Alexandre Sanz. Before Renato arrived, there were already meetings in which the activities of the academy and the field and the respective loads with these professionals were defined. Now they are monitored even more closely.
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