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Every team this year seems to be fitter, faster and stronger than our players. Out of our over 30's players only snake will be available next week and even he seems to be struggling with his hammies
It doesn't appear that our tailor made fitness regime has worked. Time to bring back Donny
WE haven’t discovered the secret to immortality just yet, but Manly is working towards prolonging the football lives of their biggest stars.
The likes of centres Jamies Lyon and Steve Matai, and fullback Brett Stewart are among the best players of their generation.
But the end is nigh. The curtain is closing on these long and illustrious careers.
And while the Sea Eagles realise the end of an era is on the horizon, the club is determined to stave off the farewell tours for a little while longer.
The man charged with doing so is Dan Ferris.
Ferris was headhunted by Trent Barrett to be the club’s strength and conditioning coach this year, replacing long-time Manly staffer Donny Singe.
He spent eight years with Gold Coast Titans before taking the call from Barrett to join his team on the northern beaches.
It wasn’t easy coming into a fairly established playing group that had been following a regimen for 13 years
“I knew I had to prove myself. They’ve had a successful decade or so and I was an unknown to them,” Ferris told foxsports.com.au.
“There wasn’t that trust there, and that was fine, so I had to earn their trust just like they had to earn mine.
“Me and Baz had been planning for three or four months prior to starting, we had everything planned down to the minute. We were mindful of getting those guys to buy into the program.”
STEP 1: BUYING IN
So did the players buy into it? We’ll ask 31-year-old Steve Matai.
“(Ferris has) been great for us, I think it’s been the best pre-season we’ve had in a long time in regards to turning up and doing different things, feeling refreshed,” Matai said.
“He definitely refreshed myself, Killer (Lyon), Snake (Stewart), Nate Myles ... they’ve really looked after us and he did a lot of work.
“It’s probably the freshest I’ve felt and the fittest I’ve felt in a long time.”
So Ferris has crossed job number one off his list — get the players to buy in to his program.
That means they believe in the work he’s making them do and trusting it will get their bodies in the best shape possible to run out each and every week.
The senior guys are reaping the rewards of this new strength and conditioning program.
STEP 2: MAINTAINING INTEREST
After a decade of early morning starts, beep tests, hill runs, weight sessions, ice baths and coaches’ sprays you can imagine the life of a footballer gets a little old.
So for a guy like Jamie Lyon — currently playing his 17th season at the top level — the motivation to get out of bed every morning might wane over time.
That’s where Ferris thinks he can help.
By introducing new training techniques and keeping individual programs fresh, Ferris ensures everyone arrives at the Narrabeen headquarters ready to rip in.
“They’ve seen everything, they’ve done everything, and it’s now getting to enjoy and keep enjoying every day at training,” Ferris said.
“Mix things up, give them time away. The majority of them have got young families and kids so the more time they can spend with them they will actually enjoy coming to work more.
“If it’s groundhog day for them that’s when thoughts creep in like ‘do I want to do this?’.
“It’s keeping that balance of making sure they train right and train smart, make sure I am prepping them correctly, and look after that psychological side as well.
“They’ve earned that right to do that.”
STEP 3: MONITOR THE LOAD
Manly has more players over the age of 30 than any other NRL club in 2016.
Jamie Lyon (34), Steve Matai (31), Brett Stewart (31), Brenton Lawrence (31), Feleti Mateo (30) and Nate Myles (30) are all resident members of the “old boys” club at Brookvale.
Ferris understands the human body and he knows it needs different management at 30 than at 20 years old.
“Those guys don’t necessarily have to run as far as other people or do the same weights,” Ferris said of the older players.
“The key is looking after yourself away from the field as well. You can have a player that’s played for 10 years but if you’re fat and lazy it’s not going to work.
“These guys generally take care of themselves and they’re professional in what they do.
“With Brett Stewart we got him to his weight target, we hit a certain strength level we knew we had to get him to then we just kept him there ... dropped back his weights, dropped back his running load.
“Fitness sessions he might do half or three quarters of it, whereas Tommy (Trbojevic) will do all of it.”
Nate Myles, who’s got to know Ferris well after working with him at the Titans, is a fan of the bearded fitness mentor’s individual programs.
“The senior guys know what to do, they know their bodies better than anyone else and Dan helps them get ready for what they’ve been doing for decades,” Myles told foxsports.com.au.
“Dan has an ability to get the best out of players, they know what they’re going to get every time.”
DOES IT WORK?
So Ferris has got the Manly veterans to buy into his training philosophy, he’s maintaining their interest and the workloads are being monitored.
The end goal is to allow the players to stay on the field longer.
Jamie Lyon is off contract this year and will be 35 years old once next season rolls around.
Does he believe he can go around again, thanks in large to the club’s new strength and conditioning program?
“Ask me in two years if I’m still going around,” he says.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl...s/news-story/6f3ecac1a3631bbea7cff1d34ac0d808
It doesn't appear that our tailor made fitness regime has worked. Time to bring back Donny
WE haven’t discovered the secret to immortality just yet, but Manly is working towards prolonging the football lives of their biggest stars.
The likes of centres Jamies Lyon and Steve Matai, and fullback Brett Stewart are among the best players of their generation.
But the end is nigh. The curtain is closing on these long and illustrious careers.
And while the Sea Eagles realise the end of an era is on the horizon, the club is determined to stave off the farewell tours for a little while longer.
The man charged with doing so is Dan Ferris.
Ferris was headhunted by Trent Barrett to be the club’s strength and conditioning coach this year, replacing long-time Manly staffer Donny Singe.
He spent eight years with Gold Coast Titans before taking the call from Barrett to join his team on the northern beaches.
It wasn’t easy coming into a fairly established playing group that had been following a regimen for 13 years
“I knew I had to prove myself. They’ve had a successful decade or so and I was an unknown to them,” Ferris told foxsports.com.au.
“There wasn’t that trust there, and that was fine, so I had to earn their trust just like they had to earn mine.
“Me and Baz had been planning for three or four months prior to starting, we had everything planned down to the minute. We were mindful of getting those guys to buy into the program.”
STEP 1: BUYING IN
So did the players buy into it? We’ll ask 31-year-old Steve Matai.
“(Ferris has) been great for us, I think it’s been the best pre-season we’ve had in a long time in regards to turning up and doing different things, feeling refreshed,” Matai said.
“He definitely refreshed myself, Killer (Lyon), Snake (Stewart), Nate Myles ... they’ve really looked after us and he did a lot of work.
“It’s probably the freshest I’ve felt and the fittest I’ve felt in a long time.”
So Ferris has crossed job number one off his list — get the players to buy in to his program.
That means they believe in the work he’s making them do and trusting it will get their bodies in the best shape possible to run out each and every week.
The senior guys are reaping the rewards of this new strength and conditioning program.
STEP 2: MAINTAINING INTEREST
After a decade of early morning starts, beep tests, hill runs, weight sessions, ice baths and coaches’ sprays you can imagine the life of a footballer gets a little old.
So for a guy like Jamie Lyon — currently playing his 17th season at the top level — the motivation to get out of bed every morning might wane over time.
That’s where Ferris thinks he can help.
By introducing new training techniques and keeping individual programs fresh, Ferris ensures everyone arrives at the Narrabeen headquarters ready to rip in.
“They’ve seen everything, they’ve done everything, and it’s now getting to enjoy and keep enjoying every day at training,” Ferris said.
“Mix things up, give them time away. The majority of them have got young families and kids so the more time they can spend with them they will actually enjoy coming to work more.
“If it’s groundhog day for them that’s when thoughts creep in like ‘do I want to do this?’.
“It’s keeping that balance of making sure they train right and train smart, make sure I am prepping them correctly, and look after that psychological side as well.
“They’ve earned that right to do that.”
STEP 3: MONITOR THE LOAD
Manly has more players over the age of 30 than any other NRL club in 2016.
Jamie Lyon (34), Steve Matai (31), Brett Stewart (31), Brenton Lawrence (31), Feleti Mateo (30) and Nate Myles (30) are all resident members of the “old boys” club at Brookvale.
Ferris understands the human body and he knows it needs different management at 30 than at 20 years old.
“Those guys don’t necessarily have to run as far as other people or do the same weights,” Ferris said of the older players.
“The key is looking after yourself away from the field as well. You can have a player that’s played for 10 years but if you’re fat and lazy it’s not going to work.
“These guys generally take care of themselves and they’re professional in what they do.
“With Brett Stewart we got him to his weight target, we hit a certain strength level we knew we had to get him to then we just kept him there ... dropped back his weights, dropped back his running load.
“Fitness sessions he might do half or three quarters of it, whereas Tommy (Trbojevic) will do all of it.”
Nate Myles, who’s got to know Ferris well after working with him at the Titans, is a fan of the bearded fitness mentor’s individual programs.
“The senior guys know what to do, they know their bodies better than anyone else and Dan helps them get ready for what they’ve been doing for decades,” Myles told foxsports.com.au.
“Dan has an ability to get the best out of players, they know what they’re going to get every time.”
DOES IT WORK?
So Ferris has got the Manly veterans to buy into his training philosophy, he’s maintaining their interest and the workloads are being monitored.
The end goal is to allow the players to stay on the field longer.
Jamie Lyon is off contract this year and will be 35 years old once next season rolls around.
Does he believe he can go around again, thanks in large to the club’s new strength and conditioning program?
“Ask me in two years if I’m still going around,” he says.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl...s/news-story/6f3ecac1a3631bbea7cff1d34ac0d808
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