Turbo is broken – but I know how to fix him, claims sprint guru
Sprint king Roger Fabri has reached out to Tom Trbojevic to say he can “fix” the Manly star’s “chronic” hamstring issues.
Tommy Turbo was back in the news during the week when he revealed he had injured his “good hamstring” slipping in the bathroom. Trbojevic has only played 19 games in the past two years with a chronic left hamstring injury, but the latest injury was to his right leg and will keep him out of action for at least the opening month of the competition.
Trbojevic has been forced to defend himself after his now famous race down Manly Corso late last Saturday night against a young man called Harry. While the footage of the dash is now part of league folklore, the fallout is far more serious. With the season just around the corner Manly’s most vital player is sidelined and ashamed of his efforts. Having studied the vision, Fabri has a frank assessment of what happened on the night.
“I don’t doubt that Tommy hurt himself in the shower, but if I’m looking at the vision I see something in the first stride that he took,” Fabri said. “It’s a false step that he took. It stands out to me, but that’s not the issue here. What’s done is done. I’m sure he is getting the best advice and treatment at his club, but he has a chronic issue with his hamstrings.”
Fabri has helped Matt Moylan run better than he has for several seasons and he has battled similar issues to Trbojevic.
“I have offered to help him [Trbojevic] privately a number of times ... he probably thinks I am stalking him,” Fabri said. “Well now I will take it public because I think it’s got to the stage where he needs a change of approach.”
I interviewed Trbojevic before he injured himself to try to get some insight into what he was doing to work on his injury and he was very vague in his answers.
“I don’t want to bag anything they are doing at Manly, but I will tell you the way forward for Tommy in my eyes,” Fabri said. “This is what I do for a living ... it’s not a part-time job. I study this and live this. It sounds simple, but he needs to prioritise running. He needs to put everything else in his game to one side.
“Roger Federer doesn’t forget how to hit the ball in a month or two. He is not going to lose his skills. It will return very quickly, but his game is all about running. It’s all about educated mechanics in my eyes. And you can do all the work you want in the gym, and with pilates, but what he needs more than anything now is to expose himself to running fast, flat chat.
“You are going 70 per cent at training, but it’s that 30 per cent that is the difference. It’s where you need to go in the game.
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