Adams On Changing Styles
Last updated : 09 July 2005 By Covsupport
Coventry City boss Micky Adams has reflected on the changes in pre-season training since he was a player. "In my day, for the first two weeks you didn't even see the ball,"said the Sky Blues boss to Ged Scott.
"You ran, you ran and you ran. You ran up hills, down them again, across country, the lot. "It's easier now. It's certainly more scientific and I'm not sure it's any better. The sports scientists would tell you different but I reckon players were mentally stronger in days gone by.
"It's not just the fitness side that's vital, but the way you want to play and the strategies you want in place," Adams added.
"I want to knuckle down on things which I couldn't last season. "It's very difficult when you take over in mid-season. There are so many things you want to implement, your beliefs and the way you want things done. "I broke a few eggs, but I had to stamp my sort of authority on the club because I felt it was needed.
"If the lunatics had taken over the asylum, it was a case of taking it back. Now it's my turn for everybody to understand where we are and what we're doing from the start."
