Alto Canavese flies high The secret in preparation

Behind the primacy a great physical work: “The most experienced know how to pull young people” Fundamental next month: “We will face 4 of the 5 best in the standings”

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The first place in the standings with full points in group A of men’s Serie B of the Alto Canavese is not only the result of the technical and mental skill of the entire squad available to coach Fabio Matteotti, but also of physical preparation. To explain what lies behind we hear the athletic trainer Luca Ponchia, 45 years old from Rivarolo Canavese: “I have been an athletic trainer of the Alto Canavese for three seasons now and the difference with the past is not so much the work methodology I carry out, always planned thinking about the entire season and not only depending on a certain period where perhaps strong or affordable teams meet – says Ponchia – how much more about the availability and will that all the players have in training in which the goal is to do more more to improve in every single aspect. Like any group, the youngest are driven by those who have more experience and this also happens in the Alto Canavese, with my work being facilitated, because those who have been in this club for many more years are the first to want to improve. at each session. Every Monday before training with the ball, we do bodyweight work, while on Wednesdays we all go to the weight room, always before training under the orders of Coach Matteotti. The goal that the team has is aimed at a high level performance and the results are showing at the moment ».

First place in the standings with twenty-one merit points divided equally among everyone, players and technical staff, as also explained by Samuele Armando, free, 20 years old from Cuneo, student at the University of Turin in motor science: “I come from Serie C, last year I was playing in Alba and in these few months in Cuorgnè I am getting along well with both my teammates and the technical staff – says Armando -. However, looking at the next matches, we will face four teams that occupy the first five places in the standings and for this reason the situation is getting tougher, but we are ready to take the field with great determination and enthusiasm to do our best. At the beginning of the season the club did not ask us to win the championship, but to do everything to win the most games by giving everything in every match and that is what we are doing – says Armando -. We are mostly new, but the right mix was found rather quickly, because many players already knew each other from past experience as opponents in the various leagues, this was certainly a very important aspect. Speaking of experiences, I’ve been doing free for four years now, before I was a gang: at first it was difficult to conceive that I had to receive to make someone attack another, receive to attack, but then with the passing of the games I managed to take more and more confidence with the role “. –