For most supporters, the break between seasons feels like an eternity. For the Parramatta Eels players, they’ve now commenced Week 4 of the pre-season. Time flies for professional footballers. I have to confess – the pre-season arrived just in time…
Eels Pre-Season Training – November 16, 2018: Who Can Take The King?
Thank goodness it’s Friday. I’m not so sure that those words would have been foremost in the minds of the Eels squad as they hit the training paddock today. It’s unlikely that they’d be celebrating too much tomorrow either! This…
Eels Pre-Season Training – November 14, 2018: Set For Set
Wet conditions greeted visitors to Old Saleyards this morning in today’s pre-season field session. The temperature was relatively cool but the drizzle would have kept the humidity quite high for a solid two hours of training. Both fields were in…
Eels Pre-Season Training – November 12, 2018: Superfreak
With the week long camp in Armidale now behind them, the Eels returned to home turf at Old Saleyards today. The weather was particularly kind in what would turn out to be a field session of just over two hours…
Eels Pre-Season Training – November 2, 2018: Off And Running!
Hello torture, my old friend…. It’s November, and that means it’s time for the Eels pre-season training reports to kick in. And to clarify – these reports aren’t making comparisons to other clubs and their preparations. Every NRL squad will…
The Spotlight – Training vs Performance
As TCT readers might have noticed, I don’t write much in the way of training reports during the season proper. Obviously, the training shifts to specific match preparation and the associated skills, drills and opposed work. It would be counterintuitive…
Eels Training – March 14 & 15, 2018
How does a team re-group after a loss? It’s only the first round, but after the Eels big pre-season, and an impressive trial win over the Knights, dropping the Premiership points against the Panthers was an unexpected result. Letting the…
Eels Training – March 6, 2018: Premiership Mode
Over the previous four months I’ve waxed lyrical about the pre-season preparations undertaken by the Eels. Like all clubs, the team has stepped up on previous years. That’s the nature of the beast – if you don’t aim to step…
Eels Training – March 1, 2018: The Selection Challenge
The advantage of being a regular at Eels training throughout the pre-season is the insight it provides in individual and team preparations for the year. You get a sense of who’s putting their hand up for selection, and the type…
Eels Pre-Season Report Card – 2018
Pre-season 2018 has now officially ended. Friday’s captain’s run drew a line in the sand between general training and match specific preparation. After this week, the Eels get down to the business of preparing for Round 1 opponents, the Penrith…