“Matches are organized in the form of a championship in each of the conferences, and at the end of these, play-offs take over. The 26 conference winners meet in a national championship, where 48 teams take part ”, specifies Nicolas Jeausseran, passed by the “College of Charleston” (South Carolina) before becoming, today, manager within the structure Elite Athletes. With an average of two to three matches played per week, we have to admit that the pace is, in fact, very sustained.
It is not Robin Lapert, a student at the University of Connecticut, who will say the opposite: “It’s a different way of life that is closer to the life of the pros: taking the plane, moving from one state to another, sleeping in a hotel etc. The training methods are also different. We play two or three matches a week so there is no precise program like in France, with for example Monday recuperation, Tuesday cardio, and so on. ” A specific mode therefore, punctuated by football meetings, but which does not take precedence over the school program.
Monitoring throughout the year, including during the off season
Nicolas Jeausseran assures him: “Everything is in place to ensure that athletes follow their course in the best possible way, especially through online courses, including when traveling. The goal is really to combine the two areas, without ignoring one or the other. ” And this “different way of life” evoked by Robin Lapert is not limited to matches, since close monitoring of the professional world is offered throughout the week. “We are very well supervised, we have physiotherapists available, high quality treatment equipment, very good trainers”, appreciates Rayan Aissani, a business student and player at Jefferson College (Colorado).
Same story with Robin Lapert, who believes that in the United States, “they are really advanced in all that is material of recovery”. “We have cold baths, hot baths, we have physiotherapists who take care of us. In the university, we also have an athletic coach among the best in the United States, he puts us in our best shape. We are prepared during the off-season to avoid any injury and especially to avoid fatigue ”. This off season, in fact, is an opportunity to develop the physical aspect of the players, with a lot of athletic work and a few friendly matches. All within high quality infrastructure, “worthy of Ligue 1 clubs for some universities” according to Nicolas Jeausseran.
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