The reception of Istres, Sunday afternoon, at the Halle Jean-Cochet, will mark the start of a series that is at least unusual for the handball players in Chartres: they will be on the bridge every three days until 23 April?!
A frantic pace, dictated by the obligation to update a schedule largely disrupted by the Covid during the first phase. At the end of December, at the truce, Toni Gerona’s players were indeed four games late, which they will therefore catch up in the coming weeks. Hoping, of course, that the virus does not turn everything upside down …
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If the European teams are used to this kind of contortions, and often equipped accordingly with a little larger numbers, Chartres will have to learn to manage the sequences. “We knew we would have twenty matches to play in the second part of the season, so we prepared for that,” explains Pierre Gomez, the club’s physical trainer. In January, we focused on aerobic work, in order to increase the recovery capacities of the players during the more busy periods. “
More intensity, less volume
For about three weeks, the sessions have also been adapted in the perspective of this schedule provided: more intensity but less volume.
“We play more games, more small training matches,” continues Pierre Gomez. Because it’s the rhythm that awaits us. We are lucky that this big month of competition comes after the international break, which allowed us to manage the organizations. And the selections were more reasonable than usual, our internationals came back a little less tired. Overall, in terms of form, the players are not too bad. “
Pierre Gomez
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Three weeks after the surprise victory in Aix (24-25), Chartres is therefore moving towards a period when the bodies will be put to the test. “In each session, in each game, the risk of injury exists, and our fingers are crossed,” explains Pierre Gomez. There, the risk will be even higher. It will be necessary to evaluate it and manage the players as well as possible. Hence the interest of having a large workforce and quality No. 2. “
Determinant for ranking
With two matches per week, and five more or less long trips on the program (Créteil, Istres, Chambéry, Rennes, Dunkirk), the Chartrains will be mainly in the recovery and maintenance during the coming month. A month that will undoubtedly be decisive for the final classification, with seven matches against teams classified between 8th and 16th place.
N’Diaye at a standstill. Victim of a head trauma a fortnight ago, Zacharia N’Diaye will not play on Sunday. He is off for a month. Matej Mikita, meanwhile, did not return from selection: he remained in solitary confinement in Slovakia, where he contracted the Covid.
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