Not all players, however, are held to the same standards in the beep test. “Anything I can do to stand out,” he said. He knows he must make a statement this season. Oluwaseyi had an injury-plagued rookie season last year, but the club picked up his contract option for 2023. Along with Hlongwane, Trapp and Valentin, the elite group also included strikers Mender Garcia and Luis Amarilla. Oluwaseyi, a first-round pick in the 2022 MLS draft, led the way, completing the 22 kilometer-per-hour portion. “When I put it in an Excel spreadsheet and sort highest to lowest, 20 was bang right in the middle,” he said.
Buckley’s Mason-Dixon Line is 20 kilometers per hour. With GPS monitoring, the Loons’ staff can use the data to understand where the team’s fitness is as a whole.
I think the metal aspect and the suffering of it is really important.” Then when it’s the last four, I think Zarek was talking about, you are just like, I want to keep going, push them, push myself and then see where we end up. You are not really looking around because you are just trying to zero in on yourself. In that specific test, everyone was amazing - and then one level hit and half the group, or 70 percent of the group, disappeared. “It’s physical, but it’s a big mental test,” Trapp said. Loons captain midfielder Wil Trapp also was among that final group. “It was like Seabiscuit and Secretariat next to me, and I was just trying to keep up with them.” 9, along with young and fast attackers Tani Oluwaseyi and Bongi Hlongwane. Valentin, 31, was among the final group of the beep test on Jan. With a new club, the 11-year veteran from Pennsylvania wanted to make a good first impression on his new teammates. Valentin called the beep test “terrible” but also “validation” of his offseason work. The Loons did the beep test to start the 2022 preseason as well, but fullback Zarek Valentin was with the Houston Dynamo a year ago, where they did a six-minute run in the Texas sun. “When you’re on vacation, that 30-15 (test) has got to be in the back of your mind.” “It’s final exam of what you did in the offseason,” Buckley said. The test starts slow at 10 kilometers per hour and gradually increases by 0.5 kph. They have 30 seconds to complete the run, followed by a 15 seconds of jogging recovery. Players have to pace their run to finish the zone before the beeps are heard. The running course is two adjoining 20-meter zones. It’s a survival of the fittest, with an official name: the 30-15 Intermittent Fitness Test. Or as manager Adrian Heath called it, in a bit of a Freudian slip, the “bleep test.” Via the Teamworks software, Buckley informed the players in both English and Spanish that their first official day of the 2023 preseason would include the beep test. “You know what’s coming, but you just don’t want to get that message to ruin your Sunday,” the 12-year veteran said. 9, but the message from Sean Buckley, the club’s head of sports science, still gave him a bit of anxiety.
The Loons veteran center back knew preseason training camp was opening in Blaine on Monday, Jan. Michael Boxall prides himself on being a consummate professional, but the arrival of a text message still gave him a case of the “Sunday scaries.”
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