They certainly do. Its enjoyable to watch someone out for a run in hot june/july sun (well, about as hot as it gets here) with about 3 layers of sweatshirts on sweating the pounds offBigman wrote:Surely the players are given training regimes to follow over the summer? If not, next year get him the 30 Day Shred DVD - my Mrs used that in the run up to our wedding and was very pleased with the results (weight loss and toning). I've since given it a go and am down a belt loop pretty quickly. If Billy had a bit of pace he'd be awesome and banging in the goals, and surely that would be worth the sacrifice.

They are expected to stay in reasonable shape all summer and have a plan for the 3 to 4 weeks prior to pre season training, so when PST starts, they dont have to waste time with basic fitness levels.