University students help Derby County team prepare for new season
The collaboration also provided the Rams with "valuable data and insights" needed to help create individual programmes for each player ahead of the new season.Cy Roach, who will return to Derby in September to study for a Masters in Applied Sport and Exercise Science, said: "It has been a fantastic experience to work closely with professional athletes so that I could apply what I have learned at the University of Derby to a real-world situation."
Adams said he was hoping to "better his stats" in the upcoming season and to do so, he has been putting in the work during pre-season."No-one really likes the running part of it, but you've got to get it done," said the midfielder."To play, you have to be fit, and what I've seen so far in terms of pre-season, is that everyone has been up and at it."Alice Kemp, who is also returning in September for a Masters, said the session was focused on "recording baseline measures that the players can work on throughout the season, seeing how far they can safely push their bodies".
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