FOOTBALL CATCHES UP?

[Gross]

McDowall explained: "The whole thing was new to the manager. Ally McCoist had heard a bit about it, but never really seen it in practice.

"I have known Adam from working with him in the past and at the end of the day, it's science. You can't ignore it.

"We wanted to bring it to the club and it's been working well. I think the players enjoy it, they are now seeing how it all works in terms of their fitness.

"They get bits of paper handed back to them at the end of sessions and they can see for themselves the progress.

"You do use a fair bit of the ball as well, although there is still a lot of running, so it's mixed up a bit and the guys are responding to that.

"When they came back last week, Adam took all their heart rates. They then get watches with those heart-rates put into it to wear during training, and a belt they wear that monitors their heart rate and feeds it back to the watch.

"They all have different zones, so players themselves know exactly what they are operating at.

[mharky]

Scottish football, maybe. Manchester United have a vision coach.

[Gross]

The quote below comes from the 'green' end of Glasgow:

The quest for improvement is not consigned to his squad. "I want to improve all the time," he said. "Once you think I've nothing more to learn' then you might as well chuck it. The trick is to stay in as long as you can and learn from all your experiences.