Hey {{First_Name|mate}},

Most rugby players don’t actually have a performance problem.

They have a preparation problem.

They train hard.
They graft.
They want to improve.

But then they:

Turn up under-fuelled
Miss speed work
Lift with no progression
Do too much volume
Recover badly
Wing it week to week

Then wonder why they feel flat on game day.

That’s not lack of effort.

That’s lack of preparation.

A lot of players think performance is built off one big session.

It’s not.

It’s built off what you do before that.

How you train through the week.
How fresh you stay.
How you recover.
How you fuel.
How much intent you bring into each session.

The lads who perform best on Saturday usually aren’t the lads doing the most.

They’re the lads doing the right things consistently.

That’s the difference.

Chaos is random sessions, random effort, random recovery.

Preparation is structure.

And structure wins.

That’s something I’ve thought about a lot recently.

Going into surgery prepared gave me more control.

Going into training prepared does the same thing.

It won’t guarantee everything goes perfectly.

But it gives you a much better chance of actually performing when it matters.

This week, ask yourself one question:

Are you training hard... or are you actually preparing well?

Train like a player,
Craig Jones
Rugby Performance Coach