Barcelona monitoring players during coronavirus lay-off

Barcelona's fitness coaches are making a second work plan for players. The squad were sent home on Friday with homework to do, with the objective of maintaining their fitness level. The players were told to do their exercises for an hour and a half.

The coaches keep the players under control with daily calls to collect the information that they will then transfer to the coach. The players, based on the results of this first week, have completed their daily physical work aimed at maintaining aerobic capacity, getting used to changes in rhythm and managing breathing at high rates. A circuit that they can carry out in a large room or in their gardens.

Another type of work that they have to carry out is with gym equipment. It's lucky that many of them have home gyms which gives them the perfect conditions to exercise.

Now that this first week comes to an end, the technicians have designed a second plan that they are about to send to the players for this second week of the coronavirus break. At the same time, the players are realising that this is more than a fortnight's problem, potentially.

During this confinement, the club is concerned about their physical condition and diet, an aspect that has improved significantly in recent years and is not a cause for concern among their doctors and nutritionists today. They all strictly follow the instructions that they send them. During this process, the club does not send over loads of tactical football info. They do not send them videos of errors, solutions to get the ball, offensive tactics or analysis of rival teams. The technicians leave the players to dedicate themselves only to the physical aspect because the tactical moment will come later.

Bartomeu personally communicates to the players the steps that the club is making and the forecast for the restart of the competition. Bartomeu, who maintains a good relationship with the captains, will also be in charge of communicating the final schedule.