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Klinsmann: ‘It’s been tremendously enjoyable so far’

A predictable hubbub and bustle accompanied Jürgen Klinsmann when he arrived at the Allianz Arena in Munich for his first news conference as Bayern head coach on Wednesday afternoon. Flanked by board directors Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Uli Hoeneß, Klinsmann was greeted by exactly 111 media representatives crowded into the media centre at the Bavarians’ home ground. Somewhat in contrast to the senior officials, Klinsmann appeared relaxed and beamed broadly as he took his place on the podium, ready to address the press officially for the first time.

“We’ve started pre-season with lots of spark and enthusiasm,” he reported. “I’m incredibly proud to be handed the job, and I’m delighted at the chance to take responsibility at Bayern,” he continued. The first competitive match of the season is still five weeks away, “but I’m already looking forward to it. It’s tremendously enjoyable.“

Praise for performance centre

A Bayern squad minus its Euro 2008 stars has completed four training sessions so far, although the coach revealed he had spent much more time with his new charges in the newly-constructed performance centre than on the practice ground. “It’s our centrepiece, the new jewel at the club,” Klinsmann remarked. Some 2,000 square metres have been given over to “a perfect oasis for the players,” according to Rummenigge, where they are likely to spend up to eight hours a day, at least during the pre-season phase.

Klinsmann regards the centre as a key tool in implementing his playing philosophy. “We want every player to improve, every day. We want every player to reach the next level, regardless of the level he’s at now. And if every player improves, we’ll automatically have a better team,” Klinsmann explained. The new performance centre also offered “the perfect setting for approaching the players individually.“

Kahn upbeat about new era

“None of this actually scores goals, obviously, but it provides the platform for playing better football and scoring goals,” Hoeneß commented. The general manager confessed he had been “totally overwhelmed” when he returned from vacation and saw the centre for the first time. “I want to praise Jürgen explicitly for this. Now it’s up to the team to make best use of it. If so, we can be confident about the new campaign.“

Unsurprisingly, there has been no substantial change to the club’s targets for the season. Bayern will seek to defend their domestic double, “but we also want to contest the Champions League right to the end,” Klinsmann declared. The new Bayern coach has thus set his sights exceptionally high, but no less a commentator than Oliver Kahn feels the former Germany supremo could deliver “the ultimate triumph.“

Plan is to dominate

The performance centre is not the only weapon at the coach’s disposal in the hunt for major international honours. “Step by step, we’ll develop a tactical system which is dynamic, imposing and dominant. It really doesn’t matter who provides the opposition,” he explained. Klinsmann feels he has “at least two options for every position, in some cases three. Obviously, that means I have a lot of communicating to do, but I’m really looking forward to it.“

Klinsmann: ‘It’s been tremendously enjoyable so far’

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Major changes
Dynamic new look to stars’ daily schedule

The Bayern stars have reported back for pre-season training to find that almost nothing is the same as it used to be. Instead of parking directly in front of the dressing rooms, they now leave their Audis in the club’s new underground car park, from where they no longer proceed to the professionals’ quarters, but to the ultra-modern performance centre. Instead of being greeted at the door by a pack of pressmen, they emerge onto a terrace with chairs and sunshades.

Perhaps even more of a shift is a radical change in the structure of the professional players’ working day. Some used to go home after the morning session before returning for the afternoon workout, but now the playing staff spend the entire day at the Säbener Strasse. Has Jürgen Klinsmann introduced an eight-hour shift system at the club?

Individual development

“No, it’s not a move to an eight-hour day,” Klinsmann insisted at his first news conference on Wednesday. Once pre-season is over, the players would spend “substantially less time“ at the Säbener Strasse, “because we’ll normally only be training once a day.“

However, pre-season is another matter altogether. The schedule calls for two workouts a day, with the players remaining together between sessions. They eat together, work out in the gym, and the overseas players and coaches take German classes. They are provided with films, books, laptops and recreational areas. The objective on the one hand is to create a oasis of well-being, and on the other to promote the stars’ personal development. “We’ll work intensively with the players, as we want to bring them on as individuals,” Klinsmann explained.

No training camp

Even when the training burden is reduced to a single daily session, the intention is for the players to continue their personal programmes. “People say matches are won and lost in the head,” Klinsmann commented, “but if we don’t train their mental abilities, we have to ask ourselves whether we’ve actually helped the players in winning matches.“

The new performance centre provides the premises for this intensive individual coaching. “The players are utterly enthusiastic about the centre,” Klinsmann revealed. The new facility at the Säbener Strasse means there will be no training camp this summer. “We can work in a targeted and intensive way to the highest standards right here,“ the coach pointed out.

Energy in abundance

The players are free to return home and “live their lives” following afternoon training, Klinsmann noted. “It’s important they spend time with their wives and children. I think what we’re doing will free up a great deal of energy rather than draining it. It’s better than sitting around in some hotel of an evening and wondering what to do with yourself.“

Klinsmann is certain the players will take to their extended working day. “I’m not worried at all. In fact, I reckon they’re looking forward to it.“ The current squad is by and large made up of “a younger generation who expect to be stimulated, inspired and motivated. We’ll keep them busy with plenty of topics and ideas.“ The schedule includes plenty of time for such activities.

Typical pre-season daily schedule:

9.30: Meet at performance centre, briefing on training plan for the day
10.00: Individual preparation for morning training in the gym (Klinsmann: “The players will already have worked out for half an hour before they take to the pitch.“)
from 10.30: Training (approx. 75 minutes)
Thereafter: Cool-down phase in weights room
Thereafter: Squad lunch
13.15 to 14.00: Media window: Reporters have access to players at round table discussions or news conferences. Simultaneously, players and coaches may attend German class or pursue other personal development projects.
15.00: Individual preparation for afternoon training in the gym
from 15.30: Training
Thereafter: Treatment, massage etc
Approx. 17.30: End of working day

Dynamic new look to stars’ daily schedule

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Bild took a photo of Klinsi's training schedule (in English) which was located in his trouser waistband.

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Jürgen Klinsmann took charge of a modest-sized group of 15 players for Wednesday training, including three goalkeepers, two reserves and trialist Joseph Ngwenya. The reason for the decimated squad is well enough known, as the South Americans and the stars who competed at Euro 2008 are still on vacation.

Zé Roberto, the first of the absentees due back in Munich, is expected to resume training sometime this week. Luca Toni is scheduled to arrive on 5 July, two and a half weeks after Italy’s elimination from the continental showdown, while Martin Demichelis, Lucio and Willy Sagnol are set to begin the pre-season programme on Wednesday 9 July.

Finally, Germany internationals Philipp Lahm, Marcell Jansen, Tim Borowski, Miroslav Klose, Lukas Podolski and Bastian Schweinsteiger, and Turkey semi-finalist Hamit Altintop, will bring the squad up to full strength when they return on 17 July.

The later arrivals would be assigned individually tailored fitness and conditioning schedules, Klinsmann advised. “The training programme is based upon who comes when. We have plenty of staff, so we can spend time with each individual every day,” the head coach told Wednesday’s news conference at the Allianz Arena.

Klinsmann is convinced the entire squad will be in good shape for the Bundesliga opener at home to Hamburg on 15 August. “And even if it takes a couple of weeks longer, it won’t be a problem. We’re looking at the season as a whole.“

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Klinsmann: Handy-Verbot für die Bayern-Stars

Die Profis des deutschen Rekordmeisters FC Bayern München müssen bei ihren Acht-Stunden-Tagen im neuen Leistungszentrum weitgehend auf ihre Handys verzichten. "Wir sollen halt nicht ständig mit einem Handy herumlaufen", erklärte Torhüter Michael Rensing am Donnerstag die Anordnung des neuen Trainers Jürgen Klinsmann und bestätigte damit weitgehend einen Bericht der Münchner tz.

Klinsmann has forbidden the use of mobile phones during the training hours.

Great Idea Guys ... From Day To Day I'm Intersted In Klinsi Things

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Innovative methods
Comfort on the ball is key, Vasquez explains

Jürgen Klinsmann’s declared philosophy is to help every player improve, every day. This viewpoint helped a Germany side rise above its expected level of performance and finish third at the 2006 World Cup. Just four days into the 2008-9 pre-season at Bayern, it is clear that Mark van Bommel and Co have understood and appreciated this particular coaching philosophy.

A few percent more

“The players have really taken to our methods so far,” reported assistant coach Martin Vasquez in a post-training chat with fcbayern.de. A programme described by Klinsmann as “intensive” is designed to lay the foundations for a successful campaign. The ball itself features in nearly every training routine. “The players are returning from vacation. We need to work on their footballing skills as well as their fitness,” Vasquez explained.

Every session begins with a 30-40 minute workout in the fitness room, where the coaches have initially been assessing the players’ current performance levels. “The players are working on their individual requirements, in terms of flexibility, power and stability,” reported Vasquez, indicating there was potential for improvement in each area by at least a few percent.

Tailored training

The squad then moves to the practice ground, where Thomas Wilhelmi, Marcelo Martins and Darcy Norman conduct a demanding warm-up, again featuring the ball and aimed at preparing the stars for the tactical and skills-oriented part of the workout. “The idea is to give the players a dynamic warm-up, so they’re totally ready for the next stage of the session,” said Vasquez.

Each session, from the fitness room opening to the warm-down at the end “is planned on a step-by-step basis. Each exercise builds on the previous one.” For example, the warm-up will include exercises designed to stretch muscle groups which will later be stressed to the full in match or gameplay situations.

Centred on the football

The constant element and leitmotif throughout is the football, Vasquez emphasised. “We want our players to do plenty of work with the ball, to give them sufficient faith in their abilities during matches.” This also promotes better interplay with team-mates, so that each understands the others’ specific abilities and skills.

Klinsmann and the coaching staff’s expectations for the players this term have thus begun to take shape just a few days into pre-season. “Step by step, we’ll develop a tactical system which is dynamic, imposing and dominant,” the former world-class striker earlier announced. “We want a team capable of switching focus extremely quickly, creating chances, and adapting tactically to every situation,” added Vasquez.

No exception for keepers

“Every coach has his own methods, but we’re convinced our new methods are the best way of helping the players prepare optimally for the new season – and that by definition extends to the team,” the assistant coach continued. The stars will certainly be spared hours of jogging through the nearby forests under the new regime.

One intriguing innovation is the incorporation of the goalkeepers in the ball-focused exercise, before they split off for specific goalkeeping training. “Obviously, the priority is to have good goalkeepers who control their penalty areas. But if they know what to do with the ball and believe in their footballing ability, it’s an advantage for the keeper and for the team as a whole,” Vasquez reasoned.

Comfort with the ball is key, Vasquez explains

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Bayern Munich stars have to train with Adidas miCoach

Juergen Klinsmann, the new coach of soccer club Bayern Munich is using miCoach to track and control the training efforts of his soccer players.

Adidas introduced the Samsung made miCoach mobile phone along with sensors and online service earlier this year.

The miCoach training system is for every fitness enthusiast a very attractive solution.

The miCoach phone, equipped with a stride sensor and heart rate monitor, provides a comprehensive on-the-go personal training system. The phone provides training tips and time updates, and encourages users with music tailored to the workout.

With one click, users can connect to the stride sensor and heart rate monitor and begin a workout that suits the user.

A personal coach advises runners to "Speed up to power zone" or tells them that "15 minutes is completed". Tapping the phone twice produces instant updates on the workout. The 2.0 inch LCD shows a real-time visual display of time, heart rate, distance, speed and calories burned.

The phone is equipped with a 2MP camera and 1GB memory capacity.

Of course as a trainer the online tracking is a great tool to make sure the highly paid players of Bayern Munich are not just partying their progress away in the P1 Club every night.

Bayern Munich stars have to train with Adidas miCoach - I4U News

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So far its getting better and better with life at Bayern.

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Zé Roberto aus dem Urlaub zurück

Nach knapp vier Wochen Urlaub ist auch Zé Roberto in die Saisonvorbereitung eingestiegen. Der Brasilianer absolvierte am Freitag seine erste Einheit unter dem neuen Trainer Jürgen Klinsmann und war total baff vom neuen Leistungszentrum. „Unglaublich, was hier in so kurzer Zeit geschaffen wurde“, sagte er nach einem Rundgang mit Teammanager Christian Nerlinger. Zé verbrachte seinen Urlaub komplett in seiner Heimat. „Es war eine schöne Zeit mit meiner Familie in Brasilien. Jetzt freue ich mich auf die neue Saison und ganz besonders auf die Champions League“, so der 33-Jährige im Gespräch mit fcbayern.de.

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After exactly four weeks of holidays, Zé Roberto has resumed training.

On Friday, the Brazilian took part for the first time in training directed by his new coach Jürgen Klinsmann, and was very excited about the new performance centre.

"Unbelievable, what has happened here in such a short time", he said after a tour with Team Manager Christian Nerlinger.

Zé completely spent his holidays in his homeland. "It was a good time with my family in Brazil. Now I am looking forward to the new season and especially the Champions League", the 33-year-old declared.

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Seniors v reserves
Four goals and plenty of positives

Bayern fans who make the pilgrimage to watch public training sessions are normally rewarded with happy memories, a few snaps for the family album, and an autograph or two, but an even bigger treat was in store for the faithful who flocked to the Säbener Strasse on Saturday. Some 700 loyal fans witnessed the first – and highly unofficial – warm-up match of the Jürgen Klinsmann era.

A 45-minute meeting between the first team and the reserves ended 2-2, Toni Kroos and trialist Joseph Ngwenya twice handing the seniors the lead, only for Daniel Sikorski to strike two equalisers for the second string. The decision to stage a more or less formal match against the reserves had been a conscious one, Klinsmann revealed to fcbayern.de, “because we want them to feel strongly linked to us.“

Klinsmann in charge

The real priority lay elsewhere, the head coach continued. “After a week in which we’ve performed a lot of passing exercises in a confined space, we wanted the players to get the feel of the full pitch again.“ The match was also intended to develop the players’ on-field understanding, Klinsmann said, as he watched his men turn in a pacy display with an emphasis on early pressing.

Klinsmann spent the 45 minutes at the heart of the action, generally taking up an observation position behind the back four, from which he gave directions, encouraged the players and handed out words of praise. He occasionally whistled play to a halt, proceeding to explain or analyse certain situations which had arisen. Over on the touchline, second assistant coach Nick Theslof kept up a watching brief as he tracked the positions taken up by the forwards.

Positive summary

After just under a week back at Bayern, Klinsmann declared himself satisfied following the initial warm-up match. “The whole week’s been very positive. The players have been very passionate and enthusiastic,“ he reported, “there’s a spirit of harmony coming together.“ That applies to the loyal fans too, as Klinsmann and his men once again handed out autographs by the score after the session.

First team line-up: Rensing - Lell, Breno, Van Buyten, Ekici - Sosa, Ottl, Van Bommel, Kroos - Ngwenya, Müller

Four goals and plenty of positives

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Great .... Kroos Twice And Zembabwe Man Twice .. But With All of that we dont need the zimbabian man ....
nice small open :P for bayern

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Great .... Kroos Twice And Zembabwe Man Twice

They did not score two goals each. Kroos scored one, and Ngwenya one.

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Trim The Game Finished 2-1 ? Or 2-0 ? For Bayern .. ?