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Training at Edgar Street
Dave Bradley of BBC Hereford & Worcester broadcast his mid-morning programme from Edgar Street today and during the course of the proceedings had a chat with Hereford United coach and physio Richard O'Kelly. He started by asking O'Kelly how busy he was.
"We have quite a busy period over the last ten or twelve weeks and we've picked up a few niggles and the like. What happens is that the players come in the morning to clear up any little things like strappings for ankles, making sure that their little knocks and brusies are okay to train. They go and use the equipment in the gym for a little warm up with stretching exercises and using the weights.It's all basically making sure they are ready to train and to play on Saturday.
Questioned on how much he relies on players doing their own warm-ups, O'Kelly said: "They are a fantastic bunch of players. With the circumstances at the football club we are not over blessed with staff and the players have to take an awful lot of responsibility for themselves. Barring one or two teething problems they certainly done that this season. I think the performances, not only on a Saturday, but on a day to day on the training pitch have shown that. They train at the same tempo as they play the game at."
It was a nice day today so the players wanted to go out but what happens on a middle of winter, pouring with rain, day O'Kelly was asked. "They're like that all the time. I think what it is that at some football clubs they would stay with the physio but since I'm the coach and the physio they'll come with me as it can be quite boring back here! Generally they all want to train. Hopefully they enjoy the training that myself and Graham Turner put on and they certainly shows that when they are out there."
Comparing coaching and playing O'Kelly said: "You can't beat playing. It's what everybody wants to do."