"You don't need to have twice-a-day training and you

don't need to train for too long. The practice world over is 75 minute intensive training, that also training with football in match situations and not static training," said Verheijen, who has worked with top European clubs such as FC Barcelona and Chelsea besides also being served as assistant coach of top national sides. "Long training makes the players exhausted and if you do training without recovering from your earlier fatigue there is no point of having the training. In football less but quality training is better," Verheijen, who had a three-day stint of fitness conditioning with Indian coaches, said. He also disapproved of static training, saying that it makes the muscles lazy and cannot have explosive football actions required on a field. "Out of 90 minutes of play, actually a player needs 60 minutes of explosive action. With static fitness training your muscles becomes lazy and cannot do explosive actions. Static fitness training methods are simply a waste," he said. "You need training with football and not without it. You need to learn tactics and techniques in match situations. That teaches the players the coordination and decision making in match situations." Verheijen also said that small footballing countries should not think of compensating their tactical and technical deficiencies with better fitness levels. More