A brand new space has been designed on the membership’s coaching floor known as the “Melwood Enviornment” with the intention of mirroring “road” soccer.
A cage pitch was put in on the AXA Coaching Centre over the summer time in an try to copy a ‘road’ atmosphere during which the gamers can work on their abilities.
The Reds moved from Melwood to their new Kirkby base in 2020, forsaking the coaching floor that the membership known as dwelling for over 70 years.
Talking on the Coaching Floor Guru podcast, assistant supervisor Pepijn Lijnders has revealed that the membership have nicknamed the cage the “Melwood Enviornment” and that it was constructed for the gamers to hone their method in tight spots.
“I requested Jurgen what the finances was final 12 months and stated I’d like to construct a gaiola, which is sort of a road pitch. Jurgen in these moments is sensible,” Lijnders defined.
“I inform him the thought, ‘That is what I need, due to this, this and this.’ I actually consider that we have to be higher within the last third, extra artistic, [that] within the small area we have to maintain the ball higher.
“We will develop 100 workouts, however the most effective factor could be if we create the road. It took some time to construct it, it value some huge cash, however we had a superb finances, in order that was cool.”
Lijnders joined the membership as U18s coach in 2014 earlier than being promoted to assistant supervisor simply 12 months later.
He had a quick spell within the Netherlands as supervisor of NEC Nijmegen, however he re-joined the Reds as Jurgen Klopp‘s No. 2 after simply 5 months in cost.
Previous to arriving at Liverpool for the primary time, the Dutchman labored as a technical coach at Porto, the place to which Lijnders attributes the origins of the “Melwood Enviornment” idea.
“We designed it ourselves. I requested the gamers what we must always name it [and] we name it the Melwood Enviornment,” he continued.
“It comes from Porto, as a result of at Porto we stated, ‘We love those who hate to lose.’ The ball is consistently in play and doesn’t exit.
“We play 5 v 5 and winner stays on. And what I see in these moments… the creation, the kind of objectives, it simply blows my thoughts.”
Liverpool have a wealth of attacking expertise throughout the squad and it will seem the workers want to improve this additional with the newest addition at Kirkby.
The Reds scored 103 objectives in all competitions final season and will probably be hoping to exceed that tally in 2023/24 of their hunt for each home and European success.
