Fernando Diniz adds physiologist to his backroom staff at Corinthians | OneFootball

According to information first published by UOL Esporte, Corinthians head coach Fernando Diniz has brought physiologist Luiz Fernando Barros into his coaching staff at the club. He has already been working at Alvinegro for a few days and will be responsible for creating a link between the coach and the team’s other departments – health and performance.

The aim is to bring Fernando Diniz’s on-field assessments closer to the players’ data collected internally. It is worth noting that, in his first three matches in charge of Corinthians, the newly hired coach repeated the same lineup in all of them even amid the high number of players currently in the club’s medical department.

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In addition to forward Memphis Depay, who suffered a delay in his recovery process from a muscle injury, other players in the current squad, according to the report, expressed dissatisfaction with the aforementioned department. Internally, it is understood that Luiz Fernando’s presence supports, through scientific data, Fernando Diniz’s thinking regarding the use of the squad.

After the win over Santa Fe of Colombia in the second round of the Libertadores group stage last Wednesday (15), the Corinthians coach said that players “are not just a pile of bones and muscle” and that aspects such as “fear, courage, joy and enthusiasm” affect the athletes’ performance.

It is important to note that Luiz Fernando Barros will not replace any existing professional in the health and performance department. Physiologist Leandro Spigolon remains responsible for data analysis and collection, while Luiz’s role is to interpret that information together with members of the Corinthians coaching staff.

In this way, Luiz Fernando Barros’s role is to connect the club’s various areas – medical department, performance and physiology; also helping define training loads and parameters for player usage. His involvement and link between the sectors at Corinthians expands the ability to read and interpret the data, since he has medical and physiological training.

Also according to the UOL Esporte report, the hiring of the professional was seen as a somewhat unusual move. Behind the scenes, there is agreement that it is not common for a coach to bring in a professional with this profile to work in an integrated manner with the club’s departments. On a daily basis, Diniz maintains an ‘active listening’ approach with the players, seeking to understand their physical condition before making a decision regarding the lineup, for example.

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