oh, give us a break Sven!

NOBODY ever said that training technique is unnecessary. OF COURSE knowing the basic skills is important, which is what I said before. EVERYBODY will agree to that.

Fact is that you say swimming distances is useless. You base your analysis on a single game. Play a tournament for a week and let's see how well you would do if you don't have the endurance. Even if the girl had trouble stealing the puck from you (which probably also has something to do with body-weight) the more you move into the tournament,the moment she can take it and accelerate a bit, you'll be done playing. And yes, that means explosivity, which you also need to train and to which nobody would disagree with you. Main difference is that she will still be fit enough to do so, and you wouldn't.

Can't you just agree that training endurance is important as well, that there is nothing wrong with it, that it at best shouldn't be the main focus for team trainings and call it a day?