@statsports: Mauricio Pochettino’s use of the Gacon Test in pre-season gets dropped regularly by ex players of his 👀 He even spoke about it on the recent episode of Stick To Football, when he told Neville, Keane and co how he was the best at it when first arriving at Tottenham. Basically, it’s an intermittent shuttle run with the distance increasing at each stage, but the time to complete staying the same (45 seconds). We’ve included an explainer in the post. A full completion is 5000m in total which is all 25 stages. Kyle Walker says in the clip that Dele Alli was the only player who could complete the test in his time at Tottenham - a savage 💨💨💨 Who’s taking it on in the coming off-season? Follow us for more fitness content 📈 #football #Fitness #offseason #tottenham #data

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