Coronavirus has had a massive impact on athletes everywhere. Keep it in perspective, mind you. There are so many other bigger things going on in the world right now. But that won’t change that our Olympians and Paralympians will be hurting, having been preparing for Tokyo for four years, sometimes eight, now the event has been postponed. Or look at the NRL. To get through the torture of a preseason only for the season to be put on hold after two weeks, exactly when all you want to be doing is playing out on the field after doing all the preparation, would be really disappointing. Take the Storm, for example. Having been there and done that, I guarantee no one can comprehend just how intense preseasons are in Melbourne under Craig Bellamy. Training, video sessions, rehab and recovery for ten hours a day, three months in a row. There’s wrestling every single day, a week-long military-style bootcamp which is mentally and physically draining. It’s easy to...
