Inspite of the Covid-19 pandemic affecting the local football landscape, Guyana Police Force (GPF) defender Trevon Lythcott, disclosed that he has continued to train compliments of an organized training schedule in expectation of the discipline’s recommencement.
This was disclosed during a brief interview yesterday with Stabroek Sport. According to Lythcott, 30, “Basically I, alongside Vurlon Mills and Akel Clarke, designed a workout programme. We do our personal training in the afternoon, sometimes in the morning but we regulate it. Due to this situation, we have to alternate with some heavy training in the morning and some light in the afternoon and vice-versa. We will basically work from Mondays to Fridays, Saturdays we would mostly play football tennis so just to relax back the muscles and recuperate. Sunday is a complete rest day.”
The former Fruta Conquerors player stated, “It has been good and we have been keeping our fitness so when football start back it wouldn’t catch us off guard and sluggish so we are keeping or trying to keep the condition. It takes discipline to keep this up during this time, as at this time everyone has to be in. Safety is the key but you can’t not train and that could help the disease so keeping active is one way to help keep away the virus. That is what we are doing, it’s not easy to design something to do every day. It takes discipline and motivation of yourself and the people around you to go forward with it. Basically we are motivating each other to this, even if the rain falls we will video call and do the programmes on the video chat so we don’t miss days.”
Questioned about his expectations of the sport when it eventually returns, he said, “When football starts back it will start slow because a lot of the players aren’t training, and just relaxing. It’s not going to be the same quality of football when we were active. For me it’s going to commence on a slow mark, until everyone gets back in tune with football. I think it will take a while, I know with me I will push the team so we could be up to a standard and the team coaches will work hard to do the same. I think the team will adopt as fast as possible once everything goes back to normal.”
Asked if he still has the intention and passion to don the colours of the Golden Jaguars once again, Lythcott, who has been capped 11 times at the senior level, said, “I still would give my service to them if needed, it’s always an honour to represent my country and I have been representing them since I was 12. I have represented them at every youth level and made my first senior national team at 17, so I am always open to representing my country before I decide to retire.”
He added, “I want to tell everyone to stay safe and don’t let this situation frustrate you. You have to follow the guidelines of the authorities to help fight the virus and have to keep your family and yourself safe. Eat and stay healthy so when football starts back even if you a spectator you can enjoy the game.”
