Congested Fixtures and Rotation: Why Big Coaches Misjudge Load
Rotation is not just swapping names. Miscalculating load can ruin a season in two weeks.
When a team plays three games in seven days everyone demands rotation. The wrong rotation can be worse than none.
Load is not minutes
Two players with 90 minutes can carry very different loads depending on sprint volume and direction changes.
Common mistakes
Rotating an entire line at once, saving key players for the wrong game, and ignoring travel recovery.
Rotate by position, keep the structural spine, and the pattern stays recognisable.