10 Things We Learned From Newcastle's Live Periscope Training Session

Today, Newcastle United broadcast their training session using the internet video platform 'Periscope' live from their Benton training base. Long gone are the days where you could enjoy doing your stretches, exercises and team bonding free from the public eye and nowadays a seemingly unimportant wander to the training field can be analysed by thousands of fans (and website media platforms). Fitness coach, Alessandro Scoenmaker took the session (for the 30 minutes that was shown) while Steve McClaren watched from afar as the players did some simple warm-ups, shuttle runs and non-ball-related training drills. The fitness guru who the Magpies' boss worked with at FC Twente certainly had the attention of the squad and was authoritative, concise and personable as he delegated his tasks to the team. The first-team training has evidently improved over the summer and McClaren's influence alongside assistant Ian Cathro has been widely regarded among fans as one of the most positive changes since John Carver's departure. The team showed a fighting spirit against Southampton on Sunday and a camaraderie that has been lacking for a long time and, based on the video evidence of the training session, it has continued during the week. Here,WhatCulture.com/NUFC we take a look at the things we learned from the live Periscope training session...