WATCH ANY PROFESSIONAL sports person arrive at their event this weekend and you are likely to see them wearing a pair of dustbin lid-sized headphones.
Listening to the music in a bid to relax and focus their mind on the job at hand is common practice and used by many athletes – but the sheer enormity of their equipment seems to have got out of hand.
The widespread popularity of Beats by rap legend Dr Dre in recent years has helped the cause and while top level footballers are often seen walking from the team bus to the dressing room, it is a trend clearly visible in most sports – as the slideshow below shows.
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Have your say… what do you make of huge headphones?
Poll Results:
Not for me, Jeff (184)
I don't leave the house without mine (55)
Has Pep enjoyed unparalleled success with Bayern? I know it’s hard to follow someone who won the treble, but Bayern have never looked as dangerous playing the ‘Pep’ way as they did when they tore Barca apart playing direct, fast, powerful football.
He’s been great domestically but Dortmund did sort of fall apart around the same time.
Good to see a manager posting some common sense re cultural tactics. Shame LVG is too arrogant to admit his approach doesnt work in england. Leicester have probably the lowest possession stats in the league.
Hiddinks style is working well anyway…
It’s always surprised me why Guardiola has gotten the credit for a system started by Cruyff. I remember when Guardiola decided to leave Barcelona as a player. He had trouble finding a club willing to pay what he thought he was worth. He’s always had an inflated ego.