If you thought that Jamie Vardy’s fine goal scoring form is because he’s putting in the extra hours on the training pitch, you’d be dead wrong.
Vardy has been on a hot streak in the English top flight this season, netting an impressive 21 goals for the Premier League leaders. While you may think this is a result of him perfecting the art of finishing in training, the sharp shooter told Sky Sports News that this is not the case at all.
The striker explained to the channel that while his teammates are drilling their shooting, Claudio Ranieri tells him not to contribute.
“I don’t really get the chance to practice that much on my finishing because we have our shooting drills early in the week when the gaffer’s wanting me to rest my legs.”
“So normally, when there’s a bit of shooting, the gaffer tells me to go inside.”
Vardy approves of his ban from shooting training as, in his eyes, it’s clearly working out well for him.
“I’ll keep doing that if it means I’m saving my legs – and goals – for games.”
