A key to successful peaking is to focus on key exercises that the athlete is familiar with and to refine the execution of these exercises.1 We do not want to introduce new exercises or stimuli at this stage of the season because we do not want the athlete to enter another stage of adaptation but rather to refine the skills most important to performance
In team sports, it is of crucial important to NOT bring guys to a peak. To peak, one needs to reduce workloads, and that eventually leads to a de-training after a couple of weeks of peaking. We cannot allow this in team sports because of the long season and importance of every single weekly game. One might consider tapering for season finals, but that depends on the road to it, injuries, certainty of entering finals/play off etc.