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EAST RUTHERFORD, N. Daniel Sturridge Liverpool Jersey .J. -- John Hussey had an idea. Turned out to be a good one.The referee and his field judge, Rick Patterson, called over Odell Beckham Jr., then Josh Norman, to warn them that anything close to the shenanigans the receiver and cornerback were involved in last December simply wont be allowed Sunday. Hussey wasnt prompted by the NFL to deliver his lectures to the Giants and Redskins stars before the game.John understood the magnitude of the game, Troy Vincent, who is in charge of football operations for the league, told The Associated Press. Coaches and players were addressed in a professional manner to play within the whistles.They generally did, though Norman did draw a personal foul for a hit not on Beckham but on rookie Sterling Shepard. And Beckham had a sideline meltdown that turned comical when he threw his helmet at the kicking net, only to have the net ricochet off his head.There was even an ejection, the first under the new rule hastened by Beckham-Norman I last December when Norman was in the midst of an All-Pro season for Carolina. But the player with that dubious honor was Giants center Weston Richburg for getting two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties -- including one while addressing Norman.Its crucial for officials to lay down the parameters for a game, and to remind players, particularly those who have egregiously broken the rules before, that they are being watched closely. If other referees follow Husseys lead, Richburgs expulsion under the new rule that was backed by Commissioner Roger Goodell might stand alone.Neither Norman nor Beckham appreciated the words of wisdom from Hussey, but with a clearer view of the potential for more problems that their matchup presented, perhaps they wouldnt have been so upset.And they sure were upset.They pulled me off to the side and said, `We are not going to make a mockery of the game, Norman said. I dont know if that was from the top, or (Hussey) saying that directly to me.Wow. What am I doing? Im just playing a sport that God has blessed us with and being as physical as I can be within the rules and the confines of what they ask us to do. That (mockery) was a big word. I kind of felt bad.At the same time, I appreciate the officials. They really did a good job of controlling the game. It didnt get out of hand.Moments earlier, Hussey and Patterson laid down the law to Beckham, who last week was fined $36,000 for a crack-back block on Saints safety Kenny Vaccaro.That was two incidents fewer than he had against Norman last December. There were plenty of nasty words aimed at each other back then, and some excuses for the near-brawling.Beckham subsequently was suspended for a game, and when Norman signed as a free agent with Washington, it meant two meetings per season for the foes.They implemented a new rule this year. Its basically the Odell Beckham Jr. rule, said Beckham, whose boss, Giants owner John Mara, championed the rule. I had three personal fouls last year, so they said if you come out and get one personal foul and another one for the same thing (you are ejected). Today, they came up before the game and said, if you do anything, were throwing you out of the game. That was before the game.There was no you get a warning. There was not any of that. You just have to be on your best behavior. Unfortunately, thats what its come to. Its not really football anymore as much as it is all the other things that play into it.Beckham has no interest in playing what he sees as a gridiron political game. One of the characteristics that makes him so dynamic is his ability to perform on the edge. He is a playmaker and sometimes a game breaker, and toning down his style could diminish his contributions.But toning down his act when it comes to, well, acting out is a big difference. Hussey, and by extension the league, did not tell Beckham or Norman to turn into nerds. The intent was to inspire them to play clean, but energetic football.Despite a few missteps, they general did. And thats a good thing.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Sadio Mane Jersey . 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Quite like how he did on the track as an Olympic athlete.He was once called the fastest man in New Zealand and holds the national record in the 200m. He took part in two Olympics, Atlanta and Sydney, set his personal best in 100m at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, and at 32 became the oldest athlete to clinch the New Zealand 100m title.In Sydney in 2000, a 25-year-old Donaldson was at the prime of his career when he suffered an Achilles injury that required surgery. He still has a deep scar on his calf from it. I kept going but it wasnt the same after that, he says.But the many injuries he faced through his athletics career brought him to his current job, in cricket, as New Zealands strength and conditioning coach.[The injuries] really helped me understand athletes from both sides - from being an athlete as well as dealing with the athletes now, Donaldson says.And, the mental side of training - you know what it takes. You also know what it feels like to train. You experience doing all the things that go with the sprinting, so it was really a good learning experience for me. I had some great mentors.In a season when New Zealand have toured Zimbabwe, South Africa, now India, and then head home to face Pakistan, Australia, Bangladesh and South Africa, the work Donaldson puts in with the players is crucial.We really load them and then they taper off effectively when they are playing, he says. They are reliving [the conditions] now which we have created there. And we come over early sometimes to try and cope with the heat [in India].Donaldson explains the process behind rehabilitating Corey Anderson, who played his first international game in the Dharamsala ODI earlier this month after being sidelined with a back injury for more than six months.This started four-five months ago and he has worked incredibly hard. He has worked in conjunction with the high performance group [staff]. There has been overall work in progress and building him. He has really been brilliant to come back to this level.Donaldsons theories involve invoking the Usain Bolt example of applying force as quickly as possible in the shortest possible time. Its all about movement, he says.Sprinting and running and all that stuff is about movement and efficiency of how you generate a lot of force and go forward. It is also about being able to handle that [the speed at which you apply force at the ground]. If you can apply [the force] you have to be able to handle that.He believes its the force that breaks cricketers, which is why they need to manage the body, make it resilient and adaptable to cope with the workload.Cricket is now full noise, all year around. There are amazing athletes in all the teams. You cant control [how] the ball bounces and all that, but athleticism and training, you can control that.He is not a big data person, he says, but tries to marry iit with instinct when it comes to calibrating workloads for different cricketers. Dominic Solanke Liverpool Jersey. . I can actually show them, Look, you started from here, now you are here. You are stronger, you are faster. You were here when we did speed test and now you are here. Just the basic stuff in understanding this is why we train, this is what the training will help in and thats the outcome we have had. If you dont understand or dont have goals or reasons to do it then it becomes really tiring.It was his athletics coach, Brent Ward, who got Donaldson interested in training sportspersons. Before coming to cricket, Donaldson had worked as a strength and conditioning consultant with the New Zealand Winter Olympic team and Otago Rowing and found the experiences enjoyable and fulfilling.I had some wonderful people that helped me significantly in my life, working hard behind the scenes, Donaldson says. You realise I have been lucky enough since I have become strength and conditioning [coach]. You can see why coaches do it. Its such a satisfying feeling to see [other] players and athletes do well. Born in Auckland, Donaldson grew up in Dunedin, and knows Mike Hesson, the Blackcaps coach, right from the days when Hesson was working with Otago Cricket. Mike Hesson was the coach, and he was very kind to ask if I wanted to help out a bit [with Otago Cricket] and it developed from there. In July 2011, Donaldson signed with the national side in a full-time role.He says the friendships he shares with the coaching staff - Hesson and bowling coach Shane Jurgensen - and physio Tommy Simsek have helped create a comfortable working environment.I think its an open and honest kind of conversation that we had and we are trying to help each other. We are genuinely really good friends and we enjoy each others company. We just try to keep each other up to date.While Donaldson had a normal New Zealand childhood playing many sports, he had an interesting lifestyle back at home. His father, Roger, is a film director with many successful ventures, like the Kevin Costner-Gene Hackman starrer No Way Out, Species and Dantes Peak to his credit.I grew up in New Zealand and Dad spent a lot of time in the US for his work. Dad still lives there. Its just a job that happens to be well-known with regards to the movies that he makes.Donaldson credits the New Zealand system that makes it easy to access different sporting facilities at school. Sprinting, though, was a passion aroused by the Olympic dream. That was sort of my goal and then it just happened to be that I found it in sprinting.Asked if he ever shows footage of himself or other elite athletes to motivate the New Zealand players, he laughs. No, no, I think they seen enough. They love sports, all sports. They loved the Olympics recently and followed the New Zealand athletes. Its better I am in the background. ' ' '