"We had a pretty long preparation camp, a too long preparation time.
Van Commenee is also firmly committed to establishing a pre-Games preparation camp abroad, although his opinion differs from that expressed recently by Sebastian Coe, who believes staying at home is the best option.
This squad will also participate in a warm-up preparation camp in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
And he returned to pre-season training last week, prior to completing his new deal, with the squad now in Hungary for a week-long preparation camp.
Bafana Bafana are in the midst of a two-week preparation camp for the match in Egypt, which is seven days longer than normal.
Twell's coach, Mick Woods, had not wanted her to attend a compulsory British team preparation camp in Portugal, fearing that the heat might affect her.
The GB boxing squad will start the final weeks of preparation at a training camp in central France.
She will now move to Florida for a training camp in preparation for the Huatulco World Cup in Mexico, before finishing the season off in Korea.
In August 2012, the Joeys participated in a training camp in preparation for the 2012 Asian Soccer Confederation under-16 Championship.
