Training is such a vital part of preparation for a game you really do train to play. It tops up your ability like sharpening a carving knife. You can get away with not doing it for a while as long as you have reached a certain standard of fitness.
I mean you might say he had a travelling post office but also Barney was very very active. He was a legal officer for the NAACP and they had a lot of problems after Pease.
