More specifically, if the athlete is far off from a competition, especially in the off season, they will do more traditional S&C. As the competition approaches, the athletes will do more "sport specific" stuff, drills , etc - stuff geared towards enhancing timing and technique rather than raw attributes so that they are technically sharp and not physically fatigued for their upcoming competition.
That is exactly what is changing. They are moving towards a model that even when far from the time of the competition, the training is organized to include more of the actual sport as a form of exercise. At least that was what the guy was focused on doing. I am no expert either though and i might be wrong.