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Our modern day training camp practices and keeping starters out of pre season games has me wondering......
Gone are the 2 a day practices, we practice inside when wet, snow/ cold, or hot. Defense is tackling dummies instead of players. Yet despite all of the measures, seems we still end up with more then our share of injuries by mid/ late season. Another bothersome (to me) is the slow start to get the Offense and Defense in sync at start of the season.
Reasoning of all this protection for players is understandable.
But on the other hand it seems to that while injuries are a part of the game, there were less when players had physical contact in practices. Two other benefits was the team was ready and in sync out of gate for the first game and because of physical contact, players were tougher and better condition.
This is my thoughts......What are yours? Agree or not?
Gone are the 2 a day practices, we practice inside when wet, snow/ cold, or hot. Defense is tackling dummies instead of players. Yet despite all of the measures, seems we still end up with more then our share of injuries by mid/ late season. Another bothersome (to me) is the slow start to get the Offense and Defense in sync at start of the season.
Reasoning of all this protection for players is understandable.
But on the other hand it seems to that while injuries are a part of the game, there were less when players had physical contact in practices. Two other benefits was the team was ready and in sync out of gate for the first game and because of physical contact, players were tougher and better condition.
This is my thoughts......What are yours? Agree or not?