"The more plays I get in the less tired I am"
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 11:19 am
"The more plays I get in the less tired I am."
This is a quote from a college player who turned pro, which I ran across in my research. On the face of it, it sounds like an exaggeration or an outright lie to be funny, but in context it sounded genuine. And I think there's something to this. Has anyone run across articles about players in the pros who say they get better toward the end of the game? I imagine for some guys, adrenaline takes over, kind of like fighting in a war zone, and as you get closer to your target (to winning), things feel easier.
On a related note, I wonder if players who play more can play more? I'm thinking about baseball as my point of reference on this. Nowadays, pitchers are in maybe a five-man rotation and they're only expected to put in five innings, and they literally can't get in more innings in that. If they try, they fall apart. "In the old days" guys would pitch in three-man rotations and pitch complete games. I read in an old newspaper article about a pitcher who was upset because he had been signed by the Cleveland Indians and they wouldn't allow him to play winter ball in Cuba. He was concerned he would lose his endurance.
In football, before substitutions and larger rosters, guys played both ways. I imagine for some of them it did feel easier as the game went on, especially if they were more fit than the other guys they were competing against.
Just some musings on a day I can't get motivated to do real work.
This is a quote from a college player who turned pro, which I ran across in my research. On the face of it, it sounds like an exaggeration or an outright lie to be funny, but in context it sounded genuine. And I think there's something to this. Has anyone run across articles about players in the pros who say they get better toward the end of the game? I imagine for some guys, adrenaline takes over, kind of like fighting in a war zone, and as you get closer to your target (to winning), things feel easier.
On a related note, I wonder if players who play more can play more? I'm thinking about baseball as my point of reference on this. Nowadays, pitchers are in maybe a five-man rotation and they're only expected to put in five innings, and they literally can't get in more innings in that. If they try, they fall apart. "In the old days" guys would pitch in three-man rotations and pitch complete games. I read in an old newspaper article about a pitcher who was upset because he had been signed by the Cleveland Indians and they wouldn't allow him to play winter ball in Cuba. He was concerned he would lose his endurance.
In football, before substitutions and larger rosters, guys played both ways. I imagine for some of them it did feel easier as the game went on, especially if they were more fit than the other guys they were competing against.
Just some musings on a day I can't get motivated to do real work.