“It was a game of two halves” is one of the great sporting clichés, indicating that a match was going in one direction until the interval and then was very different in the second stanza. Often, this term is used quite liberally reflecting only a relative measure of what really took place. Rarely do I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘recovery’
Half Time Chat and Re-Focus
Posted in General Posts, tagged communication, game day, motivation, recovery, team building on 04/06/2011 | Leave a Comment »
Concussions
Posted in General Posts, News / Issues, tagged issues, recovery, safety on 25/08/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today I was involved in a debate over what should happen to Harlequins’ team doctor over the so-called ‘Bloodgate’ scandal where she, on the request of a player (possibly management), made a small cut to a player’s lip so he could make a ‘legal’ substitution. I won’t get into this issue specifically, but took the [...]
Post-Match Drinking
Posted in Fitness, News / Issues, tagged alcohol, nutrition, recovery on 27/11/2009 | Leave a Comment »
No quirky titles here, as this is a topic I’m always very serious about. I’m pretty ‘famous’ as a rare non-drinking rugby guy among my friends and colleagues. Drinking seemingly always has had a significant role in rugby’s social culture, and I’m not going to preach about the ‘evils of drink’ like some 1920s Temperance [...]
