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Why do fans blame strength coaches for injuries?


DontTazeMeBro

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I see this a lot when a team has a lot of injuries in a season. I’ve never heard what the strength coach did or should’ve done to prevent those injuries. Or data for certain strength and conditioning coaches having more or less injuries over the years. I’ve always thought they were more responsible for the things in their title. Getting players strong enough and conditioned enough. Not molding players bodies so the ligaments in their knees don’t tear. To me it seems part laziness and part being completely intolerant of the unexplainable.

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Because people want a hard explanation and hate admitting some things happen due to bad luck.

No amount of SC is going to prevent injuries. Most injuries occur because a body part bends in a way it's not supposed to.

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Can definitely see how an archaic or over-taxing weight/conditioning program could have negative effects on injuries. 

Can also definitely see that I do not have the perspective or information to determine whether that’s the case for any given team, lol.

EDIT: I think it comes after teams have multiple seasons of constant injuries. Still can be (bad) luck, but gets a little odd after awhile. Teams that are consistently outliers probably have something else going on other than bad luck, but even then, hard for anyone outside to really say one way or another.

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Under McVay the Rams have been remarkably healthy relative to the rest of the league.

McVay cites Reggie Scott as a HUGE reason for this.

It's absolutely more than luck. Coming up with specific plans for each player, using tracking systems to see how much stress is put on joints and giving general input on how difficult to make practices in general.

It's amazing that in 2022 people are still just saying it's about luck. Teams employ people to help manage these things and like anything else in life.....some people are better than others.

 

 

 

 

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30 minutes ago, FrantikRam said:

Under McVay the Rams have been remarkably healthy relative to the rest of the league.

McVay cites Reggie Scott as a HUGE reason for this.

It's absolutely more than luck. Coming up with specific plans for each player, using tracking systems to see how much stress is put on joints and giving general input on how difficult to make practices in general.

It's amazing that in 2022 people are still just saying it's about luck. Teams employ people to help manage these things and like anything else in life.....some people are better than others.

 

 

 

 

Load management

Sleep quality

Readiness for training

Recovery methods

These are all aspects that need to be monitored and used to adjust training for each athlete on an individual basis.

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2 hours ago, squire12 said:

Load management

Sleep quality

Readiness for training

Recovery methods

These are all aspects that need to be monitored and used to adjust training for each athlete on an individual basis.

You can’t prevent injuries in football. It’s impossible. But you can minimize certain things like soft tissue problems. One of the few things Chip Kelly did right.

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Yeah it's so stupid. 

It comes about when one team in particular has a run of bad luck on injuries. But it's just that - BAD LUCK

 

Do you actually thinking doing more clean and jerks will prevent your knee from blowing out if it's caught in a bad way? LOL

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