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Posted Jul 25, 2012, 5:50 PM
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Excellent analysis article about the Bombers injuries + 4 road games in a row. Hope this puts some perspective on the Bombers' woes - and not just the Bombers, but any CFL team facing a long road stretch. it certainly helped me understand a bit better what players have to go through physically behind the scenes. It can apply to any team in the league with a long read game stretch. Our management has been absolutely brutal this year...
I recommend clicking the link to read the whole thing, as its a good read, but below are some excerpts
http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/t...spx?id=4515898
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In the offseason, Winnipeg Blue Bombers brass approached the CFL and asked if the team could front-load the schedule with as many road games as possible.
Why?
The Blue Bombers were hoping to have their new stadium, Investors Group Field, host their first game at the beginning of the 2012 CFL season.
The quiet talk among the experts was, there was no way the stadium would be ready for that target date. In fact, construction was two-to-three months behind schedule.
Still, the executives pushed ahead with their plans.
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In the meantime, here's a review of the Blue Bombers' schedule since Week 1:
Friday, June 29, Winnipeg at BC, which meant a three-hour flight of 1,383 miles, through two time zones.
Friday, July 6, Winnipeg at Montreal, a three-hour flight, of 1,496 miles, through one time zone.
Friday, July 13, Winnipeg at Edmonton, a 90-minute flight of 812 miles, through one time zone.
Wednesday, July 18, Winnipeg at Toronto, a two-hour flight of 1,304 miles, through one time zone.
That's four road games in 19 days.
When you add in the distance to get back from the various cities, the Blue Bombers flew 9,990 miles and spent 19 hours in the air.
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"Experience as both a therapist and a competitive athlete tells me that one's body is usually most sore two days after a game. It's not a coincidence that that is when pro football teams schedule their day off on a regular work week. For example, game day, run down day, day off, day 1, 2, 3, then the day before the game. A shortened work week results in modification to this schedule, particularly if there is travel involved.
"So, it becomes game day, travel day, day 1, day 2, travel day. Run down day is either eliminated or is done once the team arrives home and typically the off day is replaced with a lighter practice day, and not a full day off."
So, what can a player do to prepare himself for such a brutal schedule?
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"In BC, the game ended at 10 p.m. BC time (midnight Winnipeg time). The players changed, showered, packed a bag, found a restaurant, grabbed a bite to eat and then started to wind down. That's roughly a 1 a.m. return to the hotel. Hopefully, he's asleep by 1:30 a.m. The wake-up call comes at 4:30 a.m. to catch the first flight home. The rest of the day off usually means sleep all day, which equates to no hydration, inadequate nutrition and insufficient therapy. In short, a recipe for poor performance or injury.
Here's another ingredient in that recipe: the effects of flying:
"Generally, it takes one day to [adjust to flying into a new timezone...]"
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(really recommend reading the whole article!)
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