Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 8:06 am
I was wondering if anyone else had any opinions on this "garbage" of playing 3 games in 8 days.
I don't think it's happening anywhere for 05-06, but prior to that I know our Region was doing it. With the large Regions in 9-man projected for 07-09 is this going to happen again??
We had a string of injuries that occured during that "brutal" stretch of the season for 4 years in a row. They were all obvious "fatigue" injuries. ex. We agreed with the opposing team to "stretch" the 3rd game to Sat. (3 game in 9 days) Our starting corner/wide reciever jumps up for an interception, lands perfect and tears his calf muscle. (NO CONTACT!!)
In my opinion, the human body is not made for that kind of abuse, you need time to heal. You expect play one game shorly after another if you make playoffs but doing it before or leading into the playoffs is terrible for the kids. Add the fact that most 9-man teams don't substitute because they can't.
Why not start 9-man a week earlier so this doesn't happen???
I don't think it's happening anywhere for 05-06, but prior to that I know our Region was doing it. With the large Regions in 9-man projected for 07-09 is this going to happen again??
We had a string of injuries that occured during that "brutal" stretch of the season for 4 years in a row. They were all obvious "fatigue" injuries. ex. We agreed with the opposing team to "stretch" the 3rd game to Sat. (3 game in 9 days) Our starting corner/wide reciever jumps up for an interception, lands perfect and tears his calf muscle. (NO CONTACT!!)
In my opinion, the human body is not made for that kind of abuse, you need time to heal. You expect play one game shorly after another if you make playoffs but doing it before or leading into the playoffs is terrible for the kids. Add the fact that most 9-man teams don't substitute because they can't.
Why not start 9-man a week earlier so this doesn't happen???