017. Injury reduction with Dr Peter Brukner
Physio Edge podcast with David Pope
How to Tell if Your Athlete Is Fatigued
At Liverpool, players were asked to fill in their RPEs at the end of every training session. The information was transmitted to coaches' phones so they knew if anyone had a couple of nights bad sleep or was feeling tired. It's important that you've got a trusting relationship with your athlete and she trusts you enough to be able to talk about those sort of things. So I don't think there's any particular tests you can do. People talk about resting heart rate, that's too inconsistent, really. You get information overload sometimes, but it's what you do with that information that's important. We're pretty carefully monitoring the players. Because, you know, you're pushing these
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