kr7263
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Post by kr7263 on Jul 31, 2008 14:12:45 GMT -6
Anyone do something like this for the kids? Ive heard of kiddie pools of water & cow troughs. Anyone do anything to help alleviate the heat for 2-a-days?
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Post by dc207 on Jul 31, 2008 15:10:33 GMT -6
Have heard one of our coaches talk about his old team's doing this the day before a game, to 'liven' the legs back up after a hard week's practice.
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Post by towtheline on Jul 31, 2008 15:25:16 GMT -6
We did this when I was in high school and it was pretty nice.
It hurt so good if that makes any sense
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Post by phantom on Jul 31, 2008 15:48:20 GMT -6
How many guys do you have on the team? Our numbers aren't great compared to some but we'll have 70 or so players. That's a long wait to get into a kiddie pool.
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Post by ccscoach on Jul 31, 2008 15:53:53 GMT -6
have seen it done with 3 or 4 trash cans. Some kids like it other don't. If you don't have a whirl pool. this is great for ankles and knee's
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kr7263
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Post by kr7263 on Jul 31, 2008 15:55:22 GMT -6
We have about 75 varsity players as well. It was just an idea because this morning I don't think there was dry cloth anywhere after about 10 mn and I remember somewhere seeing a picture of a players in a 50 gal garbage can full of ice water (probably on this site as I think everything has been discussed at least 100 times but I always get new ideas.)
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Post by singlewing14 on Jul 31, 2008 16:16:40 GMT -6
We have done it in the past. Really helps the kids legs. We brought in 5 horse troughs and had the kids go two at a time for 10 minutes. Goes pretty quickly.
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Post by airman on Jul 31, 2008 16:57:24 GMT -6
one has to be careful with this. a drastic change in body temp is hard on a heart. better to have them cool down before they get into this ice bath, rather then use the ice bath to cool down.
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Post by ajreaper on Jul 31, 2008 21:06:26 GMT -6
We've been doing this the past few years- once on Thursdays the day before the game and Saturdays mornings the day after the game. Most kids swear by them.
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Post by bulldogoption on Jul 31, 2008 21:35:19 GMT -6
Anyone do something like this for the kids? Ive heard of kiddie pools of water & cow troughs. Anyone do anything to help alleviate the heat for 2-a-days? As I understand it, from my track circles.........ice baths are more for recovery of legs rather than alleviation of heat index for the entire body. The ice baths constrict the blood vessels and don't allow as much inflammation in the damaged muscles. Then the muscles repair faster. |
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Post by phantom on Aug 1, 2008 2:41:59 GMT -6
We can discuss the value in a minute. The logistics is what I'm curious about.
How long do they stay in? How long does it take to run 70 guys through? Where is it? How exactly does it work? I've heard guys talking about trash barrels and horse troughs. We're kinda short on horse troughs around here but even so... do they just step in and cool their legs?
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Post by davecisar on Aug 1, 2008 6:03:26 GMT -6
At Texas A&M When I was there, they put huge blocks of ice into the large outdoor pool on campus and the entire team got in.
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Post by Coach Huey on Aug 1, 2008 6:19:52 GMT -6
phantom ... we had 4 trash cans with ice/water. each guy got in down to his waist. stayed for about 2 minutes. we carried about 55 or so players on the varsity and they were the only ones that did this. it was done post practice. set the cans up right outside the door going into the locker room. last thing they did prior to hitting the showers. takes about 30-40 minutes for whole team to get through
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Post by tothehouse on Aug 1, 2008 8:52:40 GMT -6
Some our players used to sit in a local river after practice. The water flowed from the Sierra Nevadas and was supposedly still pretty cold. They swore it helped them.
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Post by kcbazooka on Aug 1, 2008 11:01:11 GMT -6
ice baths in troughs/cans -- any concerns with disease transmission? I'm not sure I'd want to sit in a ice can after some of my players. Concern with staph infections?
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Post by airman on Aug 1, 2008 12:42:25 GMT -6
Anyone do something like this for the kids? Ive heard of kiddie pools of water & cow troughs. Anyone do anything to help alleviate the heat for 2-a-days? As I understand it, from my track circles.........ice baths are more for recovery of legs rather than alleviation of heat index for the entire body. The ice baths constrict the blood vessels and don't allow as much inflammation in the damaged muscles. Then the muscles repair faster. maybe I read it wrong but when I think of an ice bath I think of total body emersion. I think of OCS where they made us get into 55 gallon drums of ice and water to simulate what it would be like if we droped into ice cold water. I also believe is was a discipline thing as well cause they kept time of how long you could sit in the ice bath. IN the hot virgina summer sun they cautioned us about the situation. |
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Post by spartan74 on Aug 1, 2008 13:41:12 GMT -6
we use 55 gallon barells. we cut the top and place 5 of them in our showers, fill them up with ice and water, each players goes in for 7 minutes. we do this once or twice a week during two-a-days and then again every saturday during the season.
it really brings their legs back
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Post by dubber on Aug 1, 2008 13:54:34 GMT -6
I would do a complete submersion in a cold tank BEFORE practice in college.
10 minutes in that thing and I felt like a million bucks.
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Post by coachwoodall on Aug 1, 2008 14:43:48 GMT -6
this is great for the old coach's legs too.  we have weveral trash cans, not every does it, mostly the guys who go hard at practice. it really helps you bounce back during 2 a days. we hit it for at least 5 minutes. it takes some talking to convince them at first, but once they try it they are sold. |
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