whenever i play a gig on stage or a late indoor cricket game , cant sleep for ages, the adrenaline keeps you awake, your body may be exhausted ,but the brain is racing. ( And thats without drugs !!!
) Imagine the players at 100 times the work rate.
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| Author: | mikkey [ Sat May 28, 2011 4:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Something I noticed |
I am following a few of our players on twitter and noticed that they all seem to struggle sleeping after a night game, which is probably not a good thing recovery wise. They tweet at 3 AM how they can't sleep. Why doesn't the club doctors just give them some mild sleeping pills for those night game nights? No sleep after the game can't be good for recovery. Anyone know? Sleeping pills on the banned list? |
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| Author: | Wet Willie [ Sat May 28, 2011 4:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Something I noticed |
Is that you, Ben Cousins??!! |
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| Author: | Jez1966 [ Sat May 28, 2011 4:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Something I noticed |
mikkey wrote: I am following a few of our players on twitter and noticed that they all seem to struggle sleeping after a night game, which is probably not a good thing recovery wise. They tweet at 3 AM how they can't sleep. Why doesn't the club doctors just give them some mild sleeping pills for those night game nights? No sleep after the game can't be good for recovery. Anyone know? Sleeping pills on the banned list? I would assume it would be the same for most teams |
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| Author: | JohnM [ Sat May 28, 2011 4:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Something I noticed |
Maybe you should be asking why they can't sleep after playing at night, and why AFL players are hyper-stimulated for hours after a game. |
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| Author: | jimmae [ Sat May 28, 2011 5:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Something I noticed |
mikkey wrote: I am following a few of our players on twitter and noticed that they all seem to struggle sleeping after a night game, which is probably not a good thing recovery wise. They tweet at 3 AM how they can't sleep. Why doesn't the club doctors just give them some mild sleeping pills for those night game nights? No sleep after the game can't be good for recovery. Anyone know? Sleeping pills on the banned list? Some of them are, and most of them would just make recovery worse. The blokes have stressed their systems for about 4 hours, and probably have been quite tense in the 2 hours prior to that. Then there's the food pre-game and post-game. They'd get out of the ground just before midnight at the earliest and home at about 12:30 - 1, so all in all 3 AM isn't exactly a surprise. |
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| Author: | limestone [ Sat May 28, 2011 6:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Something I noticed |
whenever i play a gig on stage or a late indoor cricket game , cant sleep for ages, the adrenaline keeps you awake, your body may be exhausted ,but the brain is racing. ( And thats without drugs !!! ) Imagine the players at 100 times the work rate.
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| Author: | club29 [ Sat May 28, 2011 6:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Something I noticed |
jimmae wrote: mikkey wrote: I am following a few of our players on twitter and noticed that they all seem to struggle sleeping after a night game, which is probably not a good thing recovery wise. They tweet at 3 AM how they can't sleep. Why doesn't the club doctors just give them some mild sleeping pills for those night game nights? No sleep after the game can't be good for recovery. Anyone know? Sleeping pills on the banned list? Some of them are, and most of them would just make recovery worse. The blokes have stressed their systems for about 4 hours, and probably have been quite tense in the 2 hours prior to that. Then there's the food pre-game and post-game. They'd get out of the ground just before midnight at the earliest and home at about 12:30 - 1, so all in all 3 AM isn't exactly a surprise. Was a massive suprise to some on this site after that game against freo on the goldie a few years back. I tried to explain this back then but apparently it was all Sticks' fault they were up. |
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| Author: | verbs [ Sat May 28, 2011 6:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Something I noticed |
Ian Chappel once remarked a few beers are the best sleeping agent going around. |
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| Author: | Effes [ Sat May 28, 2011 6:51 pm ] |
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verbs wrote: Ian Chappel once remarked a few beers are the best sleeping agent going around. 6 green sleeping pills. |
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| Author: | Megaman [ Sat May 28, 2011 9:00 pm ] |
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JohnM wrote: Maybe you should be asking why they can't sleep after playing at night, and why AFL players are hyper-stimulated for hours after a game. Do they still slam the no-doz etc pre-game? |
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| Author: | TheBluesMuse [ Sat May 28, 2011 9:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Something I noticed |
Yes they do ^^ Back when I was a cook after a super huge night I'd get home at 11:30 ish and it was rare for me to be asleep before 2. |
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| Author: | JohnM [ Sat May 28, 2011 10:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Something I noticed |
Well, I guess caffeine's better than speed. Still... you shouldn't need so much of it that it leaves you wired. Alertness shouldn't be a problem on the field (if anything, you don't want to be too wired) but moderate doses of caffeine (we'd be talking about 200-300mg for an 85kg guy) which is not much more than a couple of strong coffees or 3 no-doz, is often cited in studies to improve performance in endurance activities. If they're taking any more than that, they're probably just screwing with themselves to no great effect. |
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| Author: | chubbyruss [ Sat May 28, 2011 10:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Something I noticed |
I didn't sleep after the Cats game.  I felt like I played in it & I'm over @#$%&! xx years old 
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| Author: | Ponkstar [ Sat May 28, 2011 11:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Something I noticed |
I find it hard to sleep after a night game. And that's just from sitting on the couch watching it! |
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| Author: | seanpb [ Sat May 28, 2011 11:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Something I noticed |
limestone wrote: whenever i play a gig on stage or a late indoor cricket game , cant sleep for ages, the adrenaline keeps you awake, your body may be exhausted ,but the brain is racing. ( And thats without drugs !!! ) Imagine the players at 100 times the work rate.This is a good point. I play indoor soccer each week, these games are 36 minutes long, I'll usually play 30 of that. If we have a late game, starting at 9.10 or afterwards (the latest fixtured slot is 10.20), I'll be wide awake for a fair while. Especially once you get home, shower, have something to eat etc. Now factor in the exertion of an AFL player (so far and away more intense than what I would experience during my game its a joke) over a game (for just under 4 times as long as me) and its no wonder they're a bit wired. |
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| Author: | missnaut [ Sun May 29, 2011 12:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Something I noticed |
Ponkstar wrote: I find it hard to sleep after a night game. And that's just from sitting on the couch watching it! I agree, I'm always wired after a night game especially if it's been a close one. |
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| Author: | tommi [ Sun May 29, 2011 2:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Something I noticed |
Yup......... i left home at 2pm today.........set up show...... play......lose 1-2 kilos in sweat........pull down show........ drive home......walked back in the door at 2.15am........! eating a bowl of Oat Brits with Lecithen......and drinking a cup of Orange tea.....very relaxing stuff really.......! if i get to bed before 4.30........i'm stylin.........! it could only be worse for footballers.........! kindest regards tommi |
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| Author: | Springsteen [ Sun May 29, 2011 3:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Something I noticed |
yeh like robbo never went to bed lol. some of the banter is amusing, like mclean had no food in cuboard and said he cant be stuffed going to get some and he had no cash cos the afl took it so simpson sent him a pic of some fruitloops |
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| Author: | Bunks [ Sun May 29, 2011 11:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Something I noticed |
verbs wrote: Ian Chappel once remarked a few beers are the best sleeping agent going around. The problem is that beers = calories and even a mild hangover can affect performance |
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| Author: | verbs [ Sun May 29, 2011 12:13 pm ] |
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Bunks wrote: verbs wrote: Ian Chappel once remarked a few beers are the best sleeping agent going around. The problem is that beers = calories and even a mild hangover can affect performance Bugger! |
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