04-02-2023, 01:37 AM
Will LDU be out? He was withdrawn in the warm-up in Tassie yesterday with calf tightness. After a short-week, can they really play him? Calf injuries are quite problematic and if he does play that really amounts to an admission that the doctors fecked it up by pulling him out of the game yesterday.
Why do AFL footballers continue to do ridiculous stretches in warm-ups? Kevin Bartlett refused to do them with his team and he was a serious sprinter away from the game so he knew how athletes warmed up. He’d just grab a ball, handball it along the ground and pick it up a few times. In other words, he’d get in some dynamic stretching by just doing the stuff he’d be doing during the game. Fair chance he was never going to be jamming his foot against a goalpost while pulling his torso closer to it during the game.
Why do AFL footballers continue to do ridiculous stretches in warm-ups? Kevin Bartlett refused to do them with his team and he was a serious sprinter away from the game so he knew how athletes warmed up. He’d just grab a ball, handball it along the ground and pick it up a few times. In other words, he’d get in some dynamic stretching by just doing the stuff he’d be doing during the game. Fair chance he was never going to be jamming his foot against a goalpost while pulling his torso closer to it during the game.