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Medical headcount is a budget line pretending to be a philosophy

Sports Medicine

Rehab drills have no opponent in them

Injury Recovery

Two kinds of load land on two different tissues

Strength Training

The laws still have no good answer for a diabetic athlete

Nutrition

Two sessions a day with no gap between them

Hydration

Sponsor appearance days are paid for out of training time

Player Profiles

The last set is where technique gets decided

Biomechanics

Reporting hip range to the nearest degree is false precision

Active Recovery

A cold muscle fails at a lower stretch than a warm one

Sports Medicine

The medical timeout is the most gameable rule in tennis

Injury Recovery

The last rep of a set is a different exercise from the first

Strength Training

Strict liability makes the athlete the quality control department

Nutrition

Junior squads learn supplements before they learn dinner

Hydration

An agent is paid to move you, not to keep you happy

Player Profiles

One load number cannot hold barbells and sprints

Biomechanics

RPE stopped being an observation once it started setting the weight

Active Recovery

Every training ground has a cupboard full of expensive dead equipment

Sports Medicine

The spotter in the booth needs power the referee cannot veto

Injury Recovery

Some hips are stopped by bone and stretching will not move them

Strength Training

The drinks carrier became a messenger and the laws noticed late

Nutrition

You cannot rehearse the heat at seven in the morning

Hydration

Video scouting was sold as a saving and became a subscription

Player Profiles

Testing rested athletes answers the wrong question

Biomechanics

A camera angle can invent knee valgus

Active Recovery

The body adapts at two speeds and only one of them is visible

Sports Medicine

Minimum rest rules protect the fixture list, not the player

Injury Recovery

Endurance leaves before strength does

Strength Training

Tennis heat rules change with the tournament, and that is indefensible

Nutrition

Eating while you compete is a skill that needs reps

Hydration

A graphics vendor decides which numbers fans argue about

Player Profiles