Mental weakness is characterized by the inability to behave under competition conditions as you do in training.
But coaches melt down and modify their behavior on game day long before athletes ever do...
Who really needs to be mentally tougher?
The @chargers trainers are the real MVPs during training camp! And Allison Miner is paving the way for young ladies to work up to the #NFL#chargers#boltup#equality
Meet @chargers trailblazing Athletic Trainer, @apminer15
When Allison started with the Chargers, there were only 3 female ATs in the @NFL.
Now, there’s a record high 13.
Allison is changing the game and so are the other 12 female trainers in the League. #forwardprogress
If your athletes are cramping regularly then stop loading them with
-Water
-Sports drinks
-Electrolytes ad nauseam
and start looking at
-Carbohydrate intake
-Medications (adderall)
-Magnesium
-Fitness levels/workload
-Sleep
Fatigue is a big reason for cramping (look deeper)
If employers of ATs had to pay overtime, they’d be ALOT more concerned with our 60-80hr work weeks. Instead, they squeeze every ounce of juice they can out of us until we’re burned out and get replaced.
I agree @JoseMendez618 BUT… WADA does not prohibit CBD. THC is only prohibited during competition. So by the letter of the law Sha’carri did fail her drug test (assuming she tested positive for THC during competition).
As providers, after injury it’s easy for us to see the end goal.
But that shouldn’t deter from giving patients the space to move through their emotions and validate them every step of the way.
Treat the individual, not just the injury
A Navy Seal told me that most guys tying to be a Navy SEAL don’t make it through Hell week because they’re dreaming for it to be over. The ones who make it just focus on making it to breakfast. Don’t worry about tomorrow. Win the moment. Win today!
20 years in the AT game, 17 as an ATC, hundreds of events covered where I’ve sat up a treatment/eval table on the sideline & not a single male coach has asked “are you giving out massages?” This is why men need to stfu & do/be better. Stop harassing females in sports. #AT4ALL
Stop and read every damn word of this. Then read it again.
Everything you’ve been told about Women’s sports and the “lack of revenue” is a deliberate, bold face lie.
Now apply it everywhere else while you’re at it.
Love me some male allyship on #InternationalWomensDay
Great call out, @PSchrags.
In addition to the amazing women at the League office, there were many women at the clubs who were at the forefront of solving this Covid challenge for their teams.
🙌, to all of you.