BobcatAttack.com - For Fans of Ohio University Sports

Welcome Guest!
Create an Account

site search

about us

advertise with us

help

BobcatAttack.com Message Board

Ohio Football

Topic: Dietician to visist Bobcats

Topic: Dietician to visist Bobcats

Author

Message

L.C.
General User

Member Since: 8/31/2005
Location: United States
Post Count: 10,497

Status: Offline

Dietician to visist Bobcats

Posted: 6/21/2011 10:13:31 AM

I found the article in the Post interesting for a variety of reasons. One reason is that I have long mentioned that the lack of a training table at Ohio was a potential stumbling block. Diet can make a huge difference over a long period of time in a team's ability to compete, and in the strength and endurance of the players. When kids eat off-campus, the coaches have a lot less control, so that means less fiber-rich complex carbohydrates, and more burgers and pizza.

As the Bobcats moves to a no-huddle offense, the importance of diet will increase significantly. Probably the athletes where endurance is the most critical are competitors in triathelons, and competitors there long ago figured out that they can't compete without strict dietary regimens. If the Bobcats are really going to do well at no-huddle, getting the diet of the players to be as healthy as possible is one critical component. I'm not just thinking game-day, diet, either, I'm talking about long-term healthy eating habits.

�We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.� ― Epictetus

Jeff McKinney
Moderator

Member Since: 11/12/2004
Post Count: 6,155

Status: Offline

RE: Dietician to visist Bobcats

Posted: 6/21/2011 11:58:47 AM

Bcat2
General User

Member Since: 7/6/2010
Post Count: 4,295

Status: Offline

RE: Dietician to visist Bobcats

Posted: 6/21/2011 12:21:58 PM

"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men." JFK

The Optimist
General User

Member Since: 3/16/2007
Location: CLE
Post Count: 5,597

Status: Offline

RE: Dietician to visist Bobcats

Posted: 6/21/2011 12:29:08 PM

Diet is the most underrated aspect to sports success.

I've seen crazier things happen.

Bert Presley
General User

Member Since: 12/20/2004
Location: Where OHIO is winning and Miami is getting whipped, OH
Post Count: 370

Status: Offline

RE: Dietician to visist Bobcats

Posted: 6/21/2011 12:37:15 PM

absolutely (as I finish my second cheeseburger) diet is important

I am and forever will be the Wizard of OU.

DocBobcat was my Principal; and is still one cool Cat.

OHIO BOBCATS 2011,2012 MAC EAST FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS
2012 Independence Bowl Champions
2012 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Champions
2011 MAC Tournament Champions (Field Hockey)
2012 MAC Tournament Champions (Mens Basketball)
2012 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 (Mens Basketball)

L.C.
General User

Member Since: 8/31/2005
Location: United States
Post Count: 10,497

Status: Offline

RE: Dietician to visist Bobcats

Posted: 6/21/2011 12:39:42 PM

I will add one additional comment to my above thoughts. As someone that was born and raised in Nebraska, I am well aware that Nebraska twice rose to the top of college football, both times for a period of 2-3 years. In neither case was in a coincidence. Besides athletes and coaching, they had other factors that contributed. In the early 70's Nebraska rose to the top because they were the only team in the country with a year round weight program. Now that is standard practice everywhere, but back then it was radical because everyone "knew" that weight training made you muscle bound, bulky, and slow.

Nebraska repeated their rise to the top in the mid 1990's. What many may not realize is that in part that rise was because they were the only team with a professional dietician on staff, and that had the team eating complex carbs year round. I had the privilege during that time to eat at the training table once, and the food was great, and healthy. Yes, you could still get a burger there, but it was only the coaches eating them; the players were loading up on salad with low fat dressing, pasta, and chicken.

While weight training has become a given everywhere, professional dieticians have become more common, but not all teams have them. Therefore a team that eats right still can have an advantage over many of their competitors. I'm not sure how Ohio can utilize this, without a training table, but perhaps there are things that can be done.

By the way, there are some here who have blamed the conditioning staff for significant incidence of cramps in games, but I personally have long suspected that the real problem was dietary.

Last Edited: 6/21/2011 12:43:58 PM by L.C.

�We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.� ― Epictetus

Showing Replies:	1 - 6 of 6 Posts
Jump to Page:	1

View Other 'Ohio Football' Topics

There are 216 Active Visitors on BobcatAttack.com

216 Guests
0 Registered Users

There are no other users looking at this page.