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[QUOTE="STEVEHOLT, post: 609239, member: 522"]
That is a very apropos. The old school coaches thought letting someone drink water during training was a sign of weakness and should not be tolerated...that is like saying driving a car without gas will make the car run more efficiently . Remember that vikings lineman not too long ago that died because drinking water was not considered "tough" during hot august camp practices?
 
Likewise, some of the old schoolers believe that abusing and belittling kids, including physical slapping and verbal denigration will somehow bring the best out of them...i guess like swinging two bats in the on deck circle..."shoot, if i abuse him to the point of breaking him down in practice, then in a game, adversity will seem like child's play"
 
they are both flawed concepts that should have gone the way of the dinosaur. ..and for the most part have. yet and still, in some circles these concepts continue to rule the day, just like in some circles evolution is not real
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