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[QUOTE="AccuRater, post: 1569319, member: 648"]
As you point out we absolutely cannot afford any injuries this year.

I'm not certain about the other, oft-mentioned consequence of our 6 or maybe 6.5 man rotation.  That is fatigue, or "tired legs".  The suggestion is that this manifests itself late in a game, late in the year (tournament time), or both.  There seems to be some controversy.

Coach doesn't agree.  With respect to late in a game, he has mentioned the large number of timeouts, etc.  He seems to have a point.  Elapsed time in a game is about 120 minutes while game clock time is 40 minutes.  This means the players are not exerting themselves for 80 of the 120 minutes.  It's not like a marathon where you are always running.  Young, well-conditioned athletes should be able to handle this pace.

With respect to tournament time, the argument is that going all out for 35+ minutes consistently throughout the season should build up a player's stamina.  This should result in late season success.

On the other hand, we've seen our guys tugging at their shorts late in games.  And we seem to have underachieved in several (end of season) tournaments, though not in early season tournaments.  So I'm not sure where I come down on this one.
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