Texans pouring resources into sports science department

[big dog cowboy]

Texans pouring resources into sports science department
Posted by Michael David Smith on June 24, 2016, 5:49 AM EDT

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The Houston Texans are attempting to create an edge off the field with the addition of a sports science department, which General Manager Rick Smith started this offseason. But if you want to know exactly what a sports science department does, Smith won’t tell you.

“It is new and it’s emerging,” Smith told ESPN. “And the fact that we have spent a considerable amount of time, effort, energy and resources on it, yeah, some of it is proprietary. . . . I’m not interested necessarily in letting everybody know all the stuff that we’re doing. So beyond that I’m not going to get into real detail about what we’re doing.”

Texans players wear a tracker around their chests while they practice, allowing the team to track data, although the team declines to say which data is tracked. The Texans are also taking a more scientific approach to monitoring players’ nutrition and sleep patterns.

Read more: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...ing-resources-into-sports-science-department/

 

[LocimusPrime]

That Texans player in the article looks like Gollum from Lord of the Rings

 

[Hardline]

I think all the Cowboys need to do MMA training during the off season.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Texans pouring resources into sports science department
Posted by Michael David Smith on June 24, 2016, 5:49 AM EDT

Getty Images

The Houston Texans are attempting to create an edge off the field with the addition of a sports science department, which General Manager Rick Smith started this offseason. But if you want to know exactly what a sports science department does, Smith won’t tell you.

“It is new and it’s emerging,” Smith told ESPN. “And the fact that we have spent a considerable amount of time, effort, energy and resources on it, yeah, some of it is proprietary. . . . I’m not interested necessarily in letting everybody know all the stuff that we’re doing. So beyond that I’m not going to get into real detail about what we’re doing.”

Texans players wear a tracker around their chests while they practice, allowing the team to track data, although the team declines to say which data is tracked. The Texans are also taking a more scientific approach to monitoring players’ nutrition and sleep patterns.

Read more: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...ing-resources-into-sports-science-department/

He won't tell you because he is following Russia's lead.

 

[Longboysfan]

He won't tell you because he is following Russia's lead.

Line up here for your injections.

 

[Plankton]

I just read a book on vacation about the former strength and conditioning coach for the Cowboys from the mid seventies until 1990 - Dr. Bob Ward. Many of the "advances" made from sport science are a rehashing of what Ward did when running the Cowboys conditioning program - plyometrics, parachute resistance and surgical tube resistance while running, an increase in hydration sessions, nutritional changes for meals for the players. Book is called Building the Perfect Star. It was an interesting read.

 

[StarBoyz83]

Should be a great team in a year or 2.