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[BBCSport] There have been 196 injuries in the Premier League season. That's a 15% increase compared with the past four campaigns. Why are so many players getting injured? (www.bbc.com)

submitted 10 months ago by danuvilla@alien.top to c/main@soccer.forum

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[–] imbluedabudeedabuda@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (15 children)

too many games.
not enough rotation because every player is expensive.
players are getting more athletic so more forces put into the ground at higher speeds and shorter ground contact times.
time off between seasons are way too short. pre seasons are way too short. 4 week preseason to go from sedentary to game speed is nowhere near enough.

[–] TheDirtyOnion@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Most of these make sense. While I think longer pre-seasons would be helpful, describing players as "sedentary" when they come into camp is not true at all. Players are on conditioning schedules during the break now. They may not come in at 100%, but they aren't starting from anywhere near zero either.

I am also not sure teams are viewing players they need to spend millions acquiring as expendable, and probably are investing quite a bit in avoiding injuries as much as they can (while still running those players out as often as possible).

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