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**Hetgvwic** · 02-11-2006, 03:28 PM

Well, I've been hit by a 2 cars, a truck, and a van... so my knees give me some problems every now and then, but it's usually nothing to where I have to stop in the middle of anything.

You would think that after being hit by one car, you would learn to look both ways before crossing the street...

My take on the issue depends on if it is just pain, you know those irritating injuries like bruises or cuts, but has no real impact on your ability/performance. If the injury won't get worse or doesn't present the potential to turn into something dangerous, just keep practicing. The more focused you are in your training, the more you can tolerate pain, or not even realize you were hurt until you stop training.

Injuries that are actually serious, ones that can potentially turn into worse injuries, are the ones where you have to pace yourself. The previous injuries that are just pain can be overcome. These more serious ones require you to carefully judge your pacing so you don't overexert yourself and make it worse. Stupid things like blisters don't fit this description unless you are going to bleed all over the floor and put others' health at risk. But injuries that involve muscles, tendons, etc need to be carefully monitored.

My number one rule when coaching in the past, because all kids will want to play no matter how serious the injury is and unless you bench them because you know it is really serious, the medium range of injuries that you could sit out or play depend on your personality, I always give the advice of "don't make it worse." If the kid could still play at maximum performance, although with some discomfort, then that is ok. If the kid was a weak point to the team, they'd sit. But frequently I'd leave the decision to them as long as they "didn't make it worse".

02-11-2006, 03:28 PM	#6
Hetgvwic Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 523 Senior Member	Well, I've been hit by a 2 cars, a truck, and a van... so my knees give me some problems every now and then, but it's usually nothing to where I have to stop in the middle of anything. You would think that after being hit by one car, you would learn to look both ways before crossing the street... My take on the issue depends on if it is just pain, you know those irritating injuries like bruises or cuts, but has no real impact on your ability/performance. If the injury won't get worse or doesn't present the potential to turn into something dangerous, just keep practicing. The more focused you are in your training, the more you can tolerate pain, or not even realize you were hurt until you stop training. Injuries that are actually serious, ones that can potentially turn into worse injuries, are the ones where you have to pace yourself. The previous injuries that are just pain can be overcome. These more serious ones require you to carefully judge your pacing so you don't overexert yourself and make it worse. Stupid things like blisters don't fit this description unless you are going to bleed all over the floor and put others' health at risk. But injuries that involve muscles, tendons, etc need to be carefully monitored. My number one rule when coaching in the past, because all kids will want to play no matter how serious the injury is and unless you bench them because you know it is really serious, the medium range of injuries that you could sit out or play depend on your personality, I always give the advice of "don't make it worse." If the kid could still play at maximum performance, although with some discomfort, then that is ok. If the kid was a weak point to the team, they'd sit. But frequently I'd leave the decision to them as long as they "didn't make it worse".
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