Equipment:
Wear your club uniform* Mouthguard
* Boots
* Clip your fingernails at home before the game
* Pack your drink bottle
* Tape
Nutrition and Hydration:
* Kids should eat 2-4 hrs before they play (low fat , high carb- too much fatty stuff sits in the stomach and kids will often feel nauseous/ throw-up)
* During the game they should have their own water bottles in addition to water runners regularly offering a drink from the teams’ A line bottles. Water is good for replacing fluid losses but it has no fuel.
*NO ENERGY DRINKS PERMITTED
* As you can imagine in AFL as the kids get older, the games take from 60 minutes to 80+ minutes. Sometimes it may be beneficial to consume a sport drink at half time during the game- generally this applies to the older age groups (14 and above) who are working hard (they will run up to 10 km per game).
* Half time oranges- they keeps blood glucose levels steady and reduces the amount fuels drawn from the athletes muscles.
* After the game kids should drink after the game and then eat something within 30 minutes. Ideally post game kids eat a sandwich, fruit and milk or the canteen sausage sandwich and a drink of water will do the job nicely (high carbohydrate, moderate amount of protein and fluids).
Game Day:
* All of our players do a dynamic warm up (jog, leg swings, jogging,bounce and handballing)
* Stretching is only for warm muscles so it is never done at the start of a game only at the end- hence the need for players to hang around for a few minutes after each game to cool down (group static stretches usually)
* We never do stretches that -arch the lower back, side bending unsupported, toe touching when standing, place any body weight on the neck, or neck circling
*Parents generally do taping/strapping on their kids (their own physio will have taught them how). The exception is at home games -the club sports trainer will strap home and away teams as required.
Last Modified on 27/04/2013 16:11