Reply to "over training for elite programs"

PA Dino500+ posts

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Sorry pa dino while I enjoy your posts i can't agree with this one, not even close. The players today blow away the ones from time period.

I think we could eventually work out our differences in opinion over this one if given the time to expound. We don't have the time...... but one last word...... I am talking about the general pool of population that the best athletes arise out of. I believe your perspective is that the high school athletes of today are bigger, stronger and faster because they have taken advantage of the better equipment and training regimens. To use another example, do you also believe that the average army or marine recruit is in better physical shape today when arriving at boot camp than say any time in the past?

I still believe that if you take a net and scoop up a load of average young Americans today and compare them to a sampling of youths from say 1977, you might be amazed at the deficiencies given all the opportunity that exists now to be better.

4/20/111:25 PM

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