How Many Teams Use Immersion Post Practice?

[Clyde]

Any teams using immersion to help the body cool down and to help muscle recovery?

 

Why Immersion? - Polar Life Pod

[Knights]

I think it would be easier to find teams that DON'T have some players taking ice bats after practice.

 

Personally, I tried it once during my playing days and decided I'd rather be sore the next day. :lol:

[4luvofthegame]

I know SK went from one tub to three this year and probably could use more.

[GCHS]

The problem is not the number of tubs, but the amount of ice it takes... If any more than a few are taking ice baths after practice, it is hard to have enough ice for bags, water coolers etc. lol

 

I will say that ice baths definitely work on a number of levels.

[TheDeuce]

Personally, I tried it once during my playing days and decided I'd rather be sore the next day. :lol:

 

Truth. :lol2:

[uk#1fan]

The problem is not the number of tubs, but the amount of ice it takes... If any more than a few are taking ice baths after practice, it is hard to have enough ice for bags, water coolers etc. lol

 

I will say that ice baths definitely work on a number of levels.

 

Maybe they teams should just buy 3 feet deep kid pools and fill them up with ice.

[Clyde]

If a team has 50 to 60 kids how many bags of ice would a team need for each practice?

[CoachJ]

It's not a matter of getting enough BAGS of ice...you'd better have access to several ICE MACHINES. We use ice baths between sessions at our weekend-long camp (early August). Not every kid does it, but we encourage all to do so--especially if they're feeling soreness after day 1.

 

Kiddie pools are a good way to go; got to be careful about sanitizing the water though -- luckily we do camp on a turf field so there's no dirt/mud in the ice baths.

[Clyde]

It's not a matter of getting enough BAGS of ice...you'd better have access to several ICE MACHINES. We use ice baths between sessions at our weekend-long camp (early August). Not every kid does it, but we encourage all to do so--especially if they're feeling soreness after day 1.

 

Kiddie pools are a good way to go; got to be careful about sanitizing the water though -- luckily we do camp on a turf field so there's no dirt/mud in the ice baths.

 

I assume you mean machines that store the ice, correct?

[CoachJ]

I assume you mean machines that store the ice, correct?

 

Correct. It's a steady stream of filling up buckets and taking to troughs.

[thehotsnakes]

If a team has 50 to 60 kids how many bags of ice would a team need for each practice?

 

It'd be well over 100. Pushing 200 on a hot day.

[tcjkbt]

If a team has 50 to 60 kids how many bags of ice would a team need for each practice?

With this, the cost of equipment, etc., is football pricing itself out of the market?

[NEERFAN]

I couldn't imagine the pain.

[Wireman]

I tried this once when I was playing. Once.

[rjs4470]

I discovered immersion playing in my states all star football game. 2 weeks of camp/practice in the middle of June, which got pretty physical,pretty quick. Used the ice baths almost every day, and I loved it.