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[dawgstudent]

It's a good idea to always practice outside rain or shine.

Mississippi State has not practiced inside all preseason (and rarely did so in the spring). "We'll have an inside practice, hopefully, the first week of December when we get ready for our first inside game in Atlanta," Mullen said.

Taking out the SECCG comment, I just think it's not the smartest thing to practice outside every time it's raining. It increases your chances of injury.<font face="georgia,palatino" size="2">
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[dawgstudent]

It's a good idea to always practice outside rain or shine.

Mississippi State has not practiced inside all preseason (and rarely did so in the spring). "We'll have an inside practice, hopefully, the first week of December when we get ready for our first inside game in Atlanta," Mullen said.

Taking out the SECCG comment, I just think it's not the smartest thing to practice outside every time it's raining. It increases your chances of injury.<font face="georgia,palatino" size="2">
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[birdZdawg]

but like you alluded to, once or twice is fine.

 

[futaba.79]

to back that up. I just don't buy that more injuries happen in the rain.

 

[dawgstudent]

to not create confusion. I am fine with practicing outside a few times but saying we will do it every time I think is a wrong approach.

 

[FlabLoser]

Most injuries happen when a body part sticks to the turf and the body keeps moving. B-Mac wouldn't have gotten hurt on a wet field. Not saying you can't get hurt in the mud. Its just less likely.

That said, I have to wonder if it wouldn't have been better to move inside and focus on execution instead of dealing with a wet field.

 

[Buford T. Justice]

You must learn to deal with adversity. Players must learn to deal with heat, hurt, and wet. You have to learn to block out those things and mentally focus on the task at hand. Under Croom, everything was always "ideal and perfect". Mullen is throwing different stuff at them and making them persevere (hope I spelled that correctly).

 

[RebelBruiser]

I can see both sides of the argument. That said, I don't think wet fields are much of an issue these days. Most fields these days have such good drainage that they don't play a whole lot different in the rain than they do in the sun. The primary difference the rain makes is in the passing game, and you can accomplish a lot of that with wet ball drills to get the QBs used to throwing wet balls and the receivers used to catching wet balls.

 

[ohyehwut]

I have no reason to question Coach Mullen at this point. You can't take them to the IPF every time it's raining or over 90 degrees. The guys need to have a toughness groove built in when these situations happen. Seems like you need to practice catching punts in the rain.

 

[basedog]

The time to practice inside is in bitter icey conditions. Injuries are gonna occur playing inside or outside, coaches can't set-up practices thinking we better go inside to avoid practice (or outside). Coaches worry more about injuries after the season gets going and contact is usually lessened.
Btw, after reading Locke's blog about the offensive line, we have no back-ups again, when will the bleeding stop? It's been about 10 years since we had a decent o-line. We might have 3 SEC players up front.

 

[8dog]

I agree with doing once or twice b/c you will encounter rain, but you also need to work on execution and fundamentals in a normal fashion in order to improve. If you have to do that stuff 5 days in a row in the rain, I don't think you get better like you would doing them in a normal environment.

 

[BigMotherTucker]

of building a Gazillion dollar IPF if you arent going to use it?

/Recruiting tool my ***</p>

 

[Jackdragbean]

The football team just started using it too.

 

[8dog]

it was just going to be the infield you see marked off, but then Croom came in and told LT he wanted in IPF so we extended. Croom at least did that for us--got us better facilities. He was the one that asked for the Shira renovation.

BMT, it is a recruiting tool. We need it to keep up with the other schools. We aren't like Florida where we can get away with not having one.

 

[Guy From Gulfport]

Play execution > Weather acclimation

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

I think you need to practice some in the rain, but not always. But if you're installing plays, learning things, etc. I don't see the advantage of being outside.

 

[BigMotherTucker]

Is it a recruiting tool if you never use it?</p>

 

[bertier]

I'll hold as well, you have an indoor practice facility so you can practice when the conditions outside are too severe to practice. If there is a severe thunder/snow/hail storm, you move practice indoors. In no way does it make sense to practice inside just because you have the facility. These are SEC football players, they have all dealt with two or three a days in high school in the sweltering Mississippi heat and crazy *** random showers.

As far as water on the field and injuries, if you're that worried about injuies you might as well not practice. You HAVE to practice to be able to execute, and there WILL be injuries in practice every day. The spikes these players wear in muddy conditions are ridiculous. Their footing won't change unless they are out there wearing tennis shoes.

 

[8dog]

its like having a nice *** study hall building. that impresses recruits and parents despite the fact that a recruit doesn't give a crap if he ever studies in there.

Its all about selling parents and recruits December through February.

I would hate it if we were head to head with ole miss for a recruit and they went and saw their IPF and then came to starkville and we had nothing.

 

[GloryDawg]

Buy!

 

[msudawg12]

Sometimes not always

increased chances of injury/sickness is not good on a team with 0 depth

 

[kired]

I wouldn't say "always" but would agree with staying outside a majority of the time.

This was a big problem I had with Croom last year. Seemed like everytime you turned around we were inside. Personally, I just feel there's a big difference between practicing indoors and outside in the actual environment you'll be playing in. There's something about training outside that seems to be more effective. Any training, conditioning, running etc. that I've done outside has always seemed to work better than when being inside. To me there was something about practicing an outside sport indoors that affected me to a point that I don't think I gave as much effort - guess it was just a mental thing.

With that said, I do think everyone is different. Some people probably feel differently than I do and respond just as good to training inside as outside. My indoor football/baseball training was limited to a basketball gym - so I might also feel different in an enormous practice facility. But I still prefer to see a football team stay outside in the hot, wet, humid, or dirty environment - at least during the preseason.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

if you are just playing/practicing...go outside.