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Sleep Deprivation in NBA Players

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Re: Sleep Deprivation in NBA Players

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Post by JonathanFly »

bilbo0s wrote: post #13
jedberg wrote: post #7

Every year when I go to re:invent, Amazon's big conference in Las Vegas, I schedule nap time from 3pm to 5pm. When I'm there I meeting with lots of different people, from as early as 7am to as late (early?) as 1am, and sometimes I'm out till 3am or later. That nap is the only thing that makes it bearable. And I get mocked for it and I don't care. But sleep is no joke. I also do all the blue shift/night shift stuff on…

Off topic a bit, but I have a small sony flatscreen tv in the house. The only one, but the kids use it all the time now. Does anyone know of a way to "night shift" those things? Kids are trying their best to get into university, so I get that late studying is necessary. I even get that some kids prefer to watch some things on the TV. (Youtube/Netflix documentaries etc.) I've replaced lights, etc. But the TV is still…

In my experience it wouldn't help much even if you could, unless the screen is the only light in the room. The only thing that moved the needle for me was wearing glasses that just "night shift" everything.

Re: Sleep Deprivation in NBA Players

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Post by tonystubblebine »

bluetidepro wrote: post #2

> To fight back, he says he hopes to grab a few hours of sleep on the plane to Houston. He hopes the hotel bed there is OK, though that's never a guarantee. From what I have seen, most pro teams stay at some of the nicest hotels in said visiting city. With that said, I'm surprised to see the "He hopes the hotel bed there is OK, though that's never a guarantee." But maybe that's also just coming from my own experience…

I used to work out at the gym attached to San Francisco's Four Seasons. That's where a lot of visiting teams stayed and they'd also come down to the gym.

The strangest thing I ever saw was a bunch of athletes and their trainers come down to the gym late at night, 9/10pm, and do an extremely easy workout. Like, one guy was just walking slowly on a treadmill while the trainer monitored him.

I'm assuming they'd just gotten in to town. I say this was strange just because it seemed like such a small detail for the trainers to be involved in. And it says something about the level of detail and discipline that NBA players are starting to adopt. I'm not even sure what the goal was--maybe just staying loose?

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Post by clairity »

bilbo0s wrote: post #3
bluetidepro wrote: post #2

> To fight back, he says he hopes to grab a few hours of sleep on the plane to Houston. He hopes the hotel bed there is OK, though that's never a guarantee. From what I have seen, most pro teams stay at some of the nicest hotels in said visiting city. With that said, I'm surprised to see the "He hopes the hotel bed there is OK, though that's never a guarantee." But maybe that's also just coming from my own experience…

> maybe that's also just coming from my own experience of sleeping extra well in higher end hotel beds than my own bed at home. Not trying to argue with you about your experience or anything, but I think it's possible that certain elite athletes have different needs. Just as a thought exercise, think back to all those high end hotels you've stayed in, and try to remember the comfy beds. Now, would those beds have bee…

i'm pretty sure they've all figured out to sleep on the diagonal (which should give them 8-9ft) by this point in their lives.

those overly-soft beds tend to make me overheat more.

Re: Sleep Deprivation in NBA Players

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Post by sirmoveon »

How is this even news worthy? There's so many things I could think of more important than the sleep routine of an luxury- accommodated group of athletes, who by greed decide to play 82 games per season.

I believe it has been suggested to shorten the season but they neglect to do it because it means less money.

Re: Sleep Deprivation in NBA Players

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Post by jessaustin »

mmmrtl wrote: post #4
bluetidepro wrote: post #2

> To fight back, he says he hopes to grab a few hours of sleep on the plane to Houston. He hopes the hotel bed there is OK, though that's never a guarantee. From what I have seen, most pro teams stay at some of the nicest hotels in said visiting city. With that said, I'm surprised to see the "He hopes the hotel bed there is OK, though that's never a guarantee." But maybe that's also just coming from my own experience…

Consider that a king size bed is only 6'8" long, while the average player's height is ~6'7"

The diagonal dimension on such a bed is over 9'. That would accommodate anyone.

Re: Sleep Deprivation in NBA Players

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Post by RugnirViking »

zw123456 wrote: post #38

I have often wondered if professional sports in an effort to increase profits, increase the number of games in a season (MLB 162 games, NBA 82, NFL 16) plus pre-season, training camp etc. I think they may actually be decreasing their profitability because the quality of play suffers from the grueling schedules, not only sleep depravation but injuries and etc. Also, there could be a factor of over saturation; the game…

Does quality of play in any way matter to their income? If all the teams got say 20% better, would more people watch the sport? It's hard to say with any certainty that they would. I feel like the over-saturation argument has a lot lot more merit though.

Re: Sleep Deprivation in NBA Players

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Post by sleazebreeze »

sirmoveon wrote: post #67

How is this even news worthy? There's so many things I could think of more important than the sleep routine of an luxury- accommodated group of athletes, who by greed decide to play 82 games per season. I believe it has been suggested to shorten the season but they neglect to do it because it means less money.

In the interest of obtaining top performance, this does seem news-worthy. You may wish to examine your biases towards professional athletes that is coloring your comments.
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