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Unless you don't read sports news at all, you'll probably know that the English Premier League was won this season by Leicester City. Since there is no draft or salary cap and financial differences between clubs are huge, this is by far the greatest upset in soccer history. At the beginning of the season, the betting odds were 5000-1.
This article makes clear that, though they did not have the money of the big clubs to spend on players, Leicester did everything they could to maximize those they had. In particular, their monitoring of training, use of cryotherapy and attention to diet led them to have the best injury record in the league.
Leicester City: The science behind their Premier League title
My guess is that they are way in front of what is going on in the NFL. Just the size of their sports science staff and the technology they are using seems to show it.
Injuries are inevitable in a violent game like football, but the number of Patriots players with soft tissue injuries (wide receivers with hamstring injuries and so on) tells me that there is a lot of room for improvement.
This article makes clear that, though they did not have the money of the big clubs to spend on players, Leicester did everything they could to maximize those they had. In particular, their monitoring of training, use of cryotherapy and attention to diet led them to have the best injury record in the league.
Leicester City: The science behind their Premier League title
My guess is that they are way in front of what is going on in the NFL. Just the size of their sports science staff and the technology they are using seems to show it.
Injuries are inevitable in a violent game like football, but the number of Patriots players with soft tissue injuries (wide receivers with hamstring injuries and so on) tells me that there is a lot of room for improvement.