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Coach Traylor took the blame for the team's fatigue in the second half of the Texas State game. Truth is, it wasn't his fault. Mental fatigue, over which he had little or no control, is almost always the prime factor in physical fatigue.
Here's the scientific explanation for how mental fatigue impacts on physical performance.
"When neurons fire, they absorb extra oxygen and glucose from nearby capillaries. Scientists, therefore, think that performing a difficult mental task would burn more glucose. This would result in less glucose in the blood for everything else, hence that feeling of exhaustion after a long day of thinking."
Here are the symptoms of glucose intolerance:
Symptoms of glucose intolerance are:
Feeling very thirsty.
Dry mouth.
Extreme tiredness.
Blurred vision.
Drowsiness.
Frequent need to urinate.
Loss of muscle mass.
Think about your own experience on the first day on a new job. In most cases, you tentatively perform well early in the day, but as the day goes on and the requirements of the job pile up, confusion sets in. You go home, have a good night's sleep and come back for a second try the next day.
Not so for a football team. You might want to go home, but there's business to be taken care of before you can do so. It's Late in the day, (second half) and all the new stuff you'd either learned previous to the game, or during the game, becomes a jumble of miscellaneous actions due to glucose intolerance. Physical fatigue sets in, and your performance begins to decline. Your opponent, an experienced team, not subject to the same level of glucose intolerance, realizes this, and suddenly they begin performing much better than they did in the early part of the game. End result: perseverance and a bit of luck, and you might hold on to win the game! Not always, though.
Here's the scientific explanation for how mental fatigue impacts on physical performance.
"When neurons fire, they absorb extra oxygen and glucose from nearby capillaries. Scientists, therefore, think that performing a difficult mental task would burn more glucose. This would result in less glucose in the blood for everything else, hence that feeling of exhaustion after a long day of thinking."
Here are the symptoms of glucose intolerance:
Symptoms of glucose intolerance are:
Feeling very thirsty.
Dry mouth.
Extreme tiredness.
Blurred vision.
Drowsiness.
Frequent need to urinate.
Loss of muscle mass.
Think about your own experience on the first day on a new job. In most cases, you tentatively perform well early in the day, but as the day goes on and the requirements of the job pile up, confusion sets in. You go home, have a good night's sleep and come back for a second try the next day.
Not so for a football team. You might want to go home, but there's business to be taken care of before you can do so. It's Late in the day, (second half) and all the new stuff you'd either learned previous to the game, or during the game, becomes a jumble of miscellaneous actions due to glucose intolerance. Physical fatigue sets in, and your performance begins to decline. Your opponent, an experienced team, not subject to the same level of glucose intolerance, realizes this, and suddenly they begin performing much better than they did in the early part of the game. End result: perseverance and a bit of luck, and you might hold on to win the game! Not always, though.
