Players advised against doing too much on return to group training

SPORT. Alleluia, it’s back. The opium of the masses as religion is passé. The old philosophy ‘Mens sana in corpore sano’ is still as relevant as the time its creator, Juvenal, lived in, ancient Rome: ‘A sound mind in a sound body' and sport amply fills that criterion.

The boots are resurrected, polished and readied. Referees are back on their tranquilisers after their sojourn and all connected with sport are eagerly awaiting its return.

Sport is such a vital asset, aspect of Irish life. It is the lifeblood of most communities and draws a vast cross section of people in its thrall and is a vital contributor to the local economy as each and every sport chases its Golden Fleece and fundraises towards same. Travel, food, registration fees, sports gear and the odd pint are vital to local communities.

Oscar Wilde once stated that “football is all very well for rough girls, but it’s hardly suitable for delicate boys”. The preparation for battle commences and one must thank the scientific community and the frontline workers for the stellar work they have done in the past to bring us to this juncture as life regains some normality.

Most players will have done ‘a bit’ in the past nine weeks, but the demands of sport in its complex movement patterns, force vector patterns, and multilinear aspect is impossible to replicate in individual training sessions.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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