As we were preparing to leave Florida for the Rockie mountains there was one thing that was worrying me. Not how the team would play or if we would win. I'll let the Coaches worry about that, that's their lane. No, I was worried about altitude. Or more specifically altitude sickness. When you are exposed to a significantly higher altitude it is very demanding on your body. It takes more energy for you to accomplishing resting functions let alone play college volleyball. You run the risk of altitude sickness with symptoms that include fatigue, headaches, nausea, and perhaps most important, dehydration. Going into the final match of the trip the team has done very well. Only a few athletes have experienced mild symptoms. They obviously took the proper precautions that were asked of them.
But enough geek knowledge.
On the lighter side of things it has been a pretty sweet trip overall. It's been beautiful weather, the mountains are amazing, went to a Rockies game, hung out in LoDo and had a picnic in Golden. Not bad at all. Let me tell you gang, you are a lucky Athletic Trainer when you get to work with a group like the SLU volleyball team. The athletes and especially the coaches do it right.
Well that's it for me. Talk to you at the next installment of Chris' Corner.
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Chris you are always full of very useful information! Way to take care of your athletes your an awesome ATC!!!
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