AFL Coaching Manual - Western Bulldogs Football Club

Chapter 7
NUTRition
Acoach has the ability to strongly influence a player’s eating habits
and therefore impact development both on and off the football field.
As such, it is important that as a coach you have an understanding
of how nutrition can influence performance, recovery, injury risk and
development and ways of incorporating good nutrition systems into your club.
Provision of a training and game-day environment that supports nutrition
systems via provision of drink coolers, fridges, eskies, body weight scales
etc., will help your players to implement strategies consistently throughout
their football journey. Ensuring your support staff are aware of the main
nutrition principles associated with football performance and the ability
to identify when specific players may need more specialised advice is key.
critical: Carlton captain Chris Judd
takes in liquids during a break in play.
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