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Article about Christian's first day in the US:-
Traccin in the USA

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An understandably low key start but I thought this was really intersting:

"Billy said it is very easy to regain your slow twitch muscle fibres as endurance training only needs a few sessions to blow the cobwebs out and you are basically back to being fit again. But with sprint training, it takes a lot longer and you need time and patience to recover and regain that power and explosiveness that you once had".

From the article it sounds like there is good communication between our physio, Joel Armes and the ACL rehab expert Billy Knowles.

Hope they can weave their magic and get Christian back to where he needs to be to become a star for us

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When I first heard about this a few months ago, I did a quick Google/YouTube investigation of Petracca's specialist Bill Knowles. He sounds like he knows what he's talking about.

One thing I found particularly promising is his focus on not just "returning from injury," but staying uninjured year after year. He said that a lot of athletes focus on getting back, only to relapse not long after because their "rehabilitation" program (Knowles doesn't like that term, preferring to focus on the more psychologically appealing term "retraining") wasn't properly focused on the long term.

Fingers crossed.

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There's some stuff in here about NFL QB Sam Bradford's time with Knowles.

http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2015/08/16/chip-kelly-philadelphia-eagles-nfl-monday-morning-quarterback

In short, I hope Petracca likes playing badminton!

I hope unlike Bradford he doesn't do it a second time two games into his comeback in pre season.

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Article about Christian's first day in the US:-

Traccin in the USA

150915_PetraccaM.jpg

An understandably low key start but I thought this was really intersting:

"Billy said it is very easy to regain your slow twitch muscle fibres as endurance training only needs a few sessions to blow the cobwebs out and you are basically back to being fit again. But with sprint training, it takes a lot longer and you need time and patience to recover and regain that power and explosiveness that you once had".

From the article it sounds like there is good communication between our physio, Joel Armes and the ACL rehab expert Billy Knowles.

Hope they can weave their magic and get Christian back to where he needs to be to become a star for us

I could be wrong, but it sounds as if Ames has gone on the trip with him. Nice to know the club is leaving no stone unturned in getting this right.

I look forward to reading the rest of Petracca's diaries.

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I could be wrong, but it sounds as if Ames has gone on the trip with him. Nice to know the club is leaving no stone unturned in getting this right.

I look forward to reading the rest of Petracca's diaries.

Precious commodity.

I'd send Hogan to a finger specialist in Slovenia if that's what he needed.

Can't ruin players anymore with poor management. Just ask Trengove!

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Wrong sci-fi franchise. Someone should nuke you from orbit.

Ha ha Sci Fi theme, can be any franchise I choose.

I'd prefer it if you were the one being nuked...

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OMG he sounds like one tough and fully committed guy. So glad to have him on our list.

Just can't wait to see him up and firing, with Gus, Jessie, Jack V, Christian S and the rest of our committed young brigade.

What a breath of fresh air.

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I hope at least one of our coaches went with him to get some information on the work these guys are doing and why. I would like to see the notes Christian is taking. I hope he comes back with a whole bunch of them and there is a complete de-brief.

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