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#1 2008-03-27 06:47:01
- il maestro
- Head Coach
- Registered: 2008-03-19
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Article discussion
Both of the articles in this section are good and I thought it might be easier to discuss them together in a new section.
Things that they show, but which are too large to go into detailed discussions here are:
1. Warming up is important
2. Stretching is important
3. Surface composition is important. A long term goal for the club might well be to build some wooden strips (with padding underneath) to save the knees of club members. when we fence upstairs, we need to be certain the floor is not too slippery.
4. Technique can be important, especially given the hard surface we fence on. Technique is also important for shoulders and elbows.
Given the large number of adult fencers we have that are having issues, I think everyone, including me, needs to give more time to proper warming up and stretching.
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#2 2008-03-27 07:17:23
Re: Article discussion
I agree with the warm-ups and stretching...what needs to happen, club wise?
I was wondering about the wooden strips. do you have plans for these things?
I slipped on the strip yesterday because the rough surface was worn out. Repaint at some point?
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#3 2008-03-27 08:01:19
- il maestro
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Re: Article discussion
Since people arrive at different times, it almost has to be on an individual basis. That is why I wrote the Warm up piece. Also, since people already have injuries, certain warm ups and stretches will need to be avoided by injured people or they will have to warm up the injured area more, depending on the type.
I don't have plans. I know enough places that have floored their clubs to know it is possible. I doubt we want to try to floor the entire club, at least at the moment. Expense, plus the possible flooding issues. We can check around and see if someone has a blueprint for wooden strip building, rather than reinvent the wheel.
I would think painting is a stop gap measure. Not being familiar, doesn't painting originally make the floor slicker?
etombs wrote:
etombs wrote:
I agree with the warm-ups and stretching...what needs to happen, club wise?
I was wondering about the wooden strips. do you have plans for these things?
I slipped on the strip yesterday because the rough surface was worn out. Repaint at some point?
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.
H.P. Lovecraft The Call of Cthulu
The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, .....but that's the way to bet.
Damon Runyon
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#4 2008-03-27 10:11:37
- Just bob
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Re: Article discussion
Dave, you and I could come up with some sort of plans, probably somthing like Wes has, or UNC Chappel hill have a rubber flooring that snaps together, but moves a sixteenth to an eigth sometimes ? good time to brainstorm.
Give a man a fish, and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll steal your customers.
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#5 2008-03-27 18:57:38
- Esquive
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- From: Coastal NC
- Registered: 2008-03-18
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Re: Article discussion
The paint that we use for our strips has "grit" in it to provide texture for the purpose of traction. It would be a good idea for the short term to repaint the strips to improve the surface.
il maestro wrote:
Since people arrive at different times, it almost has to be on an individual basis. That is why I wrote the Warm up piece. Also, since people already have injuries, certain warm ups and stretches will need to be avoided by injured people or they will have to warm up the injured area more, depending on the type.
I don't have plans. I know enough places that have floored their clubs to know it is possible. I doubt we want to try to floor the entire club, at least at the moment. Expense, plus the possible flooding issues. We can check around and see if someone has a blueprint for wooden strip building, rather than reinvent the wheel.
I would think painting is a stop gap measure. Not being familiar, doesn't painting originally make the floor slicker?
etombs wrote:etombs wrote:
I agree with the warm-ups and stretching...what needs to happen, club wise?
I was wondering about the wooden strips. do you have plans for these things?
I slipped on the strip yesterday because the rough surface was worn out. Repaint at some point?
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"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will."
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#6 2008-03-28 11:49:30
- Just bob
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Re: Article discussion
I'm even up for fencing on the strips we have up stairs, while its still kind of cool depending on the basketball practice.
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#7 2008-03-28 14:40:32
- The Grim Reber
- Cannon Fodder
- Registered: 2008-03-19
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Re: Article discussion
Just bob wrote:
Dave, you and I could come up with some sort of plans, probably somthing like Wes has, or UNC Chappel hill have a rubber flooring that snaps together, but moves a sixteenth to an eigth sometimes ? good time to brainstorm.
There is also a section on this in the Armory section of fencing.net. That said, I bet someone at Raleigh could give you the plans they used for their wooden strips.
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Nora
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