But Fernando - who this
season alone has already targeted Q3 in every race and thinks the team can
challenge the top three in the championship
over the
course of the next few races - is confused as to why people have such high expectations
of the team.
Finding a way to reconcile two competing demands - minimizing contact in practice in order to reduce the number
of concussions sustained and the number
of hits players sustain
over the
course of a week and a
season that emerging science, now more than ever, suggests may have a deleterious cumulative effect [26] on a player's cognitive function
over the long term, while at the same time maximizing the amount
of time in practice learning how to tackle and block without head - to - head contact - time that is needed to maximize the protective effect
of proper tackling on the number
of head - to - head hits players sustain in game action, which can not only result in concussion, but catastrophic neck and spine injuries - is
challenging, but clearly not impossible.
Then it builds
over the
course of the
season as you spend time together at the ballpark and away from the field, as you share laughs together, as you overcome
challenges together, and as you face the opposition together.