07-23-2024, 10:13 PM -
https://www.panthers.com/news/cool-new-l...ining-camp
As the Carolina Panthers prepare to kick off training camp at Bank of America Stadium this week though, the club is making sure players are safe and as cool as possible, investing $200,000 in a cooling trailer for the edge of the updated practice fields in Charlotte.
"It's just another tool for the toolbox," Director of Human Performance Andrew Althoff said Tuesday, as he showed reporters inside one of their newest tools.
"Like we have pools inside, saunas, red light therapy, all that kind of stuff. So it's another tool that the players can use, put in their toolbox and help them perform at practice every day and then on game day as well."
The trailer can fit up to 30 players at one time, with the set temperature at a chilly 20 degrees. Stocked with sports drinks and towels, players can hop in during cool-off periods, the end of practice, and as needed for a quick cool-down, for a recommended two minutes.
Head athletic trainer Kevin King and his staff monitor players levels at all times and will make recommendations on the consistency with which players might need to visit the trailer.
"There's a lot of folks that are monitoring the athletes to see how they're responding to heat stress," King said. "So, our collective education…there's a variety of things that we can look at to understand their hydration status and their risk in the heat."
Perhaps the biggest positive the cooling trailer will add to Panthers practice is the ability to, well, still practice.
As the Carolina Panthers prepare to kick off training camp at Bank of America Stadium this week though, the club is making sure players are safe and as cool as possible, investing $200,000 in a cooling trailer for the edge of the updated practice fields in Charlotte.
"It's just another tool for the toolbox," Director of Human Performance Andrew Althoff said Tuesday, as he showed reporters inside one of their newest tools.
"Like we have pools inside, saunas, red light therapy, all that kind of stuff. So it's another tool that the players can use, put in their toolbox and help them perform at practice every day and then on game day as well."
The trailer can fit up to 30 players at one time, with the set temperature at a chilly 20 degrees. Stocked with sports drinks and towels, players can hop in during cool-off periods, the end of practice, and as needed for a quick cool-down, for a recommended two minutes.
Head athletic trainer Kevin King and his staff monitor players levels at all times and will make recommendations on the consistency with which players might need to visit the trailer.
"There's a lot of folks that are monitoring the athletes to see how they're responding to heat stress," King said. "So, our collective education…there's a variety of things that we can look at to understand their hydration status and their risk in the heat."
Perhaps the biggest positive the cooling trailer will add to Panthers practice is the ability to, well, still practice.