來源: The New York Times
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The Mavericks’ Key to Keeping Players Fresh? Blood Samples
獨行俠如何保持球員健康？抽血檢查
DALLAS — Whether they are trying to keep their 34-year-old playmaker Jose
Juan Barea spry or aiming to help their 19-year-old phenom Luka Doncic dodge
the infamous rookie wall, the Dallas Mavericks turn to the same resource: A
blood test.
不管獨行俠是要試著要保持他們34歲老將Juan Barea精力充沛，抑或是要幫助他們19歲的
新秀Luka Doncic避免菜鳥撞牆期，他們會用同一個方式: 抽血檢查。
It is not just any blood test. The Mavericks import frequent testing from the
Irish company Orreco, which is in its third season making personalized
recommendations for Mavericks players regarding athletic workloads and diets,
largely through the study of blood analysis.
這不是隨便甚麼抽血檢查。獨行俠引進了一家愛爾蘭公司Orreco做了許多檢查，這是他們
第三年藉由研究血液檢查結果對個別球員提供有關運動量及飲食方面的建議。
Although some in the sports medicine community have questioned whether the
value of such blood work is overstated, Dallas leans heavily on Orreco’s
team of consultants and their assessments of how to maximize player-readiness.
雖然一些運動醫學界裡的人認為這樣的血液檢查的價值是不是言過其實，但是獨行俠非常
借重Orreco諮詢專家以及他們對於如何強化球員的準備程度的評估。
“All the things N.B.A. teams talk about — players’ minutes, their load,
their tracking data, their camera data — all of that is external data used
to try to predict what’s going on internally,” said Casey Smith, the head
of Dallas’s athletic training staff. “What we’re doing is trying to get a
little bit of a look at what’s actually going on internally.”
「所有球隊都在討論