Bulkier players,greater fitness and replacements use is shrinking the space in which artistry like Phil Bennett’s can be displayedThe chairman of Augusta International, Fred Ridley, and this week expressed his concern that contemporary golfers were smashing their way through courses and damaging the sport’s ecosystem: power was elbowing out skill through improved athleticism and technology.
Rugby union has the same problem. As various surveys are made of injuries and concussion – the latest on the latter by Cardiff Met University noted that those who were looking to lengthen the season should bear in intellect the injury-risk implications following a meaningful rise in concussion rates over four years – the increasing size and power of professional players is a contributory factor.
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Source: guardian.co.uk