go up just before a game. Another increase for both has been noted

-at the close of the first half. This would be expected for the players

because of their exertion, but for the coaches it can be blamed only
on greater mental strain since they have done little or no physical
work. A similar jump again has been found at the close of the game.
Thus, the heart rates of the coaches keep pace with those of the
players despite the fact that one group works strenuously and
the other just “sweats blood”.

After the game the heart rates of the players return to normal
quickly while the recovery of the normal rate for the coaches is
much slower. This might be explained by the observation that
expenditure of physical energy when one is also under an emo-
tional strain leads to a type of fatigue which nature takes care
of readily and easily in a comparatively brief rest period. How-
ever, if the higher pulse rate is caused solely by emotional trauma
the recovery is much slower.

This observation is not intended to conclude that the coach
should add physical exertion to his emotional disturbance in hopes
that the combination would react on him as it does on the players.
Unless conditioned to such activity he might increase his already
rising emotional tension. It is possible that players recover quickly
because they unconsciously divorce themselves from emotional
trauma while the coaches are unable to remove game situations
from their thoughts.

The tendency of coaches to keep their troubles constantly in
mind does violence to emotional control and may result tragically,
as is shown by the terrific price paid by some. Listed among promi-
nent men in football coaching circles whose deaths at compara-
tively early ages have been attributed, at least partially, to emo-
tional trauma are: Percy Haughton of Harvard, Enoc Bagshaw
of Washington, Herman Stegeman of University of Georgia and
Howard Jones of Southern California. George Keogan of Notre
Dame, Leonard Sachs of Loyola, Ollie Seelbach of Canisius Col-
lege and James Usilton of Temple University are late members
of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. They too, are
men who suffered the shocks of emotional trauma of coaching.

The evidence and suggestions outlined seem to indicate that
damage from strenuous physical exertion is prevented by inhibi-
tions induced by fatigue; that recovery is rapid when one is
Physically Fit; but that rampant and uninhibited emotions con-

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