TOURNAMENT PLAY

Preparing « team and handling a tean tn tournament play
is a highly specialized job even for a seasoned coach. A successful
tournament team is necessarily one in which first class reserves are
plentifule I have seen league championship teans fall by the wy-side
in tournament play primarily on accoumt of the lack of capable substitutes.
Therefore, the conch must at a2) times conserve the strength of his entire
squade

Four important itens stand out forcibly in handling a
tournament teams namely, (1) conditioning, (2) diet, (3) rest and sleep,
(4) plays

le Conditioning. Only extremely light workouts should
be held for one week prior to the tournsmente A canplete heart check-up
as well as & urinmelysis should be made upon each mane For some time past
accumilated evidence indicates that the giving of vitein P- canpound,
Glysine, and dextrose would aid in restoring cardiac reserve when it is
lost through various types of disease. lxperience has show the wisdan
in such preetice. if this improvenent can be brought about in exhausted
hearts from disease, why wuld it not be possible to improve cardiae re
serve in those who are wider great physical and enotional strain? me
capsule of betulin compound three times daily after meals is also indienteds
A tablespoonful of dextrose sugar in a glass of lemonade ten minutes before
game tine and between halves will aid a fetigued athlete. And @ tablespoon=
ful of glycine threo times daily will further reduce the cardiac strain of
the competing player.