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“It’s all about getting our body to perform for 3½ hours and be in that peak performance zone,” Fleck said. “And that’s all offseason studies, that’s all science, that’s all meeting with different sleep doctors and different doctors of the body. It’s what we could do to rearrange our schedule to make sure that we can play our absolute best and hopefully gain 1% somewhere.”
Travel certainly can make a difference, especially when venturing two or more time zones away from home. Last year, the first in the Big Ten with its westward expansion — Oregon, Washington, UCLA and USC — teams traveling multiple time zones for a game went 6-22.
Fleck has adjusted the Gophers practice and weight-lifting schedules this week to get the players used to the 9:30 p.m. (Central Time) kickoff time, adding in weight sessions at 9:30 p.m. In addition, the Gophers will limit the amount of time they’re actually in the Bay Area in an effort to stay on Central Time.
“The big thing we’re emphasizing is sleep – when you’re going to bed,“ Gophers linebacker Maverick Baranowski said. “The coaches are doing a great job, putting us in a position, giving us bedtimes, giving us wake-up times, giving us naptimes.”
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Business trip meshes with science
While fans will take in the sights and sounds of the Bay Area, this is strictly a business trip for Fleck and his team. The Gophers’ success in traveling west doesn’t come by accident. He consults with Dr. Michael Howell, director of the Sleep Performance Training for Athletes Program at M Health Fairview, and with other medical and nutritional personnel. Their aim is to formulate a plan where the Gophers will be prepared for an out-of-the-routine experience come kickoff.“It’s all about getting our body to perform for 3½ hours and be in that peak performance zone,” Fleck said. “And that’s all offseason studies, that’s all science, that’s all meeting with different sleep doctors and different doctors of the body. It’s what we could do to rearrange our schedule to make sure that we can play our absolute best and hopefully gain 1% somewhere.”
Travel certainly can make a difference, especially when venturing two or more time zones away from home. Last year, the first in the Big Ten with its westward expansion — Oregon, Washington, UCLA and USC — teams traveling multiple time zones for a game went 6-22.
Fleck has adjusted the Gophers practice and weight-lifting schedules this week to get the players used to the 9:30 p.m. (Central Time) kickoff time, adding in weight sessions at 9:30 p.m. In addition, the Gophers will limit the amount of time they’re actually in the Bay Area in an effort to stay on Central Time.
“The big thing we’re emphasizing is sleep – when you’re going to bed,“ Gophers linebacker Maverick Baranowski said. “The coaches are doing a great job, putting us in a position, giving us bedtimes, giving us wake-up times, giving us naptimes.”
From sleep experts to changing practice times, Gophers leaning on past experiences ahead of Saturday showdown at Cal
Undefeated in West Coast games under P.J. Fleck, the Minnesota Gophers will try to keep that perfect record intact when they face the Cal Bears Saturday night at 9:30 p.m.
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