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Sports Science: The Science of the Scrum

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The Sports Science team explores the game of Rugby's most dangerous elements. Read about more amazing athletic feats: http://www.amazon.com/Perfection-Point-Predicts-Athletic-Performance/dp/00618...

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  • I love how they are talking about the dangers of the scrum yet they show clips of Rugby League being played.

  • Both front rows are in danger, not just the hooker. Props wouldn't just drop their hook like that and you don't see a lot of spinal injuries like this in international rugby because the first thing the teach is to NOT end up like a vegetable.

    If they're gonna have stupid shit like this on tv, next time they should show the science behind a Back keeping his hair perfect while scoring a try and how a Forward can drink so much beer after a match.

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  • Thats why u gotta bind up tight, I hook even though this can happen cuz the games hella fun :P

  • I really wish Sports science would get in the international rugby teams like South Africa, New Zealand or Australia to do the scrum test and tackles tests. Previously they used club team from the states to test tackle stats vs professional NFL players hardly a fair comparison!!

  • Thats Why, you MUST turn your neck to the left side

  • Sport science should do a segment on the side step or goose step shimmy thingy that alot of rugby players use... Gotta be some interesting facts when analysing how someone can shift there entire mass while airborne.

  • Fuk this show it's a lie Rugby is for men! Why the fuc props let loose of their hooker

  • In my youth I very badly damaged my spine playing as Hooker. I can't exactly remember how I damaged it but it was an all day competition. I saw a rugby specific physiotherapist (or whatever they are called) the next day and he told me that A LOT of force travelled down my spine and he said he hadn't seen it so bad in his whole career (tending to the senior XVs not the under 12s) and I lay in bed for 2 days and didn't play rugby for a year.

  • the props' bodies are as crooked as a politician. terrible scrummaging body position. the statistics obtained are NOT accurate.

  • bad scrum

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