Sideline Technology - has anyone seen that stuff before?

[falcongoggles]

Water-cooled mittens were pretty sweet. Obviously the NFL has rules against erecting sunshades for the players, but the Seahawks looked like they packed a bunch of PVC pipes into their gear with some mesh and just created their own with trainers holding them during the game. This is thinking outside of the box!

I wonder if they used PVC because there is a limit to what they can pack and carry on the sideline so they had to use a "portable" system that was constructed on the spot.

 

[Pantherfan527]

Water-cooled mittens were pretty sweet. Obviously the NFL has rules against erecting sunshades for the players, but the Seahawks looked like they packed a bunch of PVC pipes into their gear with some mesh and just created their own with trainers holding them during the game. This is thinking outside of the box!

I wonder if they used PVC because there is a limit to what they can pack and carry on the sideline so they had to use a "portable" system that was constructed on the spot.

Watch this videohttp://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-vide ... ling-glove SF has been using it since Harbaugh came to San Fran, he used it at Stanford too.

It is pretty amazing TBH

 

[BocciHawk]

The screens with PVC are pretty common actually for very hot conditions.

The NFL has rules against erecting free standing structures in and around the benches -- they want to make sure that fans have unobstructed views of the players on the field and on the sideline -- but it is legal to have sideline personnel hold shades up, as they did.

The water cooled mittens are just a specific example of something more general -- there are hydro cool systems that go through the helmet, the shoulder pads, and even the pants pads, if you want to go that far. You jack the players in when they aren't on the field. It's actually kind of essential when the temperature gets up over 100 degrees, as the field temperatures can easily go over 120. The water temperature can be set to anything you want, but something like 70 degrees feels nice and cool without being overwhelming.

 

[TheHawkster]

....and I thought a cooler with ice water in it would good enough.
Apparently not.

 

[falcongoggles]

Those pullups in the video were horrendous.

Is there any downside to starting the game completely soaked in water? Sweat cools you via evaporation so why not just coat yourself in water and get a head start off the bat?

 

[Rocket]

I thought those things with the hoses were a sex thing....
phew.