Affaires courantes
La dureté du mental
Frédéric Lord
Monday, 20 October 2008
Un article parut sur l’entraîneur des gardiens de but des Blue Jackets de Colmbus et ancien gardien des Nordiques, Clint Malarchuk. Un éclairage un peu déroutant sur son parcours.
“I should say, off the top, that Malarchuk is one of the most compelling and likable human beings I’ve met. He will open himself up to the point of utter vulnerability. He will do anything for his friends. He is a true cowboy, a Western throwback, a rare brand of man. There isn’t a phony fiber in his being.
Malarchuk is also tortured, almost beyond comprehension. He was violently abused by his father. He was hospitalized because of anxiety attacks when he was 12. He has suffered from a debilitating case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. He has been gripped with severe bouts of depression.”
Un autre sur Noah Welch des Panthers qui participe à une recherche sur les effets sur le cerveau des sports de contact. Plusieurs joueurs ont souffert de dépression après quelques commotions cérébrales.
 ”When you play a contact sport, you get blows to the head and they want to see how the brain responds. I’m all for it,” said Welch, who majored in government at Harvard.
Welch knows there are many athletes, a good number of them football players, who are in rough shape after finishing their NFL careers. Many suffer from depression and loss of memory.
Juste relativiser l’importance des coups à la tête.
