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Science Weekly: heat stroke, sports washing, and the psychology of VAR: the science of the World Cup – podcast
And at the moment for the World Cup, that would come in at this wet bulb globe temperature of 32 degrees.
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Science Weekly: heat stroke, sports washing, and the psychology of VAR: the science of the World Cup – podcast
And these researchers say the recommendation should be 26 degrees.
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Science Weekly: heat stroke, sports washing, and the psychology of VAR: the science of the World Cup – podcast
So they are looking for a substantial reduction in that threshold where
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Science Weekly: heat stroke, sports washing, and the psychology of VAR: the science of the World Cup – podcast
Officials can just say, it's too hot, we have to delay this game.
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Science Weekly: heat stroke, sports washing, and the psychology of VAR: the science of the World Cup – podcast
But they also want to have some other changes made too.
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Heatstroke, sports washing and VAR psychology: the science of the World Cup
And just finally, Maddy, we're now seeing players who've written their own letter in support of this to try and get FIFA to listen.
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Heatstroke, sports washing and VAR psychology: the science of the World Cup
And so hopefully that'll add some weight to it.
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Heatstroke, sports washing and VAR psychology: the science of the World Cup
Well, luckily, Oliver did his PhD on how to acclimatize to heat.
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Science Weekly: heat stroke, sports washing, and the psychology of VAR: the science of the World Cup – podcast
And just finally, Maddy, we're now seeing players who've written their own letter in support of this to try and get FIFA to listen.
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Heatstroke, sports washing and VAR psychology: the science of the World Cup
So he's a good guy to go to.
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Heatstroke, sports washing and VAR psychology: the science of the World Cup
He says that in a couple of weeks of specific training in hot conditions, the body can learn to cope a lot better with this.
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Science Weekly: heat stroke, sports washing, and the psychology of VAR: the science of the World Cup – podcast
And so hopefully that'll add some weight to it.
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Heatstroke, sports washing and VAR psychology: the science of the World Cup
And we're talking about training in hot environments, training in sort of heated facilities if you need those, and even bringing in things like saunas and baths into your training program.
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Science Weekly: heat stroke, sports washing, and the psychology of VAR: the science of the World Cup – podcast
Well, luckily, Oliver did his PhD on how to acclimatize to heat.
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Science Weekly: heat stroke, sports washing, and the psychology of VAR: the science of the World Cup – podcast
So he's a good guy to go to.
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Science Weekly: heat stroke, sports washing, and the psychology of VAR: the science of the World Cup – podcast
He says that in a couple of weeks of specific training in hot conditions, the body can learn to cope a lot better with this.
Football Weekly
Science Weekly: heat stroke, sports washing, and the psychology of VAR: the science of the World Cup – podcast
And we're talking about training in hot environments, training in sort of heated facilities if you need those, and even bringing in things like saunas and baths into your training program.
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Heatstroke, sports washing and VAR psychology: the science of the World Cup
Maddy, behind these soaring temperatures is, of course, the climate crisis.
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Heatstroke, sports washing and VAR psychology: the science of the World Cup
And there's some irony in the fact that one of FIFA's main sponsorship partners is Aramco, this huge Saudi oil and gas company.
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Heatstroke, sports washing and VAR psychology: the science of the World Cup
Tell me a bit about this.