The Los Angeles Chargers flew to Colorado Springs on Monday to practice leading into their game in high elevation on Monday Night Football in Mexico City. Chargers coach Anthony Lynn said it's more to help with the player's mental thoughts about the game, but he also thinks getting used to the elevation is important.
“I think it’s a little bit ease of mind for players, so it has a mental effect I believe,” Chargers coach Anthony Lynn said Tuesday, via Pro Football Talk. “But also I think it can be helpful. Going from sea level to 7,300, I didn’t feel comfortable doing that, so I think it will be helpful. I think everybody is different.”
According to science, it takes seven or eight days to fully get ready for a new elevation but Lynn thinks even though they won't be at elevation for that long, it will still have a positive effect on the player.
“I know research and science says it takes more days than seven or eight days, but as a player, I’ve been on that field. I’ve been in Dallas, Texas, and Wyoming the very next day, so I’ve felt the effect, so I wanted my players in come in it and practice in it for a week.”
The Chargers are going to have their hands full when they face the Kansas City Chiefs. Any type of advantage they can get even if it just gives the team a mental advantage is a big plus.
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