In this case, we’re talking about the top-ranked UConn Huskies women’s basketball team.
Seems that one of their competitive advantages is practicing against men.
The top-ranked Connecticut team is among the two-thirds of Division I women’s basketball programs that practice against male players.
Because men who gravitate to competitive round ball are generally built bigger, stronger, and faster than women, teams use them as a form of overload training.
“It’s like wearing ankle weights when running.”
If it weren’t for the guys, starters would practice against bench players, who, as a rule, are not as good as the first team.
Plus, from a coach’s point of view, the guys are the managerial dream of expendable labor.
“We don’t have to be worried about whether they are going to be ready to play,”
Business Week, Winning Women Practice Versus Men, March 10, 2011
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