Family & Relationships2 mins ago
Spitting
This has almost certainly been asked before and if it has I apologise, but could somebody tell me why footballers need to spit all the time? You never see this in any other physical sport or am I wrong? It does annoy, me personally I think it's disgusting.
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I don't know if they are told to do it, but when I played football, I never did it. I think it's a disgusting habit carried out by uncouth, petulant, overpaid hypocrites.
15:50 Sat 23rd Jun 2018
A perception of the "gob close up" was that it inevitably occurred just after a "referee's decision" went against them or they had missed an opportunity to score or they had conceded a free kick, penalty or a goal. It often appeared to be a calculated - dare I say - even deliberate act of expression of negative emotion rather than an autonomic response at "re-hydration."
It's a habit......a very bad habit which has no physiological basis.
Rugby players play 40 mins each way and they don't spit and how does spitting improve your dehydration.
Many footballers spit when they come off the bench as has been mentioned above.
Golfers don't spit......tennis players don't spit.
It is just for affectation.
Rugby players play 40 mins each way and they don't spit and how does spitting improve your dehydration.
Many footballers spit when they come off the bench as has been mentioned above.
Golfers don't spit......tennis players don't spit.
It is just for affectation.
Marathon runners run for over two hours. Yes, they might snatch a drink on the way but I don't recall seeing wholesale spitting. It is an obnoxious habit, especially bearing in mind that their team mates and opponents may well end up rolling around in the stuff.
As with almost everything else on "Planet Football" they seem to exist in a different world.
As with almost everything else on "Planet Football" they seem to exist in a different world.
I agree with ummmm. I find that if/when I am going through continuous exertion which quickens the breath very noticeably, the higher rate of evaporation arising from breathing rapidly through the mouth causes the fluid in the mouth to thicken. Swallowing it can become tricky and expelling the lot by spitting is a more effective "cleansing of the palate". Whether that is always the reason for footballers spitting is something I am not in a position to comment on but it is the reason why I sometimes find I really want/need to spit - and I do so, usually somewhere out in nature and most of the time entirely on my own.
"Rugby players play 40 mins each way and they don't spit"
Not to football levels, but it's not uncommon for players of both rugby codes to spit on the pitch.
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And only a few hours ago I witnessed said act during the live coverage of the RL New Zealand v England match in Colorado - often before penalty kicks (e.g. time-codes 53:02, 1:33:03) although Gareth Widdop also expectorates without need of a penalty (45:07) and James Graham even while benched (53:53).
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Not to football levels, but it's not uncommon for players of both rugby codes to spit on the pitch.
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And only a few hours ago I witnessed said act during the live coverage of the RL New Zealand v England match in Colorado - often before penalty kicks (e.g. time-codes 53:02, 1:33:03) although Gareth Widdop also expectorates without need of a penalty (45:07) and James Graham even while benched (53:53).
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