Seton Hall Introduces New Athlete Recovery Room

[Halldan1]

Seton Hall Introduces New Athlete Recovery Room - Seton Hall University Athletics

The new room serves as a sanctuary for student-athletes who need time to recover from strenuous physical activity or time to decompress from the rigors of day-to-day

shupirates.com

South Orange, N.J. - In an effort to further student-athlete welfare from both physical and mental perspectives, Seton Hall Athletics has developed a new Athlete Recovery Room that is housed in the Richie Regan Recreation and Athletic Center across from the Charles W. Doehler Academic Center and a short walk from the department's Refueling Station. This new Athlete Recovery Room, which was made possible through a generous gift from swimming & diving alumnus Geoff Basford '98, serves as a sanctuary for student-athletes who need time to recover from strenuous physical activity or time to decompress from the rigors of day-to-day activity.

"As we continue to identify ways to enhance the student-athlete experience at Seton Hall, injury prevention and mental health are two critical areas that we're focused on," said Seton Hall Director of Athletics and Recreation Bryan Felt said. "Thank you to our director of sports medicine Tony Testa and our psychologist Dr. Pete Economou for spearheading the effort to create an Athlete Recovery Room that helps address these two important areas, and thank you to Geoff Basford for generously contributing to the project and investing in the futures of our student-athletes."

Seton Hall's Athlete Recovery Room is outfitted with six zero gravity massage chairs that are to be used with intermittent compression units for student-athletes' legs. The room also features two full-body massage chairs. These chairs will help promote muscle regeneration and help student-athletes with their post-recovery training.

Also, in conjunction with the launch of the Athlete Recovery Room, Seton Hall student-athletes will have a one-year subscription to the Headspace app to promote meditation, sleep, mindfulness and stress management. This subscription was made possible through a partnership with Seton Hall University's Great Minds Dare to Care initiative.

Seton Hall's Athlete Recovery Room is the latest in a long line of projects aimed at investing in the student-athlete experience. Since 2013, the department has transformed its facilities to meet the needs of its student-athletes, including the creation of the Charles W. Doehler Academic Center, the Center for Sports Medicine, the new Varsity Weight Room, upgraded practice and competition facilities and much more. The investment in student-athletes has resulted in the department raising its cumulative grade-point average each of the last 12 years and 80 percent of the student-athletes annually being named to the BIG EAST All-Academic team. It has also resulted in the department winning 10 BIG EAST team championships and numerous individual conference titles and all-conference accolades.

Compression Recovery Boots

 

[TrueBlue1989]

Each year facilities keep improving.

 

[SHUisNJsTeam]

Each year facilities keep improving.

As they should!

 

[shu2x79]

Can I rent space there?

 

[HallBall02]

Cal thinks facilities are still important too. Glad we are still pushing for upgrades like this and the practice facility.

 

[HallBall02]

Coach Cal publicly fighting Kentucky admins for upgrades. I guess when private internal discussions fail, this is Cal’s best strategy for improvements.

 

[dehere23]

A museum, lol. Wonder why people are getting turned off to all this.

 

[batts]

I know that we have to do this to attract recruits but can you imagine how non-athlete students who pay full tuition must feel when they see these types of amenities that they are excluded from?

 

[SHUHitman]

I know that we have to do this to attract recruits but can you imagine how non-athlete students who pay full tuition must feel when they see these types of amenities that they are excluded from?

Based on what I've seen on instagram, there is definitely some passive aggressive commentary from "regular" students about the new "recovery room". It is what it is, but just illustrates your point further.

 

[TheHall87]

A museum, lol. Wonder why people are getting turned off to all this.

Have you not walked through the lobby at Walsh?

I know we don't call it that or charge a specific admission to see it, but that is sort of a museum with its various displays.

I see no reason why a basketball program with the storied history of Kentucky wouldn't want a space dedicated to a museum (which I presume would be visitor focused) to celebrate its program.

Theoretically it could help drive revenue to pay for these things rather than flat out asking for donations.

 

[dehere23]

Have you not walked through the lobby at Walsh?

I know we don't call it that or charge a specific admission to see it, but that is sort of a museum with its various displays.

I see no reason why a basketball program with the storied history of Kentucky wouldn't want a space dedicated to a museum (which I presume would be visitor focused) to celebrate its program.

Theoretically it could help drive revenue to pay for these things rather than flat out asking for donations.

I get all that. It was more said partially in jest because I’m sure they have something like that already. With where the world is right now does Cal need to be lobbying for whatever $$ upgrades museum he wants? I get the nutrition and recovery stuff.

 

[TheHall87]

I get all that. It was more said partially in jest because I’m sure they have something like that already. With where the world is right now does Cal need to be lobbying for whatever $$ upgrades museum he wants? I get the nutrition and recovery stuff.

They apparently don't have anything like that. According to a story on The Athletic that I just read, a great deal of basketball memorabilia is in storage.

UK has apparently sunken enormous resources into buildings and upgrades all over campus -- both athletically and for the student population at large. Basketball supposedly hasn't seen much in recent years (they did a locker room upgrade around the time of his hiring) so Cal wants his now.

 

[lloyde dobler]

Have you not walked through the lobby at Walsh?

I know we don't call it that or charge a specific admission to see it, but that is sort of a museum with its various displays.

I see no reason why a basketball program with the storied history of Kentucky wouldn't want a space dedicated to a museum (which I presume would be visitor focused) to celebrate its program.

Theoretically it could help drive revenue to pay for these things rather than flat out asking for donations.

I’m surprised that Kentucky doesn’t already have a museum

 

[Piratz]

IDK their facilities, but if you look at social media posts where they practice looks a lot like where we practice, LOL.

You def need to have a level set of facilities, but is the arms race on facilities ending in this era of NIL?

 

[hallgrad80]

Cal is going public in his battle with the Administration because Ky has been pouring big money into its football program ,which has become respectable in the tough SEC and basketball is no longer first in line when it comes to funding athletic infrastructure improvements. Getting beaten by St.Peter’s in the tournament may have helped raise Cal’s need to get a new practice facility to aid in attracting the elite talent to his program.

 

[dehere23]

They apparently don't have anything like that. According to a story on The Athletic that I just read, a great deal of basketball memorabilia is in storage.

UK has apparently sunken enormous resources into buildings and upgrades all over campus -- both athletically and for the student population at large. Basketball supposedly hasn't seen much in recent years (they did a locker room upgrade around the time of his hiring) so Cal wants his now.

Got it. All that really surprises me given the significance of hoops to that school. I can see now why Cal is waging the battle.

 

[Stevie_H]

Seton Hall Introduces New Athlete Recovery Room - Seton Hall University Athletics

The new room serves as a sanctuary for student-athletes who need time to recover from strenuous physical activity or time to decompress from the rigors of day-to-day

shupirates.com

South Orange, N.J. - In an effort to further student-athlete welfare from both physical and mental perspectives, Seton Hall Athletics has developed a new Athlete Recovery Room that is housed in the Richie Regan Recreation and Athletic Center across from the Charles W. Doehler Academic Center and a short walk from the department's Refueling Station. This new Athlete Recovery Room, which was made possible through a generous gift from swimming & diving alumnus Geoff Basford '98, serves as a sanctuary for student-athletes who need time to recover from strenuous physical activity or time to decompress from the rigors of day-to-day activity.

"As we continue to identify ways to enhance the student-athlete experience at Seton Hall, injury prevention and mental health are two critical areas that we're focused on," said Seton Hall Director of Athletics and Recreation Bryan Felt said. "Thank you to our director of sports medicine Tony Testa and our psychologist Dr. Pete Economou for spearheading the effort to create an Athlete Recovery Room that helps address these two important areas, and thank you to Geoff Basford for generously contributing to the project and investing in the futures of our student-athletes."

Seton Hall's Athlete Recovery Room is outfitted with six zero gravity massage chairs that are to be used with intermittent compression units for student-athletes' legs. The room also features two full-body massage chairs. These chairs will help promote muscle regeneration and help student-athletes with their post-recovery training.

Also, in conjunction with the launch of the Athlete Recovery Room, Seton Hall student-athletes will have a one-year subscription to the Headspace app to promote meditation, sleep, mindfulness and stress management. This subscription was made possible through a partnership with Seton Hall University's Great Minds Dare to Care initiative.

Seton Hall's Athlete Recovery Room is the latest in a long line of projects aimed at investing in the student-athlete experience. Since 2013, the department has transformed its facilities to meet the needs of its student-athletes, including the creation of the Charles W. Doehler Academic Center, the Center for Sports Medicine, the new Varsity Weight Room, upgraded practice and competition facilities and much more. The investment in student-athletes has resulted in the department raising its cumulative grade-point average each of the last 12 years and 80 percent of the student-athletes annually being named to the BIG EAST All-Academic team. It has also resulted in the department winning 10 BIG EAST team championships and numerous individual conference titles and all-conference accolades.

Compression Recovery Boots

Seems a little more modern than the recovery room I used…

 

[lloyde dobler]

SEC football is serious stuff. Kentucky basketball is always going to get its financial support (Calipari of course as the CEO feels it always needs more). Getting significantly more $$$ to football there is kind of a new thing.

 

[CL82]

I’m surprised that Kentucky doesn’t already have a museum

Connecticut does…


This one is basketball specific, for both the men’s and women’s programs. There is a separate museum for Olympic sports.

 

[metalpirate07]

IDK their facilities, but if you look at social media posts where they practice looks a lot like where we practice, LOL.

You def need to have a level set of facilities, but is the arms race on facilities ending in this era of NIL?

I had the same thoughts when I watched the “One and Not Done” 30 for 30 on Cal a few years back. Their practice gym looked just like ours just with more banners. I had assumed that it had been updated since then just like everyone else in the country has which apparently isn’t the case. I’m interested to see what happens at places like UK, KU, Duke, UNC, etc where basketball has always been #1 by a wide margin and as P5 football playing schools put football above them in the pecking order for the first time in decades or ever, what would the blue blood basketball programs do. Now we see not even the biggest basketball program in the country is getting it. Kansas, UK, UNC, programs of that high caliber and history it’s fair for them to build museums to their programs. KU has one with the original Naismith rules of basketball as the centerpiece. It’s a bucket list item of mine to go see it. I’m amazed UK doesn’t already have something similar built already.

 

[hallgrad80]

Cal is going public in his battle with the Administration because Ky has been pouring big money into its football program ,which has become respectable in the tough SEC and basketball is no longer first in line when it comes to funding athletic infrastructure improvements. Getting beaten by St.Peter’s in the tournament may have helped raise Cal’s need to get a new practice facility to aid in attracting the elite talent to his program.

Noticed that Kentucky football is ranked at #20 in the AP poll released today.

 

[mbraue]

I know that we have to do this to attract recruits but can you imagine how non-athlete students who pay full tuition must feel when they see these types of amenities that they are excluded from?

At least the student center is being renovated before the practice facility is built. This is a focal point for ALL students, including many of our true student athletes. Will be beautiful to match the welcome center, which is a very nice focal point when driving into campus.

 

[metalpirate07]

At least the student center is being renovated before the practice facility is built. This is a focal point for ALL students, including many of our true student athletes. Will be beautiful to match the welcome center, which is a very nice focal point when driving into campus.

Big time. The University Center has been an obsolete disaster for decades so I’m thrilled that the school is finally putting full effort into fixing that for every member of the SHU community, not just the ones affiliated with the athletic department.

 

[Halldan1]

The Center will be completed around October or so. It is going to be magnificent. By far the main focus of the school's multiple construction projects.

 

[shu09]

Have you not walked through the lobby at Walsh?

I know we don't call it that or charge a specific admission to see it, but that is sort of a museum with its various displays.

I see no reason why a basketball program with the storied history of Kentucky wouldn't want a space dedicated to a museum (which I presume would be visitor focused) to celebrate its program.

Theoretically it could help drive revenue to pay for these things rather than flat out asking for donations.

The museum at Allen Fieldhouse is beautiful and a nice touch when you're attending a game there. Kentucky is at that same level, so a museum isn't a crazy idea for them to pursue.

 

[TheHall87]

The museum at Allen Fieldhouse is beautiful and a nice touch when you're attending a game there. Kentucky is at that same level, so a museum isn't a crazy idea for them to pursue.

I agree. The surprise is they don't already have one given the history of UK basketball.