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IJSC's Dave Hit I ? * Footb By Christopher Simpson Oamtcock Staff Writ* With the pressure of playing f big time college football scheduU at USC being so great, perhaps th< most underrated member o: vui suy squau is neaa irainer JL?av< Huffsteller. "I see my job as the preventior of injuries and the rehabilitation o an injury if it does occur," Huff i |M.Wrr^ \ i ft i^frrt i rnrL-'K. ^^^h?hSSn * i^Jx&ntBs&k ^ JgBHy steller said. "The prevention o injuries mainly concerns th< j proper fitting of equipment, whili rehabilitation could be anythin] from a simple whirlpool to i complex rebuilding program tha could last several months." Although fully staffed with si: assistants, the head Carolina r . o? un I tlif w I ^ t DOUB t I *2 a* ^ Students 5% t jj. 0, " ~ ! | I Abe and oil ci i I B|??i UP TO 5 QUARTS |(&||f 10W 30 0IL I L WHEEL , i alignment Royal I K & RADIA1 ' Bp Gervait St. ffsteller all trainer trainer aIwavs tn Havp mnrp than enough work to do. i "My normal day starts at 7 a.m. ; and usually ends around 9:30 at ; night," he said. "This enf compasses a routine check of the ; players every morning at The Roost, a four hour stint in the i medical center, afternoon practice f and evening rehabilitation and equipment maintenance." r 'I prefer natural grass. rv wur experience is | we have more bad injuries that wouldn't occur on grass...* USC Head Trainer Dave Huffsteller f b Born and raised near Knoxville, e Tenn., Huffsteller attended ; Maryville (Tenn.) College and a played wingback on the football t team. While attending college though, it Huffsteller was involved in a car a accident. ROYAL WITH r-IT-SNOW SPECIALS GERROMf LE FIBERGLASS 5 WHITEWALIS m78 >3 whitewoii r>|? A COD tubeiess plus $1 71 w 1% ** >vR F E I nn<i tif? nff ^ yOur CQf O Plus F.B.T. GERFXMf EL/GLAS BELTED DIAL WHITEWALLS |C" rfjj Bf?78 13 whilewai jf Q 9 O 'ubofoss plus SI 99 F E T and tire oft && your cor HANGE | FOUR H/ $088 SHOCK O 1NSTALLEI % 1 ^95 WHEEL I Z BALAN . IIKfcW. 'OR SERVICE (N?xt to S&$ ColoUrli b 799-9060 Discount with I.D takes go< The wreck left him with two severely broken legs. "This ended my athletic career very abruptly," Huffsteller said. "I was involved in extensive therapy for almost a year and during that time I became in terested in being a trainer." AFTER RECEIVING a degree in health education at Maryvllle, Huffsteller attended Indiana University pursuing his masters degree in physical therapy. He then worked at Eastern Kentucky University and Baylor before he came to USC in 1971. It was during this period of time that USC and then-coach Paul Dietzel decided to replace the existing grass at Williams-Brice Stadium with an artificial surface. The move still disturbs Huffsteller. "I prefer natural grass," he said. "Our experience is we have more bad injuries, knees and cartledge, that wouldn't occur on grass." The USC trainer explained the reason for the decision for installing Astroturf; "in 1971, AT (Astroturf) was untested," he said. USC, as all schools, felt AT would reduce injuries." Unfortunately for USC, time has proved just the opposite. As a result, Huffsteller and the coaching staff have imDlementeri a program to curb Astroturf related injuries. umR^L SIZE PBICi FIT. j B7I1J 29.n VI2 D7t 14 30.41 2 07 E7I 14 31.41 2. W f-HH jj " 2 34 G70 14 15.5# j47 G 71-15 M-44 24J M7H4 MM 2 70 i H7I15 39 2fl 2 77 J7I 15 40.99 2M A CXW DHrt ' ( T O""] I '?? O" re* tIZi ERICfr M.T. DR7I 14 45.11 2 33 ER78 14 45 49 2 40 FR7| 14 49.42 2 M GR78 14 51.37 2 74 GR7I 15 52.54 2 K4 HR7I 14 5473 2.94 HR7I 15 54.74 3.03 i LR7? 15 41.44 334 A (*<? c*j? 11 T and hre oil you cor S *44" ) $ J50 CE ? TERMS AVAILABLE OPEN: a-5 Mon.-Fri. l] 8-12 Saturday _\ m *Jvv ^ od care o ? "We don't practice in the stadium during the week," Huffsteller said. "The coaching staff here is super, the best I've seen as far as prevention of injuries is concerned. The drills we use in practice and on the Astroturf are Hpcidn^r) fn rwlllpp nlAvor in inrinc UV?.e..VV .V . v?.vv faMJv* while improving player skills." One of the most important aspects of avoiding injuries is the selection of the proper shoe to be worn by the players. This is another of Huffsteller's seemingly never ending duties. IN PROPER shoe selection we're mainly concerned with the weather conditions at game time, the player's health and the position he plays," Huffsteller explained. "In most cases, if the weather is dry at game time, the Carolina team uses a flat soled shoe, similar to a tennis shoe. In wet weather the team switches to a short rubber GN m o OKT BRONZCS ttONGWriRG & hr\tt/^m i r\i j r\ | K^U It-kY DY O DISTINCTNG J0 AS WGLL AS A fir S LGCTION Of I IN X~S. I I / bUI-K <2736 D( Ut I it' p 0k 5' * '\.*v^N ? : -5 yv*s L ' 7. .;? <** y .- " '** jj< v "- ; . --a yiz S. a, ' - ... . ' r ;. V . ? SaoSr'/ X - ; y ; fplayers cleated shoe which allows better traction and less slippage." A major area of concern recently has been the use of pain killers on college football players. Ex^ plaining Carolina's policy on drug use, Huffsteller emphatically states, "we never use pain killers. Pain can be very beneficial by telling us if the player is doing more damage to further harm his body. Without this warning signal we'd never know if he was until it was too late," Huffsteller explained. With today's college football programs often referred to as merely a business, the pressure put on the players to win has intensified over the last two decades. "Yes it's a business " HnffstplW ! said. "But the pressure we see is not from the players or the staff, but the fans. Ten or fifteen years ago this rarely existed, today fan pressure makes all our jobs much tougher." RIGINrtL ... I ?????? k. \\ OLGRI BGLLS^ PORCGWIN J mm / ^GLRV . . . MPORTGD GI^TT imni :vime 9T. ? f^ROn 5 PTS.) felted ''.'V GOOD . i ^THROUGHOUT * i%TH S rf90M ? WITH TH ^hoHcnidm ; t HOLIDAY b 1 VOYDrtV J W dB fe^TtfiUrw?.,, .tJ