Why are athletes fatigued if they play two games in a single week?

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I’ve heard teams saying the players were fatigued and couldn’t play the second game as well, but didn’t they have a two or 3 day break between the games? Why isn’t that enough time to recover? I’d think one night would be enough to sleep, eat, and re-energize.

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Just curious, have you played sports at a higher level? Speaking from experience (hockey and soccer) it can easily take 2-3 days to recover even with stretching, icy hot, ice baths, etc. it’s prob easier to understand when you’ve experienced it, and I can only imagine it’s much harder on the body once you get to the professional level

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