Wired: How Videogames Trained a Generation of Athletes

Today’s football players have an edge that no athletes before them have possessed: They’ve played more football than any cohort in history. Even with the rise of year-round training, full-contact practice time on the field hasn’t increased — in fact, it has actually gone down, as coaches have tried to limit the physical punishment that the game exacts. But video games, especially the ubiquitousMadden NFL, now allow athletes of all ages to extend their training beyond their bodies.  Read more…