"If you do, you'll get your men down too fine.

Now, there's almost more danger in having your men overtrained than in having them undertrained.
Your men can be trained too hard and go stale." "I've heard of that," Dick nodded thoughtfully.
"Yes," continued coach, "and I've seen school teams that suffered from training down too fine.

Boys can't stand it.

They haven't as much flesh in training down hard, and they haven't as much endurance as college men, who are older.

Captain, you will train your men lightly, three afternoons a week.