--- title: Sleep for growing and for playing well — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Sleep for growing and for playing well», a lesson of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Sleep isn't a break from training, it is the part of training where the body does its building: muscles repair the tiny strains of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/56-sleep-for-growing-and-for-playing-well/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/) / Sleep for growing and for playing well # Sleep for growing and for playing well Lesson 56 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school: 16 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/56-sleep-for-growing-and-for-playing-well/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/56-sleep-for-growing-and-for-playing-well/0/) — Sleep isn't a break from training, it is the part of training where the body does its building: muscles repair the tiny strains of the day, the brain stores the new skills, and growth hormone is let out in deep sleep. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/56-sleep-for-growing-and-for-playing-well/2/) — Callum, a keeper from Newcastle, «kipped» (slept) six hours and says «Howay man, I'm buzzing» (Geordie for come on, I'm full of energy), then dives late three times, because a tired brain is slow before tired legs are. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/56-sleep-for-growing-and-for-playing-well/3/) — Short nights add up like a debt, a big Saturday lie-in can't pay a whole week back, and late cola, long afternoon naps and «no rest days» all steal from the sleep that turns practice into fitness. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/56-sleep-for-growing-and-for-playing-well/4/) — Children aged 6 to 12 need about 9 to 12 hours of sleep a night, more than most adults, who need about 7 to 9. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/56-sleep-for-growing-and-for-playing-well/5/) — During sleep the body repairs used muscles and the brain sorts and stores what happened in the day, including new skills. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/56-sleep-for-growing-and-for-playing-well/6/) — Most growth hormone is released in deep sleep, mostly early in the night; sleep helps you reach the height your genes allow, but it can't make you taller than that. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/56-sleep-for-growing-and-for-playing-well/7/) — One sleep cycle lasts about 90 minutes, and a night has several of them. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/56-sleep-for-growing-and-for-playing-well/8/) — One bad night before a big game usually does little harm, because excitement helps on the day; a whole week of short nights hurts much more. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/56-sleep-for-growing-and-for-playing-well/9/) — Missed sleep adds up as sleep debt; a weekend lie-in helps a little but can't repay a whole week and makes Sunday night harder. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/56-sleep-for-growing-and-for-playing-well/10/) — A tired brain reacts more slowly and makes worse choices, which keepers, goalies and batters notice first. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/56-sleep-for-growing-and-for-playing-well/11/) — In a study reported from Stanford, college basketball players who slept longer for several weeks shot free throws more accurately. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/56-sleep-for-growing-and-for-playing-well/12/) — Studies of young athletes reported more injuries in those who slept less than about 8 hours. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/56-sleep-for-growing-and-for-playing-well/13/) — A short nap of about 20 minutes early in the afternoon can refresh you; a long late nap makes night sleep harder. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/56-sleep-for-growing-and-for-playing-well/14/) — For early training you need an early bedtime: count back from your alarm the hours you need. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/56-sleep-for-growing-and-for-playing-well/15/) — Caffeine in cola, tea and energy drinks blocks sleepiness, and about half of it is still in the body about 5 hours later. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/56-sleep-for-growing-and-for-playing-well/16/) — Muscles get stronger while they repair during rest, so rest days are part of a training plan. - ← previous: [Food myths and fads](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/55-food-myths-and-fads/) - next →: [Gaming nights and the morning after](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/57-gaming-nights-and-the-morning-after/) - ↑ back to [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/)