Get Awake And Active On The Field, Sniff Hockey Smelling Salts
Every football or hockey player who enters the field dreams of making a professional mark in the world of sports. Some plan on making a living by excelling in the sport and many take to the sport for the love of it. Opportunity decides their future and these sportsmen gear up to play in famous teams and earn the fortune they desired all their loves.
When a sportsman enters the field he needs to have game intelligence, physical fitness, a strong mind-set and technique. Self-motivation and quick wakefulness are automatically triggered if the hockey player sniffs on the Hockey Smelling Salts for an added splash of consciousness. The hockey player intensely sniffs at something held under the nose and with the inhalation the eyes start to dilate. Famous athletes are seen using hockey smelling salts before an important game.
People have a misconception about these inhalants because they feel it might be inhalation of drugs, but this is not so. The player smells ammonia gas which is not a performance booster. The salts startle the person into instant wakefulness, and prompt him to breathe deeply so that more oxygen enters into the nostrils and lungs. Only a second’s whiff is enough to increase the alertness. The salts have the capability of reviving an injured player out of his stupor as well.
The colourless gas is inhaled, and the nasal and lungs mucosa gets irritated. The nervous system gets stimulated and muscles controlling process of breathing start to work rapidly. The player may suddenly feel the lapsing strength has been renewed. This is purely because the oxygen levels in the body have increased because of the faster respiration rate. The CO2 is thrown out at a faster rate and the body feels rejuvenated and active because of the increased heart rate. The weakness and fatigue is dissipated and the blood circulation is improved in a natural manner with increased breathing.
The gasping reflex is typical after a sniff of the smelling salts and this is why the breathing gets hyped up and the person feels conscious and aroused. This "pick me up" pre-game stimulant is the ideal for a situation when the player starts to fall back in the game. With the inhalants the natural body process takes over the performance. The medical, trainer’s kit and gym bags of the athletes or their team manager often carry cold sprays, sponges and a pouch with the ammonia inhalants.
The ammonia gas forces the person to breath in more deeply and automatically makes a person alert. The nostrils start to flare; nose wrinkles and the eyes start to water incessantly because of the pungent smell of the harmless Hockey Ammonia. Don’t laugh at the funny faces of the players, because they are in the "flight-fight response state", remember they are just breathing faster and better and feeling more energetic than before! The ice hockey players will surely shine their best with the increased brain activity, elevated heart rate and lifted blood pressure.