Five-a-side, Sunday league, amateur and semi-pro
First to every ball starts the night before.
Training Tuesday and Thursday, a match Saturday, five-a-side on a Wednesday when the knees allow it. Football is sprints, turns and contact, and the recovery from it happens in bed. Most players never think about the bed.
Your day
Ninety minutes, eight hours
Pace, touch and decisions all drop when you are short of sleep. The opposition will notice before you do.
A match is hundreds of accelerations and decelerations. Hamstrings, groins and calves take the load, and they repair overnight. Turn up on Saturday off two bad nights and you are slower to the ball, later to the tackle and first on the physio’s list.
The Zero Gravity layer takes the pressure off hips and shoulders so you stop shifting, and the pocket springs keep you level. Cooler tops mean you actually get the deep sleep, not just the hours.
Why it matters
What better sleep does on the pitch
Sprint speed and reaction
Sleep-extended athletes sprint faster and react quicker in studies. It is the cheapest performance gain there is.
Hamstrings
Soft-tissue injuries cluster around short sleep. The stretching helps; the sleep helps more.
Second half
Fatigue decisions lose games. Rested players make the right pass in the eighty-fifth minute.
The Zero Gravity range
Built for deep sleep, not just hours
Our own Signature Beds range, made in Britain. Four mattresses that share one idea: take the pressure off, keep you cool, keep you level, so you stay in the deep stages of sleep where recovery actually happens.
The Zero Gravity layer spreads your weight across the whole surface instead of loading the hips and shoulders, so you shift less and stay in deep sleep longer.
Zero Tex and gel-infused tops are built not to hold heat. Core temperature has to drop for the body to go into deep sleep; a hot mattress fights that all night.
Pocket springs move independently under you. Whatever you did to your back today, it is not being held in a bend for eight hours.
Made to order in around two weeks. Every one is on the showroom floor in Clydebank to lie on for as long as it takes to be sure.
Our pick for you
Two to start with
Both on the floor in Clydebank. Prices are for a single; doubles and kings are on each product page. Every mattress in the range is made to order in around two weeks.
Ted 1000
Medium, balanced, strong edge. The all-round pick for a player who wants support without firmness, and it has a 5-year guarantee.
- 1000 pocket springs, encapsulated edge
- Zero Gravity plus recyclable comfort layer
- Micro-quilted finish
- 5-year guarantee
Nevis 1000
Medium with the cooling Zero Tex top, for the ones who come home from a match still running hot.
- 1000 pocket springs, edge to edge
- Zero Gravity comfort layer
- Zero Tex cooling top, non-heat-retentive
- No-turn, rotate only
Try before you buy
Ten minutes on it beats any review
Lie on each one, in the position you sleep in, for as long as you like. Family-run showroom above the Co-op in Clydebank, Monday to Saturday 9 to 5. 0% finance over up to 12 months.
Clydebank FC supporters and players: come in and say so. We sponsor the Bankies and we look after our own.