Spring Championships, Athlete Management & The Compound Effect
What an incredible spring in the world of sport! If there was ever a time for a Krush Performance breakdown, it is right now.
In this episode, we breakdown the NHL and NBA postseasons and Championship and look at what can we learn from the incredible St. Louis Blues in the NHL and the Toronto Raptors run to the NBA Championship.
We talk athlete management, what exactly load management is, and how is it going to change how teams operate and what fans need to be aware of. What you do today impacts you going forward. What is the compound effect in player and athlete development?
Also, we discuss recovery and talk with Krush favorite Cheri Mah and how they are predicting which teams will lose. Is this why the NBA altered its schedule?
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Till Next Week,
Jeff
Organizational Performance & Individual Potential w/Jon Gordon
What do great organizations do that others don’t?
What do individual top performers do that others don’t?
This week, we find out as we attack the process of building organizational performance.
Building performance cultures and organizational performance is one of our main themes for 2019 and today, I take a deep-dive into this process with Jon Gordon, speaker, consultant, and author of 17 books.
Jon’s story alone is worth the listen. His path to where he is today is not only inspirational but it is real and he is now sharing his story and his great insights and information to some of the world’s top businesses, sport teams and organizations all over the world.
We’ll also talk specialization in sport and look at your odds of landing an NCAA athletic scholarship or going pro.
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Till Next Week,
Jeff
Krushing Anxiety – Stress & Pressure & The Mental Game for Elite Performance
Stress, pressure, and anxiety are all around us and learning to deal with them is an important skill. We like to get all of our performers to the point where they are making these traditional negatives work to their advantage.
Today on the show, I talk with Dana Santas of Mobility Maker about some of the strategies she uses to help her clients cope and deal with anxiety and stress and we discuss her Mindset Reboot Program. You can have a look at her website Mobilitymaker.com. This program works and you can use it for the rest of time.
Also, as my NHL playoff pool was totally annihilated in the first round of the play-offs, I wanted to dive into one of the most intriguing positions on the ice…goal-tending. We talk with John Stevenson of Zone Performance about the mental game of sport and how you can fine tune it for a position like goal-tending and we discuss his new program: Play Out of Your Mind – for Goalies.
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As always, if you have a topic you would like us to investigate get to us at Krushperformance.com and, keep yourself on the cutting edge of human performance Subscribe to the Krush podcast and sign up for our weekly Newsletter while you are there.
Till Nest Week,
Jeff
Krush Rant And Roll – Talent & Development
What can we learn from the world’s top performers? Are we doing enough to support our developing athletes? If we look at the upcoming MLB and NBA amateur drafts, the NHL Draft Combine, and the NFL Draft, what can we learn?
Where do these great young talents come from?
What did they do to arrive at the very top of the sporting world’s talent pools?
What can we learn from them and others who managed to navigate their way through the labyrinth of developmental sport?
We discuss these questions and others and you might be surprised at some of the answers.
We do know that where you come from can have a significant influence on your development and for reasons you might not imagine. The path to greatness is as unique as the individual but there are fundamentals that need to be addressed along the way and they can give you a significant advantage.
And, I share with you a rare Krush Rant. We received a great question in the Krush Mailbag and I addressed it on terrestrial radio last week. I wanted to share it with you to see if you agree with me or if you vote me off the island…have a listen and let me know what you think.
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Till Next Week,
Go Get Better
Jeff
Slow The Game Down & Improve Your Performance Right Now
Vision may be one of the most underestimated, maybe misunderstood and certainly one of the most powerful influencers on your Performance. It is also one of the most under-trained areas of athlete development.
Today, we talk about your vision and how training vision can impact your performance right now.
I am joined by Krush Favorite, Ryan Harrison of Slow The Game Down, to discuss the myths and misconceptions surrounding sport vision and what you need to know to impact your performance right now.
This Episode of Krush Performance is dedicated to Ryan’s father, Dr. Bill Harrison, a true sport pioneer who’s life long dedication to sport vision has made us all better.
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Jeff
Injuries, Burnout, And The Velocity Trap!
What would you say if I said, “We are destroying more Talent than we are creating?” Could it be possible? How do I justify even saying such things??
On this week’s episode, we take a look at the first month of Major League Baseball and we talk player development, injuries, prevention, and player health with Jamie Reed, Senior Director Medical Operations for the Texas Rangers.
While youth sport is experiencing a disturbing trend in dropout rates, they are at an all-time high in youth sport. The injury rates in the game of baseball are as disturbing from the grassroots game right up to the Big Leagues.
We discuss the injury trends in baseball, why they are happening, and what you can do to protect yourself and your players:
- What are the top priorities in staying healthy?
- Why Specialization in Baseball is a VERY risky move.
- We’ll look at new Turf Technology and we discuss:
- Could where you live impact your development and your risk of injury?
Get set for another fast-paced informative jam packed episode of Krush Performance.
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Till Next Week,
Jeff
The NFL Draft & Who Is The Best Multi Sport Athlete Of All Time?
This week on Krush Performance, we take a look at the NFL Draft and discuss why we feel it’s way too early to look at the hits and misses. It’s time for this new talent pool to go out and prove themselves worthy of an NFL roster. We’ll break down the historic first over all pick Kyler Murray as he sparks our conversation into how professional and collegiate teams alike are trending towards recruiting multi sport athletes.
Also, we ask the question, who is the best Multi Sport Athlete of all Time?
Finally we’ll also discuss new innovations in sporting equipment as we record this week’s episode of Krush Performance live from the Grand Opening of United Sport And Cycle’s first community store.
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Till Next Week,
Go Get Better
Jeff
Sleep Performance With Dr. Charles Samuels
If you want to perform at your best, reduce risk of injury and just feel better…..Get Your Sleep! This week, I talk with Krush favorite Dr. Charles Samuels, Medical Director of the Center for Sleep & Human Performance.
Join me as we take a deep dive into how we can help athletes get better sleep as we discuss why the innovative Athlete Sleep Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ) is a much better option than other sleep screening programs and we discuss:
- How travel can wreak havoc on your performance.
- We’ll talk about managing athletes for international competition.
- Beyond sport, how shift work impacts performance: Police, First Responders our Military and all of us who are on the job.
- Technologies roll in monitoring & managing sleep – Good or Bad?
- For all gamers….. The top E-Sport teams are looking to sport science for help in making sure their top players perform are performing at their very best – takeaways for all gamers, parents, coaches & employers.
Also, I kick this episode off looking at this incredible spring sport performance.
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So, get ready to get your sleep! This is a Krush Episode to share with friends, family, teammates, and co-workers!
Till Next Week,
Jeff
Spring Sports & The Krush Mail Bag
On this week’s episode of Krush Performance, we have a jam packed show as I look at and break down all of the spring madness that’s been going down in the world of sport here recently.
I also go into the Krush Mail Bag to answer questions from you our listeners:
I’ll talk about how specialization impacts development can work against athletes and answer a great question about dealing with Anxiety and Stress.
Also, I pose the question: What do you feel are the most important factors in creating organizational success?
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Till Next Time
Jeff
Experts vs. Masters with Jim Fannin
There are those who are good. There are those who are great. Then, there are The Masters.
The Masters are those special few who have separated themselves from the rest in terms of their ability to perform and execute their craft better than anyone, seemingly, at will.
It’s said that where an expert expects to do well, a Master KNOWS.
Today, I talk with America’s Zone Coach and Krush Favorite, Jim Fannin, as we take a look back on an incredible weekend at Augusta National and discuss what we can take away from Tigers return to the top of the field at The Masters.
Whether you are a fan of golf or not, a fan of Tiger or not, there is so much we can learn from what unraveled at Augusta and it has implications that go well beyond sport. We talk with Jim about Tiger’s climb back from rock bottom in virtually every aspect of his life, personal, physical, mental and professional to find his way back to the top of his field. It is a story for the ages and a story that provides hope for anyone who has fallen or lost their way….. you can Battle Back!
Also, from golf we go to the other end of the sport spectrum as we discuss the 123rd Running of the Boston Marathon and our quest for the sub two-hour marathon. Is it humanly possible? We think it is.
What do you think? Let us know and enjoy this week’s episode of Krush Performance.
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Till Next Time – Go Get Better
Jeff
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