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What is The Cost Of Playing The Game
We talk with Michael Traikos of the National Post and his 5 part series looking at the industry that has formed around player development in minor hockey and the rising cost of playing the game:

The average hockey family spends $3000.00/yr and if your young players is a AAA player the costs rise to 10- $15000.
What is the impact of year round hockey – more bad than good??
The cost of academies some with tuitions exceeding $50,000/yr and what is the price tag of raising the next great hockey star

This week on Krush Performance Radio we are joined by a Krush favorite, the Coach of Champions, Jim Fannin. We talk about some of the fundamentals behind championship performance. Jim & I discuss:

The ZONE: What is it & how can you harness its power at will.
The 90sec Rule: How it can impact the level of your performance.
How Champions Think Differently: And they do think differently – you can as well.
And The 3 Levels of Confidence: Belief, Expectancy & Knowing

You see there are those who Believe they can do it – and that is okay, there are those who expect to get it done – showing some self efficacy which is commendable, and then there are those who flat out know they can get it done – this is a Powerful Place to be and this is where The Champions hangout!

In this episode of Krush Performance – get Krusher’s last minute holiday shopping survival strategy as he lays out his play book step by step.
And Krusher looks back on two of his favorite interviews from 2015 – these are must listen interviews for athletes, parents, teachers and coaches:
On Sept 9th Krusher was joined by David Epstein author of “The Sports Gene- Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance” discussing the roll of genetics, environment, and the matrix of team performance.

And back on May 20th we were joined by Krush Favorite Dr. Jacques Dallaire of Performance Prime to discuss his new book “Helping Kids Perform- Mental Skills that every Parent, Teacher & Coach should Master”. This is another Krush Must Read shedding light on the issues that are impacting your child’s ability to perform – and this applies to any form of expertise – academics, music, games and most certainly sport.

This week on Krush Performance we look at Great gift ideas for that athlete on your Christmas list.
And, as we get set for our annual Krush “Stuff Your Stocking” Giveaway we talk with some of this years contributors as Jeff lines up his top gift ideas and gets ready to give it all away on Dec. 16th – we practically do your shopping for you.
Today we talk with Blair Schular from the Glen Sather Sports Medicine Clinic about recover and injury prevention and the gift of Massage therapy and 3D Gait analysis for runners.
John MacDonald of Outdoor Gear Canada joins us to talk about the gift of head protection and some of the cutting edge technology going into Helmets.
And we talk with Michael Cummings from SKLZ about some of our favorite gift ideas for the athlete this season the gift of performance in the Recoil 360 & Lateral Resistor Pro.

In this episode of Krush performance we talk about Improving Athlete Safety with two Krush Favorites.
Blair Schular from the Glen Sather Sports Medicine Clinic & Dr. Martin Mrazik about head injuries in sport and how the education and understanding we now have in regard to head injuries and concussions is changing the way we manage players in game and in rehab. An interesting look at the latest information on concussions in sport.

Your Mom always said “You are what you eat” and she was right on many levels.

Nutrition is one of the most important factors in maintaining general health and it’s critical for performance and recovery in sport. The foods and fluids we consume impact absolutely every single function in our bodies.

So why do we have so many problems when it comes to our diets?
It seems like a complicated science based practice – but we’re here to tell you it’s not all that hard to get it right.  In this episode of Krush Performance we lay out nutrition for general health with experts from Revive Wellness Inc. and we dive into what 24 hours of performance nutrition looks like.

This week on Krush Performance we address one of the Top Performance Factors in Sport & Human Development – REST & RECOVERY.
R&R is the top priority & the marker that we construct all of our performance programs around. Inside of R&R, SLEEP is the #1 consideration when it comes to overall programming for our athletes.
We build each & every program based on the amount & quality of rest & recovery an athlete gets on any given day, week or month. The first thing we program is sleep & nap times from here we program everything else the athlete needs to accomplish.

Dr. Charles Samuels of the Center for Sleep & Human Performance joins us to discuss:
* The importance of sleep   * How much sleep you really need   * The dangers of over the counter & prescription sleep aids
* And, why it is absolutely critical for you to shut down your smart phones, tablets & computers at least 2 hours before sleep

Recent reports on sport agent scams moved me to report on the topic, we are joined in studio by Manny Schmidt of Link Management International and certified NHL player agent to discuss the roll of the sport agent, who needs an agent and the questions you should be asking to get the right agent or agency for you and to protect yourself from the dark side of the industry.
Here are a two of articles that put us on the Sport Agent case:

Police arrest felon in alleged sports agent scam CHRIS MEYERS | The Journal Gazette  http://goo.gl/BqVULH
SPORTAGENTBLOG.COM
Baseball ‘Agent’ Sued for Fraud by Yankees Minor League Player  HTTP://GOO.GL/8BFAIE

Krusher has a fantastic conversation with Chris Woodward, the Infield Coach from the Seattle Mariners, Former Blue Jay & Yankee player. They talk Performance Cultures, Talent & Skill Development, leadership and impact people in sport.

An all important episode of Krush Performance as we are joined by Krush favorite Dr. Martin Mrazik as we talk injuries in sport and look at strategies for prevention, assessment, management, recovery & re-turn to play.
Even though we are nuts about injury prevention in our programming injuries are going to happen….it’s inevitable.
We know all about physical preparation and readiness for sport but today we discuss the power of the mind and the psychological factors involved in Sports Injuries, Injury Prevention, Healing and Return to Play.