“Just go out there and relax.”
Most coaches have said that to their team at one point or another, or in some cases before every game. And chances are good that later on you are going to ask those same players to have more intensity. [Read more…]
Elite Athletes Track Their Sleep. Shouldn’t You?
One of DRIVN’s more popular features is the Trackers, which provides coaches and athletes a way to monitor, record and chart data to help maximize performance.
Are a couple of the team’s athletes more fatigued than the others? Is muscle soreness an issue within the team? Is the stress level higher at one point in the season than others? It’s easy to understand how those factors can be important to the performance of an individual or team.
But what about sleep? The amount of sleep your players are getting is also measured through DRIVN’s trackers. Is sleep really that important? [Read more…]
Lawnmower Parents Hurt Player Development
You’ve heard of Helicopter Parents, right? If not, they are the parents that hover over their children to the point of smothering.
These parents are common in sports. They are in near-constant contact with the coach, they pack and carry their kid’s bag, and they never have to tell their child to remember something because they’ve already taken care of it. [Read more…]