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What we can learn from Cirque du Soleil How do you survive 400+ performances a year? 400 elite, exacting, sometime dangerous, mindboggling performances a year! How do you not only survive 400+ performances a year but maintain or even improve performance all while staying injury free??? Well, Teamwork, Culture and a Hyper Focus on the […] The post Episode 18-3: Elite Culture = Elite Performance appeared first on Radio Influence.

What is happening in sports today? Incredible stuff that’s what. Have you ever wondered where great athletes come from or how they actually happen? What did they do that allowed them to go on to achieve greatness in sport? Coaches, Researchers, Scouts and GM’s have been trying to answer this question ever since competitive sport […] The post The Best of the Best: How do Great Athletes Happen? appeared first on Radio Influence.

Welcome to Season 18 of Krush Performance Radio. As the hockey season gets underway and NHL camps open we kick off season 18 of Krush Performance talking hockey with the Medical and Performance Staff of the Edmonton Oilers. Hockey player development is a multifaceted process that requires attention to skill training, physical and mental conditioning, […] The post Power Play: Hockey Talk With The Edmonton Oilers appeared first on Radio Influence.

Play Ball! The baseball season is upon us and as games kick off there is one thing that I can guarantee, Sport Medicine Clinics Coast to Coast will be Flooded with Elbow and Shoulder Injuries. One of the Greatest Issues in Sport Today, The Injury Trends In Baseball. And not just at the professional level […] The post Episode 24-09: Play Ball – Solving Injuries in Baseball appeared first on Radio Influence.

Are you ready for the change? Are you prepared for new sports, the move from indoor to outdoor or transitioning from the snow & cold to the warm weather? With the spring comes a time of transition and you had better be prepared. Look at any of the major sports and you will see a […] The post Episode 24-08: Spring Break – Are You Ready? appeared first on Radio Influence.

Just how long does it take to become a Top Performer? There is an Ebb and Flow to Athlete Development, its a Long Game and there are No Short Cuts! We know the process of athlete and player development operates on a timeline. Unfortunately, if the timeline becomes skewed and/or corrupt you have NO chance […] The post Episode 24-07: The Long Game appeared first on Radio Influence.

“Over the Counter Sleep Aids are Useless for sleep…there is Limited evidence that any of them work…more concerning they are Sedating and Blunt Performance – That’s not what we are looking for in an Athlete..” In this episode, we go back into the Krush Archives to revisit an all important conversation with Krush Favorite Dr. […] The post Episode 24-06: Sleep Aids – The Dark Truth appeared first on Radio Influence.

Context is defined as: “the interrelated conditions in which something exists or occurs.” I use the concept of context all the time in our performance programming and its very important for a number of reasons. When building programs for our athletes I call it Player Context. Player Context is a picture in time that tells […] The post Episode 24-05: Context: For Optimizing Athlete and Player Development appeared first on Radio Influence.

It was predicted that over 110 million people were going to sit down to watch the Super Bowl LVIII. It’s a staggering number – and the very reason companies are willing to pay $7 million to air a 30 second commercial…. probably money well spent in the big picture. Today we dive back into the […] The post Episode 24-04: Questions From the Krusher’s & The Greatest Show in Sport appeared first on Radio Influence.

In sport there is a fine line between pushing the limits of performance and managing the risks of fatigue, burnout and injury. It’s a balancing act and one that requires short term adjustments and Long-Term planning. Its like a dance, moving smoothly between the rhythms of training and competition between work, recovery, and regeneration. Every […] The post Episode 24-03: The Recovery Game: Athlete Management appeared first on Radio Influence.

The Krush Theme for 2024 is…Perception….. Perception and our understanding of perception may be the next critical step in pushing human performance forward. I think that perception might be the very fabric on which human performance is weaved. It has implications that go to the very roots of who we are, who we will become […] The post Episode 24-02: Perception appeared first on Radio Influence.

The Number one Challenge people face? When their Goals and Objectives, their Expectations don’t meet up with Reality. That is a BIG Challenge. Its frustrating, disheartening, discouraging…and TOTALLY AVOIDABLE! On this Episode of Krush Performance we usher in 2024 with Krush Hall of Famer: the World’s #1 Coach of Champions, Jim Fannin. There is no […] The post Episode 24-01: 2024 The Future Awaits appeared first on Radio Influence.

Look Back to Learn, Look Forward to Plan and above all else know where you are at Right Now… be in the Moment. This is exactly how we operate here at Krush Performance and for good reason. This week we look back on this past year and some of the great conversations that have helped […] The post Episode 23-30: All of All of Us – No One Does it Alone appeared first on Radio Influence.

Is there a difference between Highly Successful People and Highly Competitive People? When you look at the research & data there appears to a difference – a very interesting difference. Highly successful people are …well…MUCH more successful than highly competitive people. The Question then must be WHY. Why is it that Highly competitive people don’t […] The post Episode 23-29: Creating Coachable Players: Successful vs Competitive People appeared first on Radio Influence.

Coach Belichick once said “Good Players can’t overcome bad coaching. Its impossible” Great Quote and I agree 100%. But just how much of a difference can good coaching make? And then I guess we have to ask – what exactly IS good coaching? The Great coaches and leaders clearly understand their strengths and they also […] The post Episode 23-28: Coaching Change…WHY????? appeared first on Radio Influence.

In a world where they say anything is possible you have to leave no stone unturned if you intend to make the unthinkable, the unlikely or the impossible…possible. Sport Scientists proclaimed with all of their knowledge and might that humans would Never be able to run a 4-minute mile or a sub 2-hour marathon. Done […] The post Episode 23-27: The Mafia & Sport – Looking Back to Learn appeared first on Radio Influence.

In sport there is real hardcore science that is shining light on areas of human performance and guiding us to a better understanding of athlete development and ultimately to new heights of achievement. But the science is one thing. Knowing how to utilize it in the real world of athlete and player development and competition […] The post Episode 23-26: The Science of Extraordinary Performance – Looking Back to Learn appeared first on Radio Influence.

We always say look back to learn – look forward to plan – and make sure that right now you are in the moment. It is the only way to operate if you want to be a top performer. There is no question you need to learn and learning how to learn from your experiences, […] The post Episode 23-25: Unlocking Team Chemistry – Looking Back to Learn appeared first on Radio Influence.

When it comes to athlete programming, we have three top priorities that guide our entire approach to athlete training and player development: · Injury Prevention · Longevity · Performance In sport however there’s a problem. We get caught up on Performance and more times than not stuck there… it’s a dangerous game to play if […] The post Episode 23-24: Longevity In Sport appeared first on Radio Influence.

At his top speed a certain National league hockey player would not be able to skate through a school zone without getting a speeding ticket…! Hockey is the fastest show on ice, well the Fastest team show on ice anyway. I mean you have events like ice sailing, ice ski doo racing, even ice motor […] The post Episode 23-23: Puck Drop & Late Arrivals appeared first on Radio Influence.