The Performance Edge
A parents guide to discover & leverage science-backed principles of health, wellness, and performance to navigate & support your competitive or high-performance athlete!
Introducing The Performance Edge
A parents guide to science-backed principles for supporting health, performance, and success in competitive & high performance sport.
The Role of Parenting Your Athlete in High Performance Sport
The Role of Parenting Your Athlete in High Performance Sports:A parents guide to understanding your role in supporting your high performer!
What is the Difference Between Competitive & High Performance Sport
Understanding the distinctions between competitive, high-performance, and elite sport levels is essential to providing the right support and guidance.
Playoffs bring intensity, stress and pressure. They also bring meaning! As we enter into the final stretch of the traditional fall/winter sports...
“Discipline is a love letter to your future self." If your athlete starts the day dysregulated, distracted, or drained, their performance is already...
If you’re the parent of a competitive or high-performance athlete, you’ve probably seen it before. Your athlete looks physically fine - but...
As we move into the new year, many fall and winter sports are reaching a natural checkpoint. The holidays often mark the halfway point of the season...
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” — William James In high-performance sport, it’s not always a...
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Almost everyone who's spent time around competitive sport has seen the gap this describes. Two...
Tryouts are different. You aren’t just playing your sport - you’re being evaluated while you play...
As a new season approaches, athletes usually know exactly what they’ve done to...