Krush Performance

It is a great time of year as schedules get back on track, school returns, the world of sport is hopping, and fall is almost upon us. It’s a time to regroup, refocus, and steel your mind on the things that you need to do in order to reach your goals and objectives.

Today, we look at one of the mysteries of Human Performance: Motivation.

We go to one of the top Krush Conversations as we talked with Dan Pink about his book “Drive,” his TED talk, “The Puzzle of Motivation,” and his research on the mismatch between what science knows and what organizations do when it comes to motivation.

What motivates us to do what we do? How can we find and tap into the motivation needed to chase down our dreams. It’s not always easy.

Also, I work to fulfill my promise of outlining the Krush Performance Top Priorities for Human Performance. If you listen to the show, you have heard this before but I plan to go a little deeper as we work to set you up for your attack on whatever it is you are working towards.

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Let us know and if you have any questions, comments, smart remarks, or a topic you would like us to investigate, we may dedicate a segment or even an entire show to your topic.

Thanks for downloading! Pass the show on to your teammates, friends, and family and make sure to check out my new book “The Performance Plan” on Amazon.

Until next week, go get better!

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This is by far our favorite time of year with so much going on in the world of Top Performance. College and High School are back in action, MLB post season races, rumblings from the NHL and NBA, the NFL kicked off the 2018-19 season.

This week, we look at what teams and players to watch and what can we learn from the top performing teams and we ask the Con Man, “Why the Chargers???”

As athletes make their way through and move up the ranks of the sporting system, we look at what some of the biggest challenges athletes face are as they transition from one level of sport to the next.

We talk with mental performance consultant and the 2017 Canadian Sport Psychology Association: Young Professional of the Year, Joshua Hoetmer, about stress and coping strategies athletes, parents and coaches can use to help athlete transition go smoother.

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Let us know and if you have any questions, comments, smart remarks, or a topic you would like us to investigate, we may dedicate a segment or even an entire show to your topic.

Thanks for downloading! Pass the show on to your teammates, friends, and family and make sure to check out my new book “The Performance Plan” on Amazon.

Until next week, go get better!

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This week on Krush Performance, Jeff Krushell looks back on a summer of great guests and great conversations. There were a couple that really stirred up the pot and he’ll revisit those conversations today. In the news, there have been a couple of story lines that has caught his eye recently and he wants to expand on them today.

First, an interview with Thomas Bach, the President of the IOC, who comments on their ambitious strategic road map for the future and their attempts to create a more feasible and sustainable Olympic Games. On the topic of doping in sport, Bach says “doping will always happen” and it’s “one of the wars you cannot win.” Also, are eSports worthy of being an Olympic event?

MLB has agreed to a ground breaking partnership with trainers and agents in Latin America. What does this mean for player development and how might this impact other sports? He expounds on this and share my thoughts.

Finally, we look at some of the responses to our question that has been going out to all coaches: What are the top five things you would like to learn to help you better coach your players right now? If you are a coach, send us your list ([email protected]) as we get set for our fall coaching development series.

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Let us know and if you have any questions, comments, smart remarks, or a topic you would like us to investigate, we may dedicate a segment or even an entire show to your topic.

Thanks for downloading! Pass the show on to your teammates, friends, and family and make sure to check out my new book “The Performance Plan” on Amazon.

Until next week, go get better!

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This week on Krush Performance, Jeff Krushell looks at ways to help you reduce your risk of injury while at the same time improving your in game performance.

Injuries are the number one reason athletes do not reach their potential. Is it possible that anxiety and stress, coping strategies and mindset impact your risk of injury, the severity of your injury, and maybe even your recovery time? Well, the research says yes and not just a little bit. We’re talking up to a 50% decrease in injuries for at risk players.

We tell you all about it with Dr. Martin Mrazik and we discuss what you need to be thinking about when you are laying out your Performance Plan.

Let us know and if you have any questions, comments, smart remarks, or a topic you would like us to investigate let us know we may dedicate a segment or even an entire show to your topic.

Thanks for downloading! Pass the show on to your teammates, friends, and family and make sure to check out my new book “The Performance Plan” on Amazon.

Until next week, go get better!

Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and now on Google Play! Don’t forget to rate and review the show!

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This week on Krush Performance, Jeff Krushell gives a good look at the importance of creating opportunities for upcoming talent to compete, develop, and showcase themselves to the decision makers and gatekeepers of sport, the scouts. It is critical to be ready to go and to impress the scouts but we cannot focus on being perfect. The main goal is to impress with progress and show them you are willing, able, and dedicated to getting better and the doors of opportunity will open.

We talk with Bob Greene, the Director of Player Personnel for the Edmonton Oilers, about what the pro teams and scouts are looking for in young players.

Also, as the hockey season approaches, we are going to take a look at one of our favorite topics, technology in sport. We are going to the experts down at United Sport & Cycle to check out the new equipment and new technology that is now available, pushing player performance, and the sport of hockey forward.

Let us know and if you have any questions, comments, smart remarks, or a topic you would like us to investigate let us know we may dedicate a segment or even an entire show to your topic.

Thanks for downloading! Pass the show on to your teammates, friends, and family and make sure to check out my new book “The Performance Plan” on Amazon.

Until next week, go get better!

Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and now on Google Play! Don’t forget to rate and review the show!

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E-Mail Jeff with your questions and comments for the show and don’t forget to visit KrushPerformance.com for live streaming, blogs, links, and so much more.

We are going inside one of the great sporting events of the summer, a powerful event when it comes to creating opportunity for players and developing the game of hockey, the Hlinka/Gretzky Cup, where the world’s best U18 players meet in Canada to face off and showcase their skills hoping to make a name for them selves.

At the very same time, the Center Ice Summit is taking place. It’s where the best and brightest hockey minds from around the world are meeting to break down the game and lay out strategies to make player development and the game of hockey even better. We talk with Paul Carson, Vice President of Membership Development for Hockey Canada, who is one of the hosts of this great event. More sports should be looking at this event and doing the same.

We will look at the top stories in the NFL as the preseason continues. The NFL is doing something right as their fan base is fully engaged for a competitive season.

Also, is baseball in trouble? Attendance is down and not just a little. This is the sixth season in a row where attendance is dropping. We start off this episode asking the question what is wrong with baseball.

Finally, we pose the question: Is pro sports getting too expensive?

Let us know and if you have any Questions, Comments or Smart Remarks or a topic you would like us to investigate let us know we may dedicate a segment or even an entire show to your topic.

Thanks for downloading! Pass the show on to your teammates, friends, and family and make sure to check out my new book “The Performance Plan” on Amazon.

Until next week, go get better!

Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and now on Google Play! Don’t forget to rate and review the show!

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E-Mail Jeff with your questions and comments for the show and don’t forget to visit KrushPerformance.com for live streaming, blogs, links, and so much more.

A must listen episode of Krush Performance as we look at our number one priority for Human Performance….. SLEEP!

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Charles Samuels, Medical Director at the Center for Sleep & Human Performance, about how sleep impacts brain function and learning, strategies for getting better sleep, and the pitfalls of using sleep aids over the counter or prescription. Also, we take a hard line when it comes to electronics and our sleep programs.

There are some powerful routines and strategies you can use right now to get a better sleep and get back to sleep when you wake up in the middle of the night. We talk sleep strategies with Dana Santas of Mobility Maker.com

An all important episode of Krush Performance as we discuss how you can get a better sleep.

Let us know and if you have any Questions, Comments or Smart Remarks or a topic you would like us to investigate let us know we may dedicate a segment or even an entire show to your topic.

Thanks for downloading! Pass the show on to your teammates, friends, and family and make sure to check out my new book “The Performance Plan” on Amazon.

Until next week, go get better.

Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and now on Google Play! Don’t forget to rate and review the show!

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E-Mail Jeff with your questions and comments for the show and don’t forget to visit KrushPerformance.com for live streaming, blogs, links, and so much more.

We all know there is big money in the world of sport. BIG, BIG MONEY! Professional Sports….. it’s great work if you can get it. Why then, after earning millions and millions, are athletes going broke? Today, we talk Money Management in sport.

It is one of the most important factors in career planning, one that is unfortunately often overlooked. We talk with Bob McKee, Managing Director of RBC Sports Professionals, about the ins and outs of managing wealth and the importance of PLANNING!

We also go to the Krush Mail Bag to answer a comment on my book, “The Performance Plan,” plus we’ll go back to a 2009 SI article, “How & Why Athletes Go Broke.” The numbers and data in that article were incredible. We’ll look at how much money athletes are earning and what the top draft picks are getting paid.

It’s all about Money Management on this week’s episode of Krush Performance.

Let us know and if you have any Questions, Comments or Smart Remarks or a topic you would like us to investigate let us know we may dedicate a segment or even an entire show to your topic.

Thanks for downloading! Pass the show on to your teammates, friends, and family and make sure to check out my new book “The Performance Plan” on Amazon.

Until next week, go get better.

Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and now on Google Play! Don’t forget to rate and review the show!

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E-Mail Jeff with your questions and comments for the show and don’t forget to visit KrushPerformance.com for live streaming, blogs, links, and so much more.

The MLB All-Star Game mirrored what has been happening in baseball:

• Home Runs (there were a record 10HR)

• Strikeouts (there were 25)

• Hits (only 2or 3 balls in play if memory serves)

On this episode of Krush Performance, we’ll look some of the concerning first half trends we are seeing in the game and what to watch in the second half of the MLB season.

Also, I have been looking forward to this for some time. We are talking player development with, what I consider to be one of the most forward thinking and advanced player development programs out there, as we talk with Randy Sullivan of the Florida Baseball Ranch about their approach to player development and creating safe throwing Velocity.

Finally, reducing injuries is a top priority in our programs, anytime we come across something that may help us in this department we are all in and Easton has a new bat that may just do this! We talk with Easton Rep. Scott Stevenson about new technology and one of sports most simple tools. How can the baseball bat get better?

We find out in this episode of Krush Performance.

Let us know and if you have any Questions, Comments or Smart Remarks or a topic you would like us to investigate let us know we may dedicate a segment or even an entire show to your topic.

Thanks for downloading! Pass the show on to your teammates, friends, and family and make sure to check out my new book “The Performance Plan” on Amazon.

Until next week, go get better.

Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and now on Google Play! Don’t forget to rate and review the show!

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E-Mail Jeff with your questions and comments for the show and don’t forget to visit KrushPerformance.com for live streaming, blogs, links, and so much more.

The Major League Baseball Mid Summer Classic is upon us once again but it has been a concerning first half for professional baseball.

In this episode of Krush Performance, we have a look at the standings, the payrolls, and which team got the biggest bang for their buck in the first half of the season.

Also, we talk about the Ice Free Training Room. As more and more pro ball players are shying away from using ice for injuries and recovery, we’ll get a look inside one of the very first Ice Free Training Rooms in college sport.

Let us know and if you have any Questions, Comments or Smart Remarks or a topic you would like us to investigate let us know we may dedicate a segment or even an entire show to your topic.

Thanks for downloading! Pass the show on to your teammates, friends, and family and make sure to check out my new book “The Performance Plan” on Amazon.

Until next week, go get better.

Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and now on Google Play! Don’t forget to rate and review the show!

Follow Jeff Krushell on Twitter and Facebook!

E-Mail Jeff with your questions and comments for the show and don’t forget to visit KrushPerformance.com for live streaming, blogs, links, and so much more.