The Empowered Performance for Curlers Podcast

Today’s episode outlines the pros and cons and ways to maximize your time during a solo curling practice. I give you a list of devices to help you reach your goal as well as an outline of how I organize my own personal practices.

Love this episode, check these out:

• Episode 18: Letting your knees go past your toes

• Episode 23: Teach, test and repeat with Terri Weeks

• Episodes 40, 41 & 41: 3 Brushing intervals for you & your team

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In today’s episode I am joined by Sofia Mabergs who shares snippets from her journey to the top of women’s curling with Team Hasselborg.

We touch on the importance of each athlete playing to their strengths, setting goals and enjoying your time on the ice.

Fia shares her learnings around practice, sweeping and training specifically to improve curling performance.

Love this episode, check these out:

• Episode 18: Let your knees go past your toes

• Episode 55: Should you ‘toe out’ for more balance?

• Episode 74: Elements of a curling specific offseason

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Today’s episode features English researcher and curler Jotham Sugden. We talk about his mission with his website www.leancurling.com centring around curling research and sweep science.

We answer a couple questions such as:

• How can an athlete and a coach determine what information is good?

• How to combine experience and research with the human athlete in front you?

• What matters more, experience, education or research?

We also touch a bit on sweeping science, sweep testing and gripper vs slide sweeping 

Some other great episodes to check out:

• Episode 48: Sassy hips and energy leaks

• Episode 65: 5 reasons you aren’t a better brusher

• Episode 55: Should I 'toe out' while curling?

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All mentioned resources are available in the show notes on my website at

www.empoweredperformance.ca/podcast

Today’s episode features English researcher and curler Jotham Sugden. We talk about his mission with his website www.leancurling.com centring around curling research.

We answer a couple questions such as:

• How can an athlete and a coach determine what information is good?
• How to combine experience and research with the human athlete in front you?
• What matters more, experience, education or research?

We also touch a bit on sweeping science

Key resources mentioned:

• Evidence Based Practice -Standards:

1. Using to best possible research evidence
2. Utilizing curling experience and expertise
3. Taking individual preferences into account

• Contact form on website: [email protected]
• IG: leancurling
• TPI for golf
• Meta-analysis on curling research by Emily Zacharias
• Joe’s challenge: 90 sec max sweeping test → looking for a drop off in power. Measure sweeping frequency and power (with smart broom or force plate -more validated).
  • Power = Force (vertical) x Velocity.
  • From video measure distance of brush stroke, and # of strokes to calculate velocity
  • Contact Joe for assistance/share results
• Reminder: no 2 smart brooms are the same (can be helpful as a tool for individual session adjustments)

Some other great episodes to check out:

• Episode 48: Sassy hips and energy leaks
• Episode 65: 5 reasons you aren’t a better brusher
• Episode 55: Should I 'toe out' while curling?  

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Take care,

Coach Steph

In this episode I answer questions such as:

• Best workout for improving stability and power for peel weight

• Should I pull back in the curling delivery?

• What workouts should I do if I have a knee injury?

This months case study gives tips for if your inner thigh or outer hip is influencing your ability to get into a comfortable and accurate delivery position

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Some other great episodes to check out:

• Episode 05: It's all in the hips

• Episode 48: Sassy hips and energy leaks

• Episode 55: 'toe out'?

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In today’s episode I am joined once again by Mental Performance Consultant Emily Riley. She walks us through the fundamentals of mental performance training, so that you have the basic skills to work on finding your best as a person, performer, teammate and a team. Emily has found many people know what they struggle with, but don’t know how to go about increasing their confidence, managing their emotions and being a great communicator. This summer she has a 4-month off ice mental performance program that walks you through each of the fundamentals. She gives us the coles notes version of what you will focus on in each month and some basic leading questions for you to get started

If you enjoyed this episode, you might also like these: 

• Episode 27: Communication is about connection and collaboration with Alena Luciani

• Episode 52: Working on your mental game with Emily Riley

• Episode 58: Laziness is a habit, but rest is a priority Emily Riley

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In today’s episode I am joined by Nina Walker, a performance nutritionist who oversees the nutrition support for British Curling. The bulk of this episode outlines the key elements of a well-fueled curler, and introduces you to the concept of a Performance Plate. Nina recommends focusing on your nutrition year-round; using  the off ice season to practise timing of meals around training, practices and games.

If you enjoyed this episode, you might also like these:

• Episode 06: Basic nutrition for curlers

• Episode 07: Mark Nichols on all things training, nutrition & curling camps

• Episode 49: Limbo time and types of rest

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All mentioned resources are available in the show notes on my website at

www.empoweredperformance.ca/podcast

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In this episode I answer questions such as:

• What are the best off ice exercises for sweeping training?

• What are some important tips for skips in the off ice season?

• How do I set goals for next year when I don’t have any big events?

• Does using a stabilizer make it harder for me to switch to a broom?

• And more.

This months case study outlines helps a curler who struggles with hitting the broom; they always slide to the right of the target.ow

You can watch this episode on Youtube HERE. If you’ve got a question or case study example you can fill this out HERE.

Some other great episodes to check out:

• Episode 48: Sassy hips and energy leaks

• Episodes 40, 41 and 42: Free brushing intervals for you and your team

• Episode 28: Using performance gap analysis for dictating offseason training

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All mentioned resources are available in the show notes on my website at

www.empoweredperformance.ca/podcast

In this episode I provide a framework with which to put together your own offseason training program. I help you plan and organize what, when and why you will workout.

Some other great episodes to check out:

• Episode 04: Avoid these 8 mistakes I made training to become a fitter curler

• Episode 09: Reverse engineering your goals

• Episode 28: Using performance gap analysis to dictate offseason training for curling

• I list 6 more in the show notes

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How to breath well, move well, manage your nervous system, train hard, recover harder and maximize your efforts in the gym. In this episode I preview 6 movement concepts that I believe every aspiring high performing human/athlete need to master. Carry these concepts into your on ice training to improve performance and make technique adjustments easier.

Catch the free follow up webinar on March 27, 2024, or find the recording in the shownotes. The podcast and webinar set you up to success with the Offseason Fundamentals Workout Program available as of March 27. Check out the shownotes for details

Some other great episodes to check out:

• Episode 03: Shut your mouth -the key to better breathing

• Episode 48: Sassy hips and energy leaks with Alison Marie, Phd

• Episode 57: How to use your RHR to manage performance and your nervous system regulation

To stay as up-to-date as possible, make sure to join the Empowered Performance newsletter and to follow me on Instagram at @empoweredperformance

All mentioned resources are available in the show notes on my website at

www.empoweredperformance.ca/podcast