In this episode I answer questions such as:
- How to manage setbacks after an injury,
- Who is the best sweeper,
- What happens during those between end meetings,
- & more
Question & time stamp:
3 min 20 sec How to learn to throw different draw weights; when practice ice is slow? 7 min 44 sec How to move through feeling super behind on curling skills after being out from long term injury? How to move through being scared of getting injured after returning from serious injury? 14 min 57 sec Who is the best sweeping pair? 18 min 10 sec I am a club curler. When I watch elite teams play, they always seem to have short meetings at the end of every end. What type of things are they discussing? 22 min 3 sec When I throw sometimes I get distracted by focusing so much on balance etc and miss something else in the shot. 27 min 8 sec “Hello, Years ago, I attended a talk from an older gentleman who ran marathons. One of the things he said was some marathoners like to drink Coke half way through a marathon. He said they do this for 2 reasons. The first is Coke has sugar which helps replace spent energy and the second is Coke contains caffeine. Caffeine is a stimulant which allows a runner to run faster than the perceived effort the athlete is exerting. Recently, it occurred to me that perceived effort of exertion is what controls draw weight. So, in theory an athlete with a relatively high amount of caffeine in their system (ex. Trying to wake up for an early morning game) could be at a disadvantage compared to an athlete with no caffeine in their system. The caffeinated athlete will be required to increase their perceived effort of exertion as the caffeine leaves their system in order to maintain the same draw weight as the game progresses. If the athlete is unaware of this, they may start to believe the ice changing or challenge stop watch readings from teammates. I have never heard this to be a problem at the club level, but is this a known issue among high performance curlers? Or is the stimulative effect of caffeine not strong enough to affect draw weight? Also, are there other substances, such as painkillers, that have similar effects? (Ex. of an athlete trying to play through an injury with the use of painkillers.)” Key resources mentioned:- Hip range of motion
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