The Psychology Of Sports Equipment: How Does Gear Affect Your Team?
As the old adage goes, sports are 80% mental and 20% physical. A player’s mentality plays a major role in how they perform, as a clear mind allows athletes to focus on the task at hand. While you don’t have the ability to read your players’ minds or remove distractions from their personal lives, there […]
The Best Protection: Why You Can’t Do Without A Custom Mouthguard
Just about every athlete playing a contact sport — at every level from pee wee to the pros — is required to wear a mouthguard. But do you know why mouthguards are a requirement? The answer is simple: protection, protection, protection. But mouthguards aren’t just a minor piece of athletic equipment, and the level of […]
3.5 Reasons Why Athletes Fall In Love With Custom Mouthguards
This Valentine’s Day — after you get your significant other a sweet card and an even sweeter box of chocolates — think about getting your athletes something nice too. No, not a bouquet of roses… Custom mouthguards are the perfect gift for any team, for any occasion. And what occasion is better than Valentine’s Day, […]
Youth Sports: Winning Isn’t Everything … But It Doesn’t Hurt
As former NFL head coach Herm Edwards once famously said: “You play to win the game.” There’s certainly a lot of truth to that. After all, isn’t winning the ideal result for any game you play, whether that game is checkers, a preseason lacrosse scrimmage or the Super Bowl? That’s why we play games: to […]
No Offseason: Does Focusing On One Sport Year-Round Help Or Hurt?
The days of the two-sport athlete are long gone. There likely won’t ever be another Bo Jackson or Deion Sanders. That’s because the line between all-around athlete and (for lack of a better term) “hired gun” becomes thinner every day. Most sports today are becoming year-round commitments — particularly for athletes at the high school […]
4 Sports Equipment And Athletic Apparel Myths, Busted
From the advances in sports equipment to the reasons why team apparel is important, there are many myths when it comes to athletic gear. Let’s take a look at four of the biggest equipment and apparel myths in sports and bust them! 1. Look good, feel better, play (your) best “Look good, feel good, play […]
Determining The Strike Zone: The Biggest Issue In Contact Sports
In week 6 of the NFL regular season, Green Bay Packers’ wide receiver Randall Cobb left the game against Baltimore with a knee injury, after Ravens safety Matt Elam hit Cobb low. Cobb went on injured reserve for more than two months. In week 14, Cleveland Browns’ safety T.J. Ward went for a hit on […]
Why Your Season Depends On The Mental Health Of Your Players
In order to perform at a peak level, it’s integral for an athlete to be healthy. That’s a pretty obvious statement. But chances are your first thought was about a player’s physical health, not their mental makeup. As important as it is for your athletes to feel good physically, the mental health of your players […]
What If Athletic Equipment Never Advanced Past The 1960s?
In the year 2014 — still seems weird, right?! — athletic equipment is more advanced than anyone could have ever imagined. Helmets are made from thermoplastic composites, lacrosse sticks are forged from lightweight alloys rather than fiberglass and NBA jerseys all of a sudden have sleeves. It’s certainly a far cry from the leather helmets […]
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