5 Ways To Turn Last Season’s Failure Into Next Season’s Success
As summer approaches and your offseason begins, it’s time to take stock of your players, your coaching and your team’s chances next season. If last season didn’t go the way you hoped, there’s no reason to worry; it’s never to late to turn your team’s fortunes around for next year. Think about what went wrong […]
Team Gear: Reflecting On Custom Equipment And How It Affects Your Team
Memorial Day weekend is a time for reflection and remembrance. With that in mind, and with your spring sports season coming to an end, this weekend is the perfect time to think back on this past season and remember what worked and what didn’t work. Go beyond the X’s and O’s — was your team’s […]
The Playoff Push: What’s The Cost Of Playing Through An Injury?
Entering Game 7 of their first round series against the Golden State Warriors, the L.A. Clippers were almost without their star point guard, Chris Paul. Paul was significantly hampered in the team’s Game 6 loss due to both a hamstring injury and an injured thumb. When asked whether he’d play or not in the deciding […]
This Mother’s Day, Give Your Mom The Perfect Gift: ‘Peace Of Mind’
This Sunday is the mother of all holidays — Mother’s Day! Hopefully you didn’t forget to buy a present for the woman who brought you into the world… But, if you did, there’s no need to worry; there’s still time to get something your mother has always wanted that won’t ever go out of style: […]
Mouthguard Playoffs: Who Is The Champion Of Comfort And Protection?
Whether it’s the NHL playoffs, the NCAA basketball tournament or the last two weeks of your fantasy football league, there’s nothing better than a playoff tournament! The playoff format is simply the only way to determine the best-of-the-best. That’s why we decided to create a bracket of our own. With four types of mouthguards available […]
Brace Yourself: Not All Braces Mouthguards Are Created Equally
When you make an investment, no matter what the cost, you want to make sure you’re protecting that investment. For parents, spending a large sum of money on braces may be a necessity, but it’s still an investment that must be kept safe. That’s especially true for parents of athletes. Playing sports — particularly contact […]
Want To Improve Team Communication? Your Players’ Mouthguards May Help!
As a coach or athletic trainer, it’s important for you to communicate with your team. The better you’re able to understand your individual players — from intimate knowledge of what they like and don’t like to how they respond to certain situations and ways to keep them focused — the better your team performs. But […]
How Does Taking A Break From Training Improve Your Team’s Performance?
With the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments wrapping up earlier this week and the Frozen Four beginning tonight and ending on Saturday, the winter sports season has officially come to an end. That means it’s time for those same athletes who just competed at their highest level for weeks to hit the gym and […]
It May Be April Fools’ Day, But Your Team’s Protection Is No Joke
LeBron James just announced he’s leaving the NBA to pursue a career in the NFL?! April Fools! Yes, that was a terrible joke, but it’s April 1 — better known as April Fools’ Day; a day for jokes, tricks and bad lies. But just because the calendar says it’s 4/1, doesn’t mean you aren’t being duped […]
Are The Olympic Games Bad For Professional Athletes And Their Teams?
Now that another Olympic Games have come and past, it’s time to rehash that age-old debate that pops up this time every four years: should the Olympics allow professional athletes to compete or should the games be limited to amateurs? The question is particularly relevant to the Winter Olympics, as Olympic hockey always seems to […]
