Helping Atlantic Canadian Student-Athletes Get Discovered
In this episode, I talk with Matt Forgie who is a strength coach, chiropractor and gym owner at Forfitness and Athletics. Matt has worked with a number of the top athletes from Southern New Brunswick. With Matt, it is all about mindset and finding ways for athletes to reach their top capacity for their sport. […]
From the stuff we drink and swim in, to the steam that eases congestion and the ice that reduces swelling, water is all around us (and even in us). Heck, it kind of is us. “Water makes up about two-thirds of who we are, and influences 100 percent of the processes in our body,” says […]
In this episode, I talk with Van Burgess who is a former pro hockey player who played some of his minor hockey in New Brunswick and met his wife Kristi, a former college softball player, in Huntington, WV during his first year of pro hockey. Together they have raised two incredible sons, one who is […]
Filling out all of those college questionnaires is hard and time-consuming. But what if I told you I could make it a little bit easier for you? Today I’m going to share with you one simple hack that’ll save you a ton of time filling out those college questionnaires. This hack is called Recruit Spot. […]
Parents tend to worry about and care about a lot of things but some of those things are quite unnecessary, especially when our children are playing sports. While giving a f*ck is important, some things we shouldn’t be wasting our time with. Believe me, I still struggle with some of these and I actually thought […]
Can you believe it’s 2019!?!? I was watching my son play this past weekend at the first indoor Atlantic junior tennis tournament and realized it’s been 20 years since I retired from playing professional hockey. But . . . twenty years. What a journey it’s been! Over that time, I’ve started my first ever business, […]
In this episode, I discuss the 4-point athlete promotion checklist you should be doing this Christmas Break. Many athletes focus on honing their skills, which is super important, however when you are taking a break from training and playing, put some energy into promoting yourself. Tune in to see whether you are hitting these 4 […]
A well-designed online recruiting profile can greatly increase the chances of an NCAA coach to respond to the email messages you send out to coaches and schools you are interested in playing and applying for. Rather than just sending an email with a link to a YouTube video, you can direct coaches to a specially-designed recruiting […]
In sports and in life it’s inevitable that you’re going to get the short end of the stick sometimes, still, when you do, you should NEVER burn bridges. No matter what. It’s easy to get defensive when things don’t go your way. It’s easy to whine. It’s easy to play the victim card. And it’s […]
In this session of the Start Your Journey Podcast, I’m pleased to have the opportunity to interview Luke Saunders, former college tennis player at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Luke is a friend of mine who now coaches tennis at the Atlantic Tennis Centre, yet he still makes enough time to train and play tons […]
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