Use Sport Performance, Human Devp & Leadership to advise on Athlete Devp ~London Knights (OHL) since 2021 ~Teacher~opinions my own~
London, Ontario
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We don’t prevent suicide by doing “safety assessments.” We prevent suicide by creating ongoing, meaningful connections where patients feel seen, heard, and understood in a relationship where they matter.
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Using social media in middle school predicts lower standardized test scores in high school.
10th graders who started social media before 9th grade are ~6 months behind their peers on math & reading. They're more distracted by their phones.
No child should have access to social media.
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The ruining of recreational sports is a significant issue in our current child mental health crisis.
Kids need developmental spaces where parental driven competition isn’t front and center.
We traded true development for profits…
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Canada went further at the World Cup than Germany, the Netherlands and Croatia — and made it just as far as Brazil, Portugal, Mexico and the United States.
For context, here are the approximate annual budgets of those national soccer federations, in USD:
Germany: $510 million
Brazil: $500 million
USA: $260 million
Portugal: $184 million
Netherlands: $164 million
Mexico: $140 million
Croatia: $60 million
Canada: $40 million
One country is clearly punching above its weight.
Proud of this team. 🇨🇦
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So Norway had been getting a lot of love since winning the most medals of any country at the 2026 Olympics. But it's Norway - and it was winter. OK.
Then they beat Canada with Celebrini and Crosby to win the bronze medal in hockey at the World Championships this spring. Now - they're beating Brazil in soccer at the World Cup.
Success leaves clues. If you don't know much about youth sports in Norway - you gotta check it out.
This is an excerpt from an article on the Norwegian youth sports model.
"When I say that we're kind of broad and inclusive in children's sport, we're not anti-competitive. It's more that we, I think, have a cautious understanding of when and how to introduce competition, so it's done in a healthy way."
For hockey - I see areas that heavily promote early AAA and it's eroding the sport there. Too much, too early.
Let me be clear - there is absolutely a place for AAA in youth hockey. Where it's evolved to in how young it has gotten is not good for the sport.
It's not good for kids. It's not good for parents. It's not good for the health of our game.
Great decisions made years ago by USA Hockey and the hockey community lead us to gold medals at the Olympics this past winter (NTDP, ADM for example).
Decisions made today will lead to our success years and decades down the road. If there's one change our game needs to make TODAY, it's dealing with the narrowing of the talent pyramid at way too early of an age.
That's not anti-competitive. It's the right thing to do to be the best.
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For more context- here’s the ages of this year’s NCAA Men’s D1 2025-26 freshman class.
2004: 261 players - Age 21
2005: 148 players - Age 20
2006: 63 players - Age 19
2007: 34 players - Age 18
2008: 3 players - Age 17
(2003 and older: 14 players)
Once again, the @NCAA misses the mark. A five-year eligibility clock is reasonable, but this proposal overlooks two predictable consequences.
First, athletes and their advisors will adjust high school graduation timing so the eligibility clock starts later, pushing graduation closer to age 19.
Second, this creates a disincentive for academically advanced student-athletes who currently graduate at 17 and begin college coursework early while continuing their athletic development. Policies should encourage academic acceleration, not discourage it.
There also does not appear to be any grandfather clauses.
By the way, ncaa hockey players are among the highest graduation rates and academic success.
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This may be the best (most important 🤷♂️) paragraph I have written in 25 years.
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Another paper from our work on ID systems in performance sport. Open access so help yourselves. Thanks to Helen and Alan.
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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The @LondonKnights are #MemorialCup #Champs
@OHLHockey @CHLHockey – at Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard, Québec
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Super excited to have received an advanced copy of Professor Malina new edition of 'Growth, Maturation, Physical Activity and Sport. Some great new and updated content. Recommended reading for anyone studying or working with young athletes 👏🏃♀️🏃♂️
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New study on Dutch academies: Career patterns within men’s and women’s soccer talent systems: the typical pathway to the top is atypical tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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If teenage athletes want to take a big step forward in development, it's wise to try to “out-sleep” and “out-eat” their peers. These two things are powerful "magnifiers" of everything they do in skill development and strength and conditioning.
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Patient: Everything is hopeless
Fake therapist #1: Things will get better
Fake therapist #2: Let’s work on acceptance
Fake therapist #3: Let’s practice breathing
Fake therapist #4: Here’s a hopelessness worksheet
Fake therapist #5: Read this book
Fake therapist #6: That’s a trauma response
Fake therapist #7: Do this to calm your nervous system
Fake therapist #8: Do this to tone your vagus nerve
Real psychotherapist: “Tell me”
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“You cannot predict the outcome of human development. All you can do is like a farmer create the conditions under which it will begin to flourish.” @SirKenRobinson
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For 25 years, I keep asking the same question:
Why Don't U.S. Coaches Assess Growth & Maturation?
joeeisenmann.substack.com/p/…
Upcoming piece on Biobanding: Coming to America?!