Rest & Recovery Evolution | Part III

#ecRACAchat • #EssentialEvolution Series

Prioritizing: Engagement

Q1: Reflection

Important to note: engagement has many, many meanings. Could be engagement with others, engagement with oneself, or engagement within a task.

This is especially important when we discuss rest/recovery.

Use A1 & #ecRACAchat in your answers.

Q2: Awareness

Think of the last “rest” period you gave your team during practice. Could you calculate the engagement you demanded v. the engagement they gave to actual rest?

Rest ≠ more coach time.

Use A2 & #ecRACAchat in your answers.

Q3: Clarity

This may be the best question you can ask your team in preseason and to ACT on the answer. If they don’t know…that’s your starting point to dig deeper.

Use A3 & #ecRACAchat in your answers.

Q4: Alignment

If we are really player-led and player-centric, then the answer to this will be vital to informing how you schedule, communicate, and help be about the right thing with your team.

Use A4 & #ecRACAchat in your answers.

Q5: Congruence

Your eyes lie to you all the time.

Dig deeper into how you will do this. There’s no right answer or one way, but there has to be something other than sluggish mental/physical/emotional performance.

Use A5 & #ecRACAchat in your answers.