Learning to deal with performance anxiety is essential for an athlete

October 4, 2021 Metrifit

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As is often said, it is the little things that can often prove to be the difference between success and...

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Promoting Dialogue: The Importance Of The Coach-Athlete Relationship

July 21, 2021 Metrifit

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Performance Monitoring

The coach and the athlete intentionally develop a relationship, which is characterized by a growing appreciation and respect for each...

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Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Sleep/Stress Relationship in Athletes

July 12, 2021 Metrifit

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Performance Monitoring

Sleep is extremely important to me – I need to rest and recover in order for the training I do...

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Lifestyle stressors and athlete well-being

Lifestyle Profiling: Convert Insights into Action

May 18, 2021 Metrifit

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The importance of monitoring your lifestyle Well-being is complex, encompassing emotional, psychological, and social functioning. Athletes with high well-being perform...

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How your athlete’s lifestyle affects their performance

April 13, 2021 Metrifit

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The Cambridge dictionary defines lifestyle as someone’s way of living; the things that a person usually does An athlete’s lifestyle...

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SLEEP – WHY DO WE NOT GET ENOUGH OF IT?

February 17, 2021 Metrifit

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Sleep is a fundamental need and an essential component of our health and well-being. Lack of sleep has a significant...

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Kickstart your season

January 18, 2021 Metrifit

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Performance Monitoring

It has been an eventful 2020 with many additional challenges that none of us foresaw and many of those challenges...

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Educating your athletes about Sleep Hygiene

November 4, 2020 Metrifit

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Performance Monitoring

Sleep is the greatest legal performance enhancing drug that most people are probably neglecting – Matthew Walker Sleep allows your...

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The importance of ‘knowing your athletes’

July 8, 2020 Metrifit

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Performance Monitoring

It used to be the case that success in sport was based mostly on natural talent, but as competition developed,...

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Can Sleep Improve Your Performance?

June 9, 2020 Metrifit

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Performance Monitoring

Sleep is simply not valued in our 24/7 society. We treat it as a luxury and it’s a necessity. If...

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Sleep should be part of your training plan

February 21, 2020 Metrifit

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Performance Monitoring

Asking athletes to play on minimal sleep is the same as asking them to “play with one hand tied behind...

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Wake up call for collegiate athlete sleep

October 17, 2019 Metrifit

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Performance Monitoring

Sleep is simply not valued in our 24/7 society. We treat it as a luxury and it’s a necessity. If...

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Monitoring Training and Stress in Young Athletes

March 11, 2019 Metrifit

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We are delighted to feature this guest blog from Mike Hamlin, Richard Deuchrass and Hoani Smith of Lincoln University, New...

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Value of monitoring all aspects of an athlete’s routine

November 6, 2017 Eunan Whyte

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A recently published report entitled Injuries, risk factors, consequences and injury perceptions in adolescent elite athletes has once again shone...

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Good news for athletes suffering from sleep disorders

July 22, 2016 Eunan Whyte

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The findings of a recent study carried out in Finland provide good news for athletes who suffer from sleep disorders....

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Challenges to Effective Athlete Monitoring are Easily Overcome

July 14, 2016 Eunan Whyte

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This article first appeared in the SimpliFaster blog. Achieving success in sport, particularly at the elite level, is a complex...

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Staying healthy boosts chances of sporting success

May 7, 2016 Eunan Whyte

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One of the greatest fears of an athlete is that injury can strike just at the wrong time which could...

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Focus on sleep cycles can benefit athletes

February 2, 2016 Eunan Whyte

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In a recent article we highlighted the benefit of sleep for elite athletes, noting that many experts believe it to...

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Harvard-Westlake athletic department expands use of Metrifit and other health technologies for students

January 18, 2016 Metrifit

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News Articles

When Paige Howard ’17 wakes up, the first thing she does is log into her Metrifit account and record how...

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Sleep & Sports: A look at the habits of sports superstar snoozers

November 18, 2015 Metrifit

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It’s no secret that a lack of sleep can affect our performance the next day, but how much of an...

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The benefits of sleep for elite athletes

September 3, 2015 Eunan Whyte

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In preparing to achieve their goals and dreams, two of the main areas of concentration for athletes tend to be...

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