Some of what we’re up to Kinetyx™ Sciences Inc.

You need to watch your step. Really proud of what the Kinetyx™ Sciences Inc. team is building. All of us @nextventuresvc glad to be along for the ride, err, run. youtu.be/BucU84iv1IE

Great work Luca!

“You don’t play dodgeball with injuries, you attack performance”. My favourite quote from @tracyablake’s masterful lecture to the UBC 500K injury prevention class. Thanks friend for imparting so much wisdom. #bestinthebiz

Almost there! Seeking 2 more athletes to speak w/ me about their menstrual cycle 📧[email protected] Must be: 🇨🇦 athlete (but could be competing abroad) 🏆Competing at a high level (Varsity/Pro-am/Professional or equivalent) Birth control use & cycle regularity doesn’t matter

Volleyball coach friend has a magic trick when testing vertical jump: He instructs the players to go faster on the next attempt and voila their numbers improve... 🪄🧙‍♂️ Depth and velocity matter for countermovement jump assessment metrics (including jump height) 👇

This! nytimes.com/2022/09/14/cli…

If it says elite or high-performance on the t-shirt, it probably isn’t.

Turned out as well as I thought it might, sadly: sportsnet.ca/nba/nash-figur…

I worked with Dan Cottrell at Rugby Coach Weekly to outline a clear distinction for coaches between sessions aimed improving performance and those aimed at improving learning, and when each type of session could be useful. You can find it here: rugbycoachweekly.net/rugby-coaching… 1/2

“We are prone to overestimate how much we understand about the world and to underestimate the role of chance in events. Overconfidence is fed by the illusory certainty of hindsight.” - Daniel Kahneman.

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication".

Pops strikes again. This is why I love this guy: espn.com/nba/story/_/id…

Living longer/better doesn’t require a complicated routine. -don’t smoke - don’t drink more than 5/week - move - move more - keep moving - push and pull heavy things - sleep - have friends - find something that motivates you to get out of bed in the morning. - eat food

A reliable way of making people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition because familiarity is not easily distinguished from the truth.

“it is difficult to accept that the best learning road is slow, and that doing poorly now is essential for better performance later. It is so deeply counterintuitive that it fools the learners themselves” - David Epstein

Great post by Sian Allen. Important for volleyball clubs these days to realize that we are a late specialization sport. Don’t force kids to choose at younger levels.

A great study and good evidence to be considering maturation within talent id/development pathways.

Lovely summary of the evidence available for the different recovery methods & mechanisms available from Shona Halson Unfortunately social media is making the top of this pyramid the most popular despite the lack of evidence V. diff effects of acute v long term use