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Jeff Krushell

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Jeff Krushell is regarded as a noted expert in the area of talent development in sport and through his work has gained unique insights into the process of improving performance… ‘It’s a human thing’.

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Episode 25-2: The Effort of Elite Performance - Athlete Management & the NBA

In Sport, balancing training, practice and rest and recovery has quickly become one of the most powerful tools in maximizing sport performance. Day to day, week to week, month by month micro and macro programming has changed how we manage our athletes. However, at the developmental and youth levels of sport the concept of “Athlete Management’ is greatly non-existent. With Great intentions we train year-round and pack the weekly schedule with all kinds of activity – could it be holding you back or even worse setting you up for failure? This week on Krush Performance we talk with Ed Subel, Associate Head Strength and Conditioning for the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers. The NBA is on the forefront of athlete and player management and the league itself has made strategic changes to the schedule to help players avoid fatigue and ultimately injury. We talk with Ed about his approach to working with the world’s best Basketball players, Effort is a big piece of the puzzle and we look at how we can apply this to players at every level of the game. Focusing on effort and collaborating with your athletes in their programming is a BIG part of the process when you are Creating Coachable Players. Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, TuneIn Radio, Google Podcast, the iHeartRadio app, and now on Spotify! Don’t forget to rate and review the show! Follow Jeff Krushell on Twitter and Facebook! E-Mail Jeff with your questions and comments for the show and don’t forget to visit KrushPerformance.com for live streaming, blogs, links, and so much more.

1 hr
6 DAYS AGO

Episode 19-1: Ultimate Mental Performance - 2025 Kush Kick Off

Welcome to Season 19 of Krush Performance. This week we kick off 2025 with Krush Hall of Famer: The Zone Coach, Jim Fannin as we break down the Ultimate Mental Performance System. This will be the 12th consecutive year that we launch the New Year talking with Jim and for good reason Jim has spent 50 years helping people accel in sport business and in life. When we are seeking out top performance it is all about planning, executing adjusting and persevering. And in those hard times, when things are tough or appear impossible YOU need to understand and remember: You Are Not Lost – You Just Haven’t Found Your Way Today we talk with Jim about the very fabric of elite mental performance as we discuss PERCEPTION, Decision Making and dealing with Adversity. We discuss how you MUST STAMP out Worry and shift your mindset to replace Worry with Positive thinking. And, we Teach you Jim’s science-based thought management, Jim’s transformative S.C.O.R.E. System. This system is the only proven approach to attract the mindset of the Zone. Connecting the Mind and the Body is a critical part of athlete and player development when you are Creating Coachable Players. Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, TuneIn Radio, Google Podcast, the iHeartRadio app, and now on Spotify! Don’t forget to rate and review the show! Follow Jeff Krushell on Twitter and Facebook! E-Mail Jeff with your questions and comments for the show and don’t forget to visit KrushPerformance.com for live streaming, blogs, links, and so much more.

1h 7m
12/19/2024

Episode 18-12: The Holy Grail(s) of Sport Performance

Success in sport starts with one thing…Planning. Athlete Development and Player Performance is exactly like planning a trip and like any trip you need to have a well though out plan. And, if you are going to create a World Class Plan you need to have World Class Information. This week on Krush Performance I share some of the World Class information you MUST be thinking about when designing your plan. Today we hear Treasured Information From Krush Hall of Fame Guests – The Best of The Best: · Dr. Joe Baker: talking Talent ID & predicting future Performance. · Lou Farah: Sport Researcher talking about the professional draft and how difficult it is to predict future talent. · is Dr Kevin Micthell from Trinity College in Dublin: The Brain an incredible learning machine · Bob Tweksbury: Performance Consultant discussing the Three areas of Performance – are you playing to your potential? · Dr. Jaques Dallaire of Performance Prime: The HOLY GRAIL of Human Performance · Jim Fannin The Coach of Champions: We are Products of our Environment & Braking Negative Cycles. · Dr. Richard Harvey from San Francisco State University: Resilience & Optimism vs Hardiness & Courage · Dr. Martin Mrazik: The Superpower of Mindfulness Remember, being Intentional, working with Purpose, Problem Solving and Decision Making are all very Trainable Superpowers when you are Creating Coachable Players. I’m Jeff Krushell We’ll be back on January 8th with a Blockbuster Kick off to the New Year. Have a great holiday season everyone– talk to you then. Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, TuneIn Radio, Google Podcast, the iHeartRadio app, and now on Spotify! Don’t forget to rate and review the show! Follow Jeff Krushell on Twitter and Facebook! E-Mail Jeff with your questions and comments for the show and don’t forget to visit KrushPerformance.com for live streaming, blogs, links, and so much more.

26 min
12/12/2024

Episode 18-11: Valuing Talent in Sport

Sport is a commodities market and the #1 commodity in sport is Talent! Its like the Wild West, Guns for Hire and its BIG BUSINESS. You’ve probably hears all about it: The Largest Deal In Professional Sport History. Juan Soto, $765 Million over 15 years. With signing bonus and incentives, he will earn close to $840,000,000 by the time its all done. Soto is obviously a HOT commodity but how do you value Talent? It’s a numbers game. A players performance numbers compared to all other players, it’s a market value system. Its Cut and Dry, Black and White and it is Absolutely Unforgiving. Either you have the numbers, or you do not. However, what do you do as a young player with a dream of playing in the big leagues? Or as a parent of an athlete who has that dream? Or as a coach of a driven passionate kid who loves sport. My best advice, for what its worth, is to get an understanding of the long game that is athlete development and read up on Talent. This can really help you guide your athlete through the process and at the same time give you some great knowledge that you can use to make informed decisions. That is exactly what we are going to do on this week’s episode of Krush Performance as we sum up all of our work looking into Talent and Talent ID. Soto’s contract with bonuses and clauses can add up to more than $840 million over the15 years – he’ll be 41. Its Great Work if you can get it and there is nothing like the thrill of the chase when you are creating coachable players. Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, TuneIn Radio, Google Podcast, the iHeartRadio app, and now on Spotify! Don’t forget to rate and review the show! Follow Jeff Krushell on Twitter and Facebook! E-Mail Jeff with your questions and comments for the show and don’t forget to visit KrushPerformance.com for live streaming, blogs, links, and so much more.

59 min
11/28/2024

Episode 18-10: Shut Down: Maximizing Your Off-Season

One of the most important questions in sport today, What to do over your off season? The off season for me is one of the most important periods in an athlete’s annual plan. This is where you train the athlete to be a more coachable player. Annual Planning, it’s a cycle of Athlete & Player management that can be broken down into 4 phases: · Off season · Pre-Season · In-Season · Post-Season Remember all programmed work MUST be built around our #1 Priority for program planning, Rest & Recovery. And when it comes to an athlete’s daily performance, Sleep Rules all!!!! When you are planning an athlete’s workload & recovery there are 4 factors you need to consider: · Volume – the how much · Intensity – the how hard · Frequency – the how often · Movement Efficiency – the how much stress/damage Bottom line, take advantage of any downtime you can get! As you head into your off-season ask yourself What is the benefit to year-round sport? It takes time to master a sport and there are no truer words than MORE IS NOT BETTER when you’re Creating Coachable Players Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, TuneIn Radio, Google Podcast, the iHeartRadio app, and now on Spotify! Don’t forget to rate and review the show! Follow Jeff Krushell on Twitter and Facebook! E-Mail Jeff with your questions and comments for the show and don’t forget to visit KrushPerformance.com for live streaming, blogs, links, and so much more.

48 min
11/21/2024

Episode 18-9: Culture Trumps Strategy Every Time

Today, you can probably pick out the organizations with great cultures with great accuracy: Kansas City Chiefs – The LA Dodgers – Vegas Knights -Celtics Or Top Schools: Stanford, Penn State, University of California Storied football Franchises: Liverpool, Barcelona FC Real Madrid, Chelea They all have a Culture of Winning / Winning Cultures. Coming off of last weeks show with Kevin Tyler, President of Altis the conversation with our listeners surprised me. It was more about the environment and culture that Kevin and Altis has created and not so much the details that make up a performance program. The talk was about the big picture of when an athlete or coach step into an environment like this – only good things can happen, and I really thought this takeaway was interesting. There is no question, the idea of “culture” has been a focus in sport for a long, long time. On this week’s Episode of Krush Performance we go back into our 2022 Theme: Organizational and Team Performance with my conversation with Joan Ryan, acclaimed journalist and author of 5 books, including “Intangibles: Unlocking the Science and Soul of Team Chemistry.” Get set as we work to crack the code on organizational and team performance and the elusive concept of “Team Culture” is a perfect place to start. “Culture Trumps Strategy Every Time.” Harvard Business Review The Environment and Culture you create for your players is one of the most important things you can do when you are Creating Coachable Players. Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, TuneIn Radio, Google Podcast, the iHeartRadio app, and now on Spotify! Don’t forget to rate and review the show! Follow Jeff Krushell on Twitter and Facebook! E-Mail Jeff with your questions and comments for the show and don’t forget to visit KrushPerformance.com for live streaming, blogs, links, and so much more.

58 min
11/14/2024

Episode 18-8: Attacking Performance: The Lifespan of the Athlete

Every athlete experiences doubt at some point. · Doubt about whether they are playing as well as they could be playing or · Whether they are progressing as fast as they feel they should be or · Whether they are going to be good enough to achieve their goals and objectives. The Good News – if you are or have experienced doubt you are not alone. Even Better News – you can make doubt work to your advantage if you fame it up correctly. Doubt is a natural part of the athlete and player development process and if you can learn to embrace it, it can be a very helpful tool. Doubt can be an indicator that it might be time to take a step back and evaluate where you are at, what you have been doing and how you have been planning in relation to your goals and objectives. In the process of athlete and player development we spend the majority of an athlete’s lifespan preparing for a few years of elite – top performance. Years and years building the foundation that will eventually support performance outcomes at the highest levels of performance. Unfortunately, most athletes, coaches, parents underestimate the demands at the highest levels of sport. And in turn, do not fully appreciate the importance of the building phases of development that must happen to support elite performance. This week on Krush Performance we discuss that process and the importance of coaching development as we breakdown the lifespan of an athlete and everything that goes into creating top performance with Kevin Tyler, President of Altis. There are no shortcuts in the process of Creating Coachable Players. Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, TuneIn Radio, Google Podcast, the iHeartRadio app, and now on Spotify! Don’t forget to rate and review the show! Follow Jeff Krushell on Twitter and Facebook! E-Mail Jeff with your questions and comments for the show and don’t forget to visit KrushPerformance.com for live streaming, blogs, links, and so much more.

1h 10m
11/07/2024

Episode 18-7: The Best of the Best & The Toughest of All Time

A Look at Elite & Professional Sport If you are working to compete at a higher level it is Critical that you understand what that higher level of competition looks like. You Have to Know What it Looks Like! This means much more than just watching a game on TV or attending a game or live event. No, if you really want to know what the higher levels of performance look like – and you NEED TO know – you must understand the demands at that next level. · The physical, mental and emotional demands. · The travel, the schedule the time demands. · The competitive demands – the incredible Skill & Talent level of elite/pro athletes. · You also need to understand the Business side and the Ebb and Flow of elite sport. It’s just like my analogy of planning a trip – you need to know the weather, terrain, food and social landscape of where you are going so you can prepare properly. This week on Krush Performance we put Elite & Pro Sport into context in a roundtable discussion with three Krush Favorites from my TSN Sport Radio days: Craig Moonen (Former Krush Co-Host), and Sportscasters Corey Graham and Marc Majeau. Join in as I ask the guys their thoughts & opinions on: · The MLB World Series · Best Players in Baseball – Payroll parody in MLB · The Toughest Championship to win · The Toughest Schedule in Sport · The Toughest Sport Period · The Best athletes in SPORT: Past Present · The Best Athlete EVER Having a clear idea of what elite sport looks like is a critical part of the journey when you are Creating Coachable Players. Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, TuneIn Radio, Google Podcast, the iHeartRadio app, and now on Spotify! Don’t forget to rate and review the show! Follow Jeff Krushell on Twitter and Facebook! E-Mail Jeff with your questions and comments for the show and don’t forget to visit KrushPerformance.com for live streaming, blogs, links, and so much more.

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11/11/2020

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Jeff Krushell has a passion for life, for sports, and for helping us be the best version of ourselves. Whether you are an athlete, a parent, or even just a fan, there is a ton for you to learn from “The Krusher.”
Baseball Outside the Box Peter Caliendo

05/02/2017

Baseball Outside the Box

Best sports eductaional performance podcast around. Krush kills it, he has so many great guests, he is so knowledgeable, asks the right questions, amazing. I have listened to every show, everyone should forward all his shows to everyone they know because they should listen to it. Krush keep up the great job, you are educating the world. My # one podcast.