Performance Guides
Holistic game day and tournament playbooks: prime, fuel, recover, wind down.
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Performance is not just what happens in the ninety minutes. It is the whole arc around it: how you prime your body and your nervous system before, how you fuel through, how you recover, and how you come back down after. Do that arc well and you show up sharp, last the whole game, and bounce back faster for the next one.
These are holistic playbooks. They do not just tell you what to eat, they walk the nervous system, the body, and the mind together, because on game day they are one system. A calm mind fuels better, a fueled body calms the mind, and it all connects.
There are two tracks. Game Day is for a single match: priming, fueling, recovering, and winding down around one game. Tournaments is for the long haul, several games in a day or a weekend, where fueling between games, budgeting your energy, and recovering on the turnaround decide who is still standing on Sunday.
Pick your track and walk the arc: prime, fuel, recover, wind down.
Sports-science and holistic-recovery principles applied to competition. Educational, not medical advice.
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Game Day
Fueling Pre and Post Training
Eat for the work ahead, and to rebuild what training breaks down.
Prime · Warm Up Your Nervous System
Dial your body and mind into the ready zone before kickoff.
Fuel · Eating Around a Game
Time your food so you have energy from the first whistle to the last.
Recover · The First Hour After
The hour that decides how you feel tomorrow.
Wind Down · Post-Game Reset
Come all the way down so your body can rebuild tonight.
Tournaments
Prime · Priming for the Weekend
Arrive full, and set a level you can repeat all weekend.
Fuel · Eating Across a Tournament
Top off all day so you still have legs in the last game.
Recover · Between Games
Refuel, flush the legs, and come down before the next whistle.
Manage · Budgeting the Weekend
Taper in, hold something back, and guard your sleep.
Wind Down · After the Tournament
Deep recovery and a clear-headed reflection when it is over.
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