Category: play
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A season of Beach Ultimate
Tournament Name Date Location US Beach Nationals May 9-10 Virginia Beach, VA Canadian Beach Nationals June 6-7 Shediac, NB Parlee Beach Tournament July 18-19 Shediac, NB Storm the Beach August 29 Cobourg, ON Discs & Dunes 1 day Cobourg, ON Probably and most definitely more this year 🙂 It feels like Toronto is uniquely positioned…
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World Champions: Player Reflections
A worlds campaign is a unique challenge of bringing together the nation’s top talent to quickly build a high performing team with the challenges of competing priorities and responsibilities. Beach Worlds is especially interesting in the Canadian landscape – currently, Team Canada Beach is selected through online applications and referrals, with one or two training…
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Movement as an expression of self
Movement and body care has been central to my identity since childhood – always outside playing catch, cycling around the neighborhood, playing on sports teams since I was 9 years old. Sports and movement was and is intoxicatingly addictive, my cravings are in the deepest parts of me. When movement was restricted for two years,…
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ACL Club: Return to Performance, the Comeback Season
ACL recovery consists of 5 stages: phase goals my timeline pre-op pre-habpreparing for surgery 3 monthsNovember 2023 – March 2024 early ↓ swelling↑ quad activation/controlnormalize walkingachieve “quiet knee” 8 monthsMarch – October mid introduce running 3 monthsNovember – January 2025 late return to play progression 5 monthsJanuary – May performance ramp up playing volume, strength,…
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ACL Club: Late stage or Return to Play
ACL recovery consists of 5 stages: phase goals my timeline pre-op pre-habpreparing for surgery 3 monthsNovember 2023 – March 2024 early ↓ swelling↑ quad activation/controlnormalize walkingachieve “quiet knee” 8 monthsMarch – October mid introduce running 3 monthsNovember – January 2025 late return to play progression 5 monthsJanuary – May performance ramp up playing volume, strength,…
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ACL Club: Mid Stage
ACL recovery consists of 5 stages: phase goals my timeline pre-op pre-habpreparing for surgery 3 monthsNovember 2023 – March 2024 early ↓ swelling↑ quad activation/controlnormalize walkingachieve “quiet knee” 8 monthsMarch – October mid introduce running 3 monthsNovember – January 2025 late return to play progression 5 monthsJanuary – May performance ramp up playing volume, strength,…
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Faces of ACL Club
In a mindblowingly common and heartbreaking injury, this gallery attempts to humanize the ACL club through selfies with ACLers. For an injury that feels isolating and lonely, you are very much not alone.
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ACL Club: Early Stage
ACL recovery consists of 5 stages: phase goals my timeline pre-op pre-habpreparing for surgery 3 monthsNovember 2023 – March 2024 early ↓ swelling↑ quad activation/controlnormalize walkingachieve “quiet knee” 8 monthsMarch – October mid introduce running 3 monthsNovember – January 2025 late return to play progression 5 monthsJanuary – May performance ramp up playing volume, strength,…
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ACL Club 2023: 1 of 250 000
ACL pre-hab: what it feels like and looks like ACL recovery consists of 5 stages: phase goals my timeline pre-op pre-habpreparing for surgery 3 monthsNovember 2023 – March 2024 early ↓ swelling↑ quad activation/controlnormalize walkingachieve “quiet knee” 8 monthsMarch – October mid introduce running 3 monthsNovember – January 2025 late return to play progression 5…
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I’m afraid of injury
I tore my ACL. I’m waiting for an MRI and started rehab.I don’t expect to play sports for months. ⏸️ volleyball, climbing, surfing, snowboarding, and… Ultimate.▶️ rehab, renovations, baking, painting, gliding, and pottery. I have a deep-seated fear of injury.I’ve bailed, quit, and given in when I might be remotely close to the risk of…