08/21/2026
In 1978 a doctor invented R.I.C.E.
In 2014 he published a piece called “Why Ice Delays Recovery” and took it back.
Nobody told your coach.
Today at 5pm I’m at The Strand Theatre in Oak Bluffs with the 17U players and parents of Martha’s Vineyard Basketball, and we are going to talk about the three things almost everybody in youth sports still does that the research stopped believing in.
Then I’ll give them six things that work better. All of it published, all of it cited, all of it free.
Here is one to take home right now.
Stanford extended their basketball team’s sleep. Free throw percentage went up nine percent. Three point percentage went up nine point two. Sprint times got faster.
Nobody has a skills trainer who gives you nine percent from the line.
Parents, if you do one thing tonight: the phone leaves the bedroom.
Move better. Recover smarter.
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