Doctor of Physical Therapy | Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist |🥎🏀🥍💪🏼🧠🩺
Boston, MA
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THE WAIT IS OVER. SEPTEMBER 1ST IS HERE. 🚨🥎
2028s — it’s our time!
I’ve dreamed about this moment since I first picked up a softball, and I’ve spent years working to put myself in this position. Today marks a new chapter, I’m excited to connect with college coaches, learn about their programs, and find the right fit for me both on and off the field.
To every coach who has watched me play, followed my journey, sent me mail, invited me to camps, or taken an interest in my game — thank you. I’m looking forward to continuing those conversations and introducing myself to coaches who may not know me yet.
And to my family, coaches, teammates and friends — thank you for pushing me, believing in me, and helping me get to this moment.
2028 — LET’S GET TO WORK. 💪🥎
#ClassOf2028 #September1 #2028Softball #2028Catcher #SoftballRecruiting #Catcher @coachpeytonsb @ExtraInningSB @FPNE16UStinson @LineDsoftball @showbba @SBRRetweets @PrepSoftball @CoastRecruits @showbba
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We are excited to welcome Peyton Schnackenberg to our coaching staff a new new assistant coach!
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Worth the wait! Perfect next chapter…no one deserves this more. @CoachpeytonSB
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We are excited to welcome Peyton Schnackenberg to our coaching staff a new new assistant coach!
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Norway consistently wins the most medals at the Winter Olympic Games, with a population of just 5.6 million people.
A big part of their success is how they treat youth sports—and it’s the opposite of what we do in the US. Here’s what we can learn from Norway:
1. Scorekeeping:
In the US: Youth sports tend to be hyper competitive even at early ages. Leagues almost always keep score.
In Norway: Scorekeeping isn’t even allowed until age 13.
Removing winners and losers keeps the focus on the process not outcomes. It keeps kids engaged longer because it minimizes pressure (and tears) and maximizes fun, learning, and growth. The goal isn’t to win a third grade championship. It’s to love sport and keep playing.
2. Trophies:
In the US: If you give everyone a trophy, you’re creating snowflakes who will never gain a competitive edge.
In Norway: Whenever trophies are awarded, they are handed out to everyone.
If getting a trophy makes young kids feel good, we should give them trophies. Maybe they’ll come back and play again next year!!
As for the creation of snowflakes with no competitive edge—Norway’s athletes are tough as nails and all they do is win.
3. Prioritizing Fun:
In the US: Far too often, the goal is to win.
In Norway: The national philosophy is “joy of sport.”
Youth sports in the US are driven by adults, ego, and money. Youth sports in Norway are driven by fun.
Only half of kids in the US participate in sports. The number one reason they drop out: because they aren’t having fun anymore. In Norway, 93% of kids participate in youth sports. Fun is the foremost goal.
4. Playing Multiple Sports:
In the US: There’s pressure to specialize early and play your best sport year round.
In Norway: Try as many sports as you can before specializing as late as college.
Norway encourages kids to try all types of sport. This reduces injury and burnout and increases all-around athleticism. It also helps promotes match quality, or finding the sport you are best suited for as your body develops, which is impossible if you commit to a single sport too early.
5. Affordability
In the US: There is increasingly a pay-to-play model with high fees for leagues, equipment, and travel. This excludes many kids from playing.
In Norway: It’s a national priority to keep youth sports affordable and therefore accessible for all.
Kids aren’t priced out, which creates opportunities for everyone to participate (and develop into athletes), regardless of their parents’ income level.
We could learn a lot from Norway:
In the US, 70% of kids drop out of youth sports by age 13. This not only diminishes an elite-athlete pipeline, but it also destroys an opportunity for healthy habits and all the character lessons kids can learn from sport.
In Norway, lifelong participation in sport is the norm. The goal isn’t to have the best 9U team. It’s to develop the best athletes. Those are two very different things. And Norway has the gold medals to prove it.
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High school athletes: Strength training is your best injury-prevention tool.
Not gadgets. Not “secret” drills.
Just old school resistance training.
Build a better base.
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Had a great time helping @FPNE14UPeyton this past Fall and Summer seasons. Learned a lot and can’t wait to see the girls grow more on and off the field 💪🏼
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The 14U Peyton team will be competing in 16U next season. Register and attend the tryouts below. More dates and locations for August coming soon. If you register you will be emailed all pertinent info when it’s released. @FuryPlatinum
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Come join Hannah, Darien and I on 8/9!
More coaches are on the staff and will be announced closer to the date.
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No more Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation for your soft tissue injuries!
Dubois B, Esculier JSoft-tissue injuries simply need PEACE and LOVEBritish Journal of Sports Medicine 2020;54:72-73.
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How to use the knowledge of results external feedback mechanism to enhance power #SolvePT mikereinold.com/a-really-sim…
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