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Kalakar · Yesterday, 07:51 PM

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I think Demir Bellona would be fairly good at this test. Although he's a novice in the Survivor world, I don't think other players know anything about Survivor or reality tv really. He's only started watching since a few seasons ago, and while he did his best to get his teammates on board to watch with him, none really jumped in with him. Bellona would certainly be fantastic at any physical challenges in the game, and it's not too crazy for me to say that I think he would be able to compete for the most challenge wins of all time at 8. He would certainly be better than his friend Derek Martin @Frenchie which would probably one of the first players to be eliminated. Survivor is a hard game in harsh conditions and some people don't have what it takes. Fortunately, Demir Bellona has the physical prowess and the mental aptitude required to win Survivor if he were to ever apply to participate.

Thunfish · Yesterday, 07:58 PM

Sunrise likes to have a balanced training schedule for his time between seasons, mostly because he believes it helps him to diversify his playing style even if recent matches showed him to be somewhat limited in that regard. But truth be told, the Dutch winger prefers to spend most of his free time between seasons enjoying things like orchestric symphonies and scientific magazines that match his academic profile. You also have to remove some of that free time under the basis that he will always make a visit to his hometown of Schubbekutteveen back in the Netherlands, as his father would be quite upset if he did not go there at least once a year.

Truth be told, the first thing about training between seasons is to not get injured. It happens to be a risk that any player goes through when doing that but if you manage to avoid such a circumstance, then you can think about improving. Then, I suppose what would follow would be to learn meditation or just to watch tapes and see what you can figure out in your own game as far as the mental aspect goes.

Maybe get a psychiatrist. You know, someone to hear you.

Faelax · Yesterday, 08:19 PM

Looking at the type of game Anna Skovgaard likes to play, it is pretty obvious she spends a lot of time during the summer working on her physical strength. Going into her second season, she is hoping to pick up right where she left off at the end of last season, where she really came into her own as a power forward. Her size and skating ability are a rare combination, and she is not shy about using her strength to take the puck away from opposing players, and then getting by opposing defenders by either blowing past them with her speed or powering through them like they aren't even there. With all this in mind, Anna spent a lot of time this summer working on her physical strength so that she can continue to take advantages of her skating ability. During the season, she will be spending all of her free time working on her shooting ability so that she can fill up the back of the net.

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Wrehkz · Yesterday, 08:29 PM

@Frenchie has been on quite the binge, and absolutely loving the newest season of Survivor. It has him so grappled into the challenges he decided he wanted us Highlanders to try some of them. Frenchie split the tribes the most fair he thought was, and I looked to my right and noticed.....my team had Leo Carlsson (@Rojjter) on it. I knew it would be an uphill battle, as I would have to make sure he sleeps at the right time so he does not wake up late for a challenge. The first night came after the tribes were picked, and I went to Leo to make sure he would sleep "Of course I'm gonna sleep early Minty, don't even stress look at how comfy I look." I trusted him and went to bed. Huge mistake. I woke up the next morning ready for the challenge. It was a puzzle solving challenge so I knew me and Leo would do well in it. But..he never showed up, he had let me down and slept in. I knew I had to lock in and complete this challenge before Spaceman Spiff (@Vrain), I tried my best to understand the puzzle, I fit the pieces in the right place finally the last piece was there. "Lemme help with that" Leo said as he yawned and put the piece in the right place. "AND THATS THE WINNER LEO CARLSSON HAS WON THE CHALLENGE EXCELLENT WORK BY OUR MOST DEDICATED USER" I clapped for him as he rubbed his eyes. Leo the class clown was the best companion to help with Mental Fortitude, Completing the other Physical Challenges, I realized how well this helped the team, so I decided to stay as long as I could, with new high hopes for the season due to the teambuilding the challenge had done.

***SchwarzNarr*** · Yesterday, 08:30 PM

As Jeremy spent his time training over the off-season, he really worked hard on making sure that he was working on his self-control. After all, eating ones teammates isn't exactly conducive to winning games. However, as the offseason continued, and Jeremy grew better about his own control over his actions, and his pocket dimension, he began working on his balance on the ice. While he has incredible balance most of the time, almost always being able to land on his feet, Jeremy honestly struggled with being able to skate. The ice was too cold under his paws if he didn't have on skates, and to be quite frank, having skates was just difficult for the poor flerken. So he spent almost the entirety of the offseason just skating, both on and off the ice. He even went rollerblading regularly too, because he wanted to be able to be the best player he could for the Tidal, especially going into his final seasons for the team.

MattyJ · Yesterday, 08:35 PM

#2: MattyJ solely focuses on physical health in the offseason. He is hitting the gym every single day. No days off he says. He is hitting legs, arm, chest, and then legs again. He is working to become the strongest and fastest physical skater in the league. He also thinks all this strength well let him increase is already insane slap shot. MattyJ does not take mental health too seriously. He says the money and Ws make him happier than anything. He thinks he is already so mentally strong that it is not necessary. Also if he is ever feeling that he is slipping mentally, he just listens to Free Bird and it all comes back.

During the season, MattyJ does focus more on his mental health that he realizes. After games and practices, he naps and plays video games. He does not hit the gym outside of practice almost ever. He just does not know this is what he is doing.

charlieconway · Yesterday, 08:37 PM

Quote:Written Option 2: Only the strong will survive! Or do they? How important part does physical or mental strength training play in your players offseason and how they do it? Are they focusing mostly on lower body strength or do they take more balanced approach? Or is it all about the core strength that helps them stay in right position at the goal? Maybe they think that surviving is really more dependent on mental strength and finding it inside themselves, but is there even a way to train that?

Both physical and mental strength are incredibly important for SHL players. It’s not enough to be good enough in one or the other; such players will be on the periphery of the league and can never become true stars.

Jae-ik chooses to spend equal time training both in the offseason.

For physical training, he continues his normal workout routine in the gym. He also makes sure his diet is as disciplined as ever, even with the temptation of off-season recreation and the meals that inevitably follow. This offseason, he’s focusing on his endurance, since he felt like that was a bit of an issue in S79, especially toward the end of the season.

Mentally, it’s all about the ability to focus on the task at hand. Meditation is a big help, and so is clearing your mind while still being active, so there are physical exercises that incorporate a mental aspect where Jae-ik practices tuning out the distractions around him to focus on what’s in front of him. Think playing jenga while on a rocking boat at sea, all the while two different people are having conversations in your ear.

Tsunny · Yesterday, 08:53 PM

Written Option 2:

Phisical training might not play as much of a role as mental strength does for Sonja's offseason training plan. Sure she takes her time training her phisicality but it does not take priority. She is rather limited on that side after all and she doesn't want to be "too phisical" either. Her mental strength on the other hand is definitely getting quite the focus. After all it is one of if not the most important aspect of a player's ability to stay strong in the head and not lose their cool easily. After all early in her career she has been losing her head more than once, she was yelled at for that too, especially when it cost her team. So she slowly but surely started training herself on that regard, getting better and better each day and that's something that she still does to this day. After all with a cool head, you can easily win games while everyone else is losing theirs around you.

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baz · Yesterday, 08:57 PM

Written Option 2:

When determining how much mental and physical toughness matter in a season at the SHL level. We have to look at how these players train themselves for this and what they have to train themselves for. One thing that we see a lot of is not letting the flow of the game get to you and viewing every time after a goal when that puck is laid on the ice as a completely different game. One thing Calgary trains is the mental fortitutde of players to make sure while that game is going on that everyone on the team will be in the best headspace possible. You also need to be able to have the mental fortitude to put up with the away crowd as it can truly be a lot for individuals and being able to ignore and continue to do your best despite being mocked is a huge factor of games, showing that fans can't throw you off your game with a little jearing.

Papajon · Yesterday, 09:13 PM

Written Option 1

Hotdog Lunch was born on the frozen lakes of northern Wisconsin, where his family would own an ice farm for many generations. In essence, he was born to be outside during the winter months; learning how to trap animals, forage off the land, and create a viable enough shelter to last many weeks in the cold winter months. This is because our family growing up had a rival ice farming that would come to the Lunch family property to try and disrupt the farming process. After many months of dealing with the other ice poachers, it was discovered that they were actually German immigrants apart of the Biggins family, the same family that Earl Biggins is from (@Cootdaddy). Earl did not know this at the time when Hotdog and him were both being scouted into the SMJHL, where Lunch would recognize the family name. This led to initial bad blood between the two players stemming from Hotdog's work around the family farm. These aforementioned expierences would help Hotdog greatly in the survivor style even that the Highlanders GM would be making us do. (184 Words)

***micool132*** · Yesterday, 09:33 PM

Written Option 2:

The Altanta inferno, the best team in the simulation hockey league, are of the opinion that physical strenght is very important and as such is a big part of the off-season training regimen enforced by the coach. The most important part of the body is the legs. This is where the strenght matters the most and former player and leg coach @goldenglutes makes sure everyone trains their glutes to perfection. He makes us do 100 squats per day, and we cannot drink until we are done to also train our endurance capacity. Sometiems we get so thirsty we lick our sweat dripping from our forehead (especially @Bongo he got that big forehead). The other strenght that is the most important is the arms. The big arms allows us to take big slappers on the PP. You'll notice our team's best defenseman is an eel @hotdog and that eels dont have glutes and don't have arms so the eel doesn't have to train with us. Maybe he should grow at least one glute idk.

***39alaska39*** · Yesterday, 09:34 PM

I think that the biggest things for an elite hockey player (and Dominik in this case) are a good balance in their overall strengths and endurance abilities. Obviously you need good lower body strength to be able to skate hard and work hard all season, as well as maintaining your balance when battling for the puck and working up and down the ice. Of course, that's not the only thing that matters and there are plenty of players who have been elite physical talents and lacked the mental side of the game. It's important to be able to study one's own play and be able to learn from their mistakes. Within that, it can be hard to fully grow without being able to see what it is that you are doing wrong. It's something that I think Dominik does a good job of in terms of improving as a player and that is mostly something he learned from an early age.

Alex Winters (retired)
Matej Winters (retired)
Dominik Winters
S45 Jesster Trophy Winner
Challenge Cup Winning Goal Club: S52

oknom · Yesterday, 09:35 PM

So this is a paid camping vacation? Dang what a bummer! Dunkler would totally be down for it but I guess it depends on where the camping is. Im imagining a place that people would actually WANT to camp. You know, like somewhere with a lake or river and at least hospitable climate? It could also be a straight up desert. Which would not be much of a vacation at all.
All that being said, I don’t think Dunkler has any specific outdoors skills like hunting, fishing, cooking, or navigating that would be of any use. Then again, are we just training out in the woods? Are we trying to get out? Are there bears? If there are bears and rattlesnakes, and its in the desert than Dunkler is requesting a trade ASAP.
Without any specific outdoors skills, Dunkler is playing politics to try to be as valuable as possible. Or least valuable I guess if people want to leave? Locker room glue guy but in the wilderness.

**_Blitz_** · Yesterday, 09:38 PM

Written Option 2:

Some people are very good at working out physically, some are better mentally. To perform at a high professional level requires both. Oliver Castillon has been working on his physical game for a long time and is finally reaching his prime, but his mental game has been lacking in recent seasons. For all of his core and lower body strength, he's had a difficult time with the rollercoaster between success and failure on the ice, especially in the post-season. This off-season, sports therapy has been added to his regimen. He's yet to really test his new skills, but he's hopeful that he'll have an easier time adjusting his performance and expectations through the season.
He's also been working more on his speed and passing, since those were the areas where he made a few costly mistakes as the season wore on and in the IIHF tournament this off-season. Oliver hopes that between the improved mental fortitude and better passing, the LA Panthers will make another trip to the Challenge Cup Finals and bring in another trophy at the end of the season!
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***noxu*** · Yesterday, 09:39 PM

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