Most players are sabotaging recovery without realizing it
Dear Athletes,
I’m going to share a superpower that anyone can use, and almost nobody does.
If you apply it consistently, it will improve your performance faster than most training programs.
When I tell you what it is, it will sound simple. Almost too simple. But once you commit to it, you will feel the difference immediately.
The superpower is sleep.
Most players are running on caffeine, late nights, and endless scrolling. They are wired all day and exhausted at night. And when it is time to recover, their body never fully does.
There is another way. Very few athletes ever truly commit to it.
Eight hours of sleep every night.
Going to bed at the same time.
Waking up at the same time.
That means making decisions during the day that protect your sleep. No caffeine late in the afternoon. No screens right before bed. Reading a book instead of scrolling. Letting your mind slow down instead of overstimulating it.
Ask yourself this question honestly.
What would happen if you slept eight hours every night for a month?
Eight hours for your body to heal.
Eight hours for your brain to reset.
Eight hours to recover instead of just survive.
Do you think that would affect your hockey performance?
Of course it would.
That is why elite athletes spend so much time and money dialing in their sleep. Dark rooms. Cooler temperatures. Consistent routines. Recovery starts when you close your eyes.
There are endless tools and products out there if you want to go deep. I will leave that up to you.
A great place to start is simple.
Pick a bedtime and stick to it.
Try 10 pm to 6 am.
Do it consistently and see what happens.
Your recovery improves. Your focus sharpens. Your emotions stabilize. Your game feels cleaner.
Now here is the deeper layer.
Most people are sleepwalking through life. They drift. They react. They have no real goals.
Of the people who do have goals, most talk about them endlessly but never take real action.
The rare ones are different.
They move quietly.
They work when nobody is watching.
They stack small wins every day.
And the truth is, the competition is low. Most people are not truly going for it. So if you wake up and decide to take your goals seriously, you are already ahead.
I do not know what your goal is. Maybe it is hockey. Maybe it is something else. But if you are here, it means you care about improving.
And I promise you this. Getting real sleep will help you chase whatever you are chasing.
That is what we believe at Wraparound. We are not sleepwalking. We are building, training, and improving with intention. We create tools that help you put in the work when nobody is watching.
So stop talking about it. Take the next step.
And if it is past 10 pm when you are reading this, close this email and get some sleep.
Your body will thank you.
See you on the flip side,
Bobby Robins and the Wraparound Team