Kelsey HigginsonSports Nutrition Coach and Founder at Clutch Day Coaching

Rating athlete habits 1-10

18 Aug 2025 · 1 min

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In this concise YouTube segment, Speaker A proposes common athlete habits while Speaker B rates each on a 0–10 scale and offers brief coaching commentary. The discussion covers seven habits: occasional soda consumption (rated 1, advised as occasional only), skipping warm‑ups (rated 0, warned as injury‑prone), daily water intake of a gallon (rated 5, noted as athlete‑size dependent), eating breakfast every morning (rated 10, highlighted as essential fuel), staying up past midnight nightly (rated 0, condemned for poor recovery), in‑season weightlifting (rated 10 when paired with a proper program and trainer), and training on rest days (rating not provided in the excerpt). The tone is conversational yet instructional, with a clear stance that disciplined nutrition, sleep, and preparation are critical for athletic performance.

Drinking soda during the season.
One. If this is something you want to do once a month after a game or something, I think that's fine, but I don't recommend it like during the week or anything like that.
Skipping warm-ups before practice.
Zero. That's a good way to get injured.
Drinking a gallon of water every day.
Oh, it depends on the athlete and the size of the athlete, so I don't know, five. Not every single athlete needs a gallon of water every single day, and some athletes might need more than a gallon of water every single day.
Eating breakfast every single morning.
Oh, 10. That's really important. Make sure you're fueling your body from the get-go.
Staying up past midnight every night.
Zero. It's terrible. Don't do that. Your body needs good sleep and rest to recover.
Lifting weights during the season.
10 if you have a good program that you're following and a good trainer that knows what they're doing.
Training on rest days.
1 or 2. Rest days need to be intentional. They need to actually happen. One thing that you could do training-wise on a rest day is yoga or stretching or going on a walk or a light jog just to move your body and get your blood flowing.