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Welcome to the Game Day section of the PLPA web site. Game Day is a segment that features players and how they prepare for games including what they do during the day of a game as a chronology. This segment will feature Brad Dairon of the Toronto Rock. Brad Dairon's Game Day9:00 a.m. - Wake up, Shower with music on, get ready. 9:15 a.m - eat breakfast ( always 2 eggs, 3 pieces of toast, yogourt, and 1/2 litre of water) 9:45 a.m. - pick up game stick, start cradelling the ball and throwing ball off basement wall. Even if I'm watching T.V. I've always got my stick in my hands. 10:30 a.m. - Drink a cup of water. 12:30 p.m. - Put stick down make lunch. (1 1/2 cups of rice, 1 chicken breast, veggies, and water.) 1:00 p.m - leave for team lunch (pasta, bread, salade, fruit, water) and bus pick up in St. Catharines( where I live) for short drive to game. 2:00 p.m. - Get on the bus with my stick (from lunch to boarding the bus is the longest time where I don't have my stick in my hands before a game) and look for a good seat. Usually the older guys get first choice, so I take what I can get. 2:45 p.m. - After crossing the border the team will go over the game plan for about an hour. 3:45 p.m. - After reviewing game plan I like to listen to music and watch game tape that is playing on the bus. 5:45 p.m. - Bus arrives at the rink. Get ready for light warm up. 6:15 p.m. - Light warm up, take lots of shots at the same spot on net to get my stick working. 6:45 p.m. - return to the dressing room and get ready for team warm up. Drink some all sport before the warm up. 7:00 p.m. - Team warm up, work with line mates, talk about things to do and try during the game. 7:30 p.m. - Return to dressing room for quick review of game plan. One last drink of water before game start. Sit at stall and think about the game. 8:00 p.m. - Game time - Team cheer and national anthems. I always leave anthem at the same time and run the same pattern to the net. 11:00 p.m. - Game is over and proceed to post game party. |