Player Audit

The Player Audit

Used by hockey families across Canada, the US, Sweden and Switzerland.

25 questions, about 6 minutes

25 questions that find the one thing holding your player back.

Most players are not held back by talent. They are held back by one thing that nobody has named yet, and it is not the thing everyone is looking at.

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The point of this audit is an honest look at where your player is today. Not where you would like them to be, or where you wish they were. The report works best when your answers come from a typical day, not their best day or a dream day.

  • 25 questions across the 5 areas that decide how far a player goes
  • Your score and your single biggest gap, free
  • The full breakdown by email once Kenny has read your file

No payment. No account. Nothing to install.

Before we start, who is filling this out?

I am the parent
I am the player, my parents are involved
I am the player, I make my own calls

How old is the player?

This changes what every answer below means. A 12 year old and a 16 year old with the same habits are in different situations.

Please choose an age.

What level are they playing right now?

Recreational or house league
B, A or AA
AAA or prep
Junior hockey
College or university

Nutrition

On a normal day, how many times does your player eat?

Count everything. Meals, snacks, the thing they grab in the car.

2 or 3, and one of those gets skipped
3 solid meals, not much in between
3 meals plus a snack or two, around the same times each day
5 or 6 eating occasions on a set clock

Sleep

On a school night, how much sleep are they getting?

Lights out to alarm. Be honest, most parents overestimate this by about an hour.

Under 7 hours
7 to 8 hours
8 to 9 hours
9.5 hours or more

Physical Training

How many real off-ice training sessions do they get in a normal week?

Off-ice sessions. Team practices and games do not count.

None, or once in a while when they feel like it
1 or 2 sessions a week
3 sessions a week
4 or more sessions, every week

Mental

What happens on the shift right after they make a mistake?

They are gone. The rest of the game is a write-off
They play scared, stop asking for the puck
They shake it off within a period
Next shift they are back to normal, or better

Screen Time

Outside of school, how many hours a day is your player on a phone or gaming?

5 or more hours a day
3 to 4 hours a day
1 to 2 hours a day
Under an hour, and they manage it on their own

Nutrition

What do they eat in the 2 hours before a skate or a workout?

Nothing, or we are eating in the car on the way
Whatever is around, it is different every time
A snack most times, but nothing planned
A planned carb-forward snack, same window every time

Sleep

How much does their sleep move around from night to night?

It is all over the place, weekends the worst
Weeknights are okay, weekends blow it up
Steady, off by an hour or so on weekends
Same bedtime and same wake time 7 days a week

Mental

How do they show up to the biggest games?

Tryouts, playoffs, the game with scouts in the building.

They shrink. Their worst hockey shows up when it matters most
They get nervous, and it takes a period to settle in
About the same as any other game
They want those games. They are better when it is bigger

Physical Training

Where does their off-ice training come from?

They make it up as they go
Stuff from YouTube, or what their buddies are doing
A team program or a generic plan they found
A written program built for them specifically

Screen Time

Where does the phone spend the night?

In the bed with them
In the room, within reach
In the room, but across it
Out of the bedroom entirely

Nutrition

Do they know how much they need to eat to fuel a season?

Not a diet. An actual number for calories or protein that matches their body and their load.

No idea. We have not looked at it
We have a rough sense, more of a guess
We know about what they should eat, we do not track it
They have a target and they know when they have hit it

Sleep

How do they wake up in the morning?

Wrecked. It is a battle to get them up
Groggy and slow to get going most days
Okay once they get moving
Rested, and up on their own

Mental

Do they train the mental side on purpose?

Journaling, visualization, a pre-game routine, reviewing their own shifts.

No. We have not treated it as trainable
They talk about it, but they do not do it
They have a pre-game routine, nothing beyond that
Yes, something deliberate most days

Screen Time

What is the last thing they look at before sleep?

Phone or game until they fall asleep with it
Screens up to lights out most nights
They wind down off screens some nights, no set rule
Screens are gone before bed

Physical Training

Compared to 3 months ago, are they stronger or faster?

Something you could point to with a number, not a feeling.

No, and we would not be able to tell either way
Maybe, but nothing we can point to
Yes, we can see it even if we do not track it
Yes, and we have the numbers to prove it

Nutrition

How is their hydration through a normal day?

Barely drinks water, it is pop or energy drinks
Drinks when they think of it, or when thirsty
Decent water, but not consistent
Steady water all day, and they know it matters

Sleep

What is the main thing getting in the way of their sleep?

The honest one.

Late screens or gaming
Late practices, homework, or a packed schedule
A busy mind, they struggle to shut it off
Nothing much. Sleep is protected in our house

Mental

Who is driving your player's development, you or them?

This one matters more than any other question on the audit.

Me. If I stop pushing, all of it stops
Me, and they go along with it
Shared. They want it, they need reminders
Them. They are the one bringing it to me

Screen Time

Does screen time eat into their training, homework or sleep?

It wins. Given the choice, the screen takes the time
It happens a few times a week
Once in a while, on a slow night
Not an issue. It has its place and stays there

Physical Training

When they are not feeling it, does the training still happen?

No, a bad mood ends the day
It happens if someone pushes them into it
It happens, though a shorter or easier version
Yes. They do not negotiate with themselves about it

Nutrition

What does most of their food look like?

Grab-and-go, fast food, packaged stuff
A mix, whatever is easy
Home-cooked, with some junk
Real whole food, and they think about what they put in

Mental

Do they know what to work on to reach the next level?

No. We are guessing, and that is part of why we are here
They know the general idea, not what to do about it
They know what, they are fuzzy on how
They could name the 3 things and tell you their plan for each

Sleep

Is there a set bedtime and a wind-down routine?

No. Bedtime is whenever they crash
A rough target we miss more than hit
Most nights, though it slips on weekends
Same wind-down every night, and they own it

Physical Training

How do they treat the stuff around training, the warmups, mobility and nagging tweaks?

They do not think about it until something hurts
They get to it once something is sore
Some warmup, but it is inconsistent
A built-in routine they run without being told

Screen Time

Can they put the phone down on their own?

No. It is a daily fight
Yes, but it takes a fight every time
Yes, but they need reminders to do it
Yes, they put it down on their own

Last one. If you could fix one thing for them in the next 90 days, what would it be?

Your words, not a category. This is the part Kenny reads first.

Their audit is ready.

Your score and your biggest gap are on the next screen. The full breakdown, what the gap is costing on the ice and the plan to close it, comes by email once Kenny has gone through the file himself.

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FOUNDATION SCORE / 100

Biggest gap

Every area, scored

What happens now

  • A confirmation email is on its way to you right now.
  • Kenny reads your file himself and writes back on that same email thread. Usually inside 24 hours, depending on how many audits are in front of yours.
  • He texts you once it lands, so it does not sit unread at the bottom of your inbox.
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