College recruiting has become loud, expensive, and emotional.

In this episode of the Three Phase Podcast, Joe LaLeune sits down with Dennis Joyce — better known as Laxdad — to break down what families consistently get wrong about college lacrosse recruiting… and what actually matters.

This isn’t a hype conversation.

It’s a real discussion about fit over logos, development over panic, and making decisions that still make sense four years from now.

Whether you’re navigating lacrosse, hockey, football, soccer — or simply making high-pressure life decisions — the principles in this episode apply.

Inside this conversation:

• The biggest mistakes families make with early commitments
• Why most showcase money is wasted
• How to interpret real recruiting interest versus noise
• Why system fit matters more than prestige
• The role of coach honesty
• And why patience may be the most underrated advantage in recruiting

If you value clarity over chaos, this episode will give you a smarter framework.

Connect with Dennis Joyce (Laxdad)

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We train our bodies with reps, progressive stress, and structure — but expect our minds to handle pressure without the same preparation.

In this episode of the Three Phase Podcast, Joe sits down with Annie Berezowsky of Birch Grove Wellness to explore what it actually means to train the mind like a muscle.

They discuss emotional reps, distress tolerance, nervous system capacity, and mental flexibility — and how these skills determine whether you stay steady or crack under pressure.

This is a grounded, practical conversation for high performers, athletes, professionals, and anyone who wants resilience that actually holds up in real life.

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anastasia_berezowsky

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Every Olympic year, injuries seem to show up at the worst possible time.

Athletes who have trained intelligently for years, supported by world-class coaches and medical teams, suddenly break down right when performance is supposed to peak. This episode explores why that pattern exists — not from a place of blame or criticism, but from an honest look at how training cycles behave under pressure.

In this solo episode, Joe unpacks why Olympic years place unique demands on the body, how accumulated stress and recovery debt quietly build over long timelines, and why injuries often appear late in the cycle rather than during the heaviest training phases. The conversation separates unavoidable, catastrophic injuries from breakdown-style injuries that emerge through load density, disrupted recovery, and compressed timelines.

Using real Olympic-year scenarios without naming or blaming, Joe connects what happens at the highest level of sport to lessons that apply to coaches, athletes, and anyone navigating high-pressure seasons in training, work, or life.

This episode covers:

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• How pressure, travel, and recovery debt interact with training load
• The difference between accumulated injuries and unavoidable sport-related injuries
• What Olympic cycles reveal about peaking and long-term planning
• How the same principles show up during work deadlines, busy seasons, and compressed timelines
• What to watch for as the Winter Olympic events unfold

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