Brilliant breakdown of the scheduling paradox. The 8:00 vs 8:30 AM finding is fascinating becuase it shows players actually delayed bedtime by more than they gained in morning sleep, like they psychologically "spent" the extra time rather than banked it. I've seen this with corporate teams too where flexible start times backfire when people don't adjust sleep forward, just push everything later. The moderate training load improving sleep architecture makes sense from a homeostatic drive perspective, dunno why more programs don't lean into strategic loading for pre-competition sleep quality.
Brilliant breakdown of the scheduling paradox. The 8:00 vs 8:30 AM finding is fascinating becuase it shows players actually delayed bedtime by more than they gained in morning sleep, like they psychologically "spent" the extra time rather than banked it. I've seen this with corporate teams too where flexible start times backfire when people don't adjust sleep forward, just push everything later. The moderate training load improving sleep architecture makes sense from a homeostatic drive perspective, dunno why more programs don't lean into strategic loading for pre-competition sleep quality.
They do. It's called curfew.