The Over The Boards blog
What our data and the science actually say about beer-league hockey — no hype, no fake speed metrics.
How to choose a hockey shift tracker
A buyer's guide to shift and ice time trackers: what to actually look for, which claims to ignore, and how to tell an honest tracker from a marketing number.
Read →How long should a hockey shift actually be?
Shift length is the most argued number in beer league. What the data and the physiology say — and why "shorter" isn't the whole story.
Read →Heart rate recovery, explained for beer leaguers
The number on the bench matters more than the number on the ice. How to read your between-shift recovery — the honest metric the category ignores.
Read →Why a wrist can't measure your top speed indoors
Every competitor shows a km/h number. A wrist can't measure it honestly. What actually happens inside a rink — and what we'd rather show you.
Read →What 1Hz heart rate can — and can't — tell you about your game
One sample per second is rich enough for shifts and recovery, but it's not a lab ECG. The honest limits of the data your watch actually records.
Read →Sleep, resting heart rate, and readiness: the numbers that matter
Readiness isn't a magic score. It's sleep-derived resting heart rate and a trend — and knowing what it can't tell you is part of using it well.
Read →Ice time: the number every player wants, and why it's rarely measured right
Everyone wants their ice time. Almost nobody measures it correctly — most apps report total session time and call it a game. On-ice basis matters.
Read →How we validate our shift detection against real games
We tuned our detection engine against actual captured games, with a replay pipeline for every change. A transparent look at how the engine is built.
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