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title: Tips For a Better Night Sleep
description: tips to enhance your athlete's sleep and overall recovery routine
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# [Tips For a Better Night Sleep](https://blog.bridgeathletic.com/tips-for-a-better-night-sleep)

 Written by [BridgeAthletic](https://blog.bridgeathletic.com/author/bridgeathletic) | Apr 26, 2019 7:21:07 PM

Sleep is crucial to an athlete's overall performance. However, sleep can be a hard metric to track and control - especially for student athletes. Ways to enhance sleep isn't always a one size fits all. So, we complied a list of different tips to help your athletes get in those important z's. 

 

Environment 

*You want a cave-like environment*

1. A quiet space. Use earplugs if needed. 

2. A dark room with very little to no light source 

3.  A cool room - between 60 - 67 degrees Fahrenheit

4. A room without a clock. Turn your clock away from you so you aren't tempted to watch the clock

 

Routine

1. Avoid caffeine up to 4 hours before bed time 

2. Implement a wind-down routine 

3. Practice visualization and meditation exercises 

4. Unplug your devices and stay off screens near bed time

5. Reduce alcohol intake 

6. Maintain a sleep schedule

7. Get daily sunshine and fresh air 

 

For more information on how to enhance your athletes sleep check out these great resources: 

1.[How to sleep like a pro (athlete)](http://www.sleepreviewmag.com/2016/02/sleep-like-pro-athlete/)

2. [10 tips to help athletes sleep better ](https://www.verywellfit.com/tips-to-help-athletes-sleep-better-3996771)

3. [10 sleep strategies for peak athlete performance ](https://www.verywellfit.com/tips-to-help-athletes-sleep-better-3996771)

 

 

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