Bobby Weisenberger, MS, LAT, ATC, PES

Head Athletic Trainer at Charleston Battery, Athletic Trainer at South Carolina Stingrays, Athletic Trainer at MUSC Sports Medicine, Sports Psychology

[Bobby Weisenberger, MS, LAT, ATC, PES @BWW_ATC]

After 16½ unforgettable seasons with @Chas_Battery in the @USLChampionship , it's time for a new chapter. Thank you to all of the players, coaches, staff, fans, MUSC, and everyone who made this journey so special.

[Bobby Weisenberger, MS, LAT, ATC, PES @BWW_ATC]

“But I only broke her leg one time”

[Kaynak Haber @KaynakNews]

Gördüğü kırmızı karta "Bu yaptığım ilk faul" Diyerek itiraz eden kadın futbulcunun müdahalesi kameralara böyle yansıdı.

[Bobby Weisenberger, MS, LAT, ATC, PES @BWW_ATC]

Some old school Charleston Battery with the Legend @_poppymiller Hope you are doing well. https://t.co/G7shcCDHEI

[herculez gomez @herculezg]

It doesn't take much to make someone’s day, or even change their life.

I never understood why athletes or celebrities choose not to grasp this idea.

Grande, Lira. 👏 🔵 🚂

[Bobby Weisenberger, MS, LAT, ATC, PES @BWW_ATC]

Graham goals are “For the People”

[Charleston Battery @Chas_Battery]

LATE MAGIC IN THE CUP FROM GRAHAM SMITH!!

#CB93 | @USL_Cup

[Charleston Battery @Chas_Battery]

LATE MAGIC IN THE CUP FROM GRAHAM SMITH!!

#CB93 | @USL_Cup

[Gino Hard @GinoHard_]

One of the BEST moments of the NHL season comes in the final week 🥹

Dustin Wolf gives his stick to a 10-year-old fan, and you can tell it meant EVERYTHING ❤️

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

Team USA just won its first Olympic hockey gold in 46 years.

On February 22. The exact anniversary of the Miracle on Ice.

Forget the storybook narrative for a second.

What happened today is a masterclass in what performance science teaches us about pressure, identity, and legacy.

Consider the pressure this team was under.
They walked into today carrying 46 years of near misses.

The US hadn't won Olympic gold since 1980.

They lost the gold medal game in 2002 and 2010...both times to Canada. Last year at the 4 Nations tournament, Canada beat them in overtime. That loss was still raw.

The 1980 hero, Mike Eruzione, was in the building. He told the players before the game: "It's just a hockey game."

It wasn't. And everyone knew it.

Canada outshot the US 41-26.

They dominated the second and third periods.

Nathan MacKinnon missed an open net. Macklin Celebrini had a breakaway and couldn't convert. Devon Toews had Hellebuyck beaten and somehow the puck stayed out. Then Charlie McAvoy cleared a puck off the goal line with his glove.

This was not a dominant performance. It was a team surviving enormous pressure and refusing to break. That distinction matters.

How does a team perform under that kind of weight? It starts with the environment the coach creates.

Mike Sullivan is now the only American-born coach to win multiple Stanley Cups AND Olympic gold.

When he took over the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2015, the team was loaded with talent — Crosby, Malkin, Letang — and completely broken. His description: "There was a dark cloud over the locker room."

His first move wasn't a new system or a motivational speech. It was a reframe.

He told the team: "There are certain things in life we can control and certain things we can't. We needed to focus on the things that we could control and not dedicate any cognitive resources or worry to things we couldn't control."

The team adopted a two-word motto: "Just play."

Six months later, they won the Stanley Cup. Tonight, he helped USA do it again on the biggest stage in the world.

Sullivan builds what he calls a "safe zone for learning."

His video review sessions are explicitly NOT about blame.

"We don't want a player walking into our video room on eggshells worried about 'Am I going to be in the film? Is Coach going to yell at me?' It's a game of mistakes. Our responsibility is to learn from them."

His guiding principle from his college coach:

"Before players want to know what you know, they want to know that you care."

It's the difference between compliance and buy-in. Buy-in wins championships.

Research backs up Sullivan.

Fear-based environments don't produce peak performance. Especially when pressure is already high...

They produce anxiety, risk-aversion, and choking.

When people feel psychologically safe — when they know mistakes won't be weaponized against them — they take smarter risks, recover faster from errors, and perform better under pressure.

We could see it in how Sullivan framed this moment in the weeks before the game.

"What an incredible opportunity we have in front of us."

Not a burden or expectation...Opportunity.

He took the unusual step for a hockey team and kept the team in the Olympic Village instead of a hotel.

His reasoning: "The Village is part of the experience."

The Hughes brothers roomed together. The Tkachuk brothers roomed together.

He didn't try to ignore or isolate them from the pressure. He was embedding them in it, together.

And then there's the guy who scored the goal.

Jack Hughes came into the Olympics injured, underperforming, slotted on the fourth line.

Sullivan moved him up mid-tournament because, as he put it, "We thought by moving him and getting him more ice time, he could impact the game more."

Hughes's response: "I believe in myself more than anyone. Wherever I was slotted coming into this thing, I knew I was going to play well."

A coach who believed in him when results said otherwise. A player who believed in himself when the lineup said otherwise.

Then two teeth got cracked in half by a high stick in the third period. And he scored the golden goal anyway.

Everyone's going to remember this as the night the US ended a 46-year drought.

On the anniversary. In overtime. Against Canada.

But the real lesson is quieter than that.

The environment you create determines the performance you get. A safe zone for learning. A focus on controllables. Relationships built on care, not fear. Pressure reframed as opportunity.

That's what it looks like when a team is ready, with the right environment and support to tackle the ghosts of history.

They built a culture where a team could survive 41 shots and a kid with two broken teeth could score the biggest goal of his life.

The 1980 Miracle was about belief overcoming talent. Today was different.

Today was talent, preparation, identity, and 46 years of accumulated hunger arriving at the same moment.

-Steve

[Bobby Weisenberger, MS, LAT, ATC, PES @BWW_ATC]

Hell Yes!!!! @usahockey wins Olympic Gold for the first time since the 1980 #MiracleOnIce. I was 7 years old when the Boys won in Lake Placid and have been hooked on the sport ever since. #StillBelieveInMiracles

[Bobby Weisenberger, MS, LAT, ATC, PES @BWW_ATC]

What instrument Kits are my AT friends carrying scissors, etc in? I have had a Bushwalker instrument kit for years and it may be time to upgrade. Sadly Bushwalker ceased operations a few years ago. #AT4All #ATTwitter

[USC Athletic Training Programs @UofSC_AT]

The #GamecockAT Program is looking for passionate and dedicated professionals to join our team!
✨ Position: Clinical Asst Professor
📍 Location: Univ of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)
🗓️ Apply by Dec. 10, Start Date: July 2026
👉 Learn more & apply: https://t.co/iPsBs6ISw2

[USMNT Only @usmntonly]

BREAKING: Tony Scholes, chief football officer of the Premier League, will be leaving to join the USL as president of its new first-division men’s league in the U.S., per The Athletic 🇺🇸

Scholes is set to guide the launch of the new league, shape its structure and run operations. He will also be a critical voice introducing promotion and relegation to 🇺🇸 professional soccer.

The USL voted to adopt promotion and relegation in March and is set to launch the new league with U.S. Soccer’s Division One sanctioning in 2028.

[Kevin Bilodeau @KevinLive5]

The Battery set a new club record for wins in a season with a 2-1 victory over Birmingham in the regular season finale

https://t.co/Wr8vpHazgX

[Bobby Weisenberger, MS, LAT, ATC, PES @BWW_ATC]

.@folasso Congrats on an amazing career!! Glad I got to be a part of it during your time with @Chas_Battery. Best of luck with your next chapter. With your work ethic and determination, you will be great at whatever comes next.

[Pedro Rondon @usasupersoccer]

No player in the USL Championship this season has more goal contributions (22) than Charleston Battery forward Cal Jennings (16 goals, 6 assists).

#USL | #eFootball | #CB93

[NATA @NATA1950]

🧠 It’s National Concussion Awareness Day! Athletic trainers play a vital role in the prevention, diagnosis, and care of sport-related concussions.

In this JAT Author Spotlight, Dr. Erica Beidler discusses her team’s study on concussion-related anxiety among parents of youth athletes – offering insight to help improve care and communication.

Watch the full video and explore the August issue of the Journal of Athletic Training: https://t.co/Y2vshf0QVQ

#ConcussionAwareness #AthleticTrainers #SportsSafety

[Nick Sortor @nicksortor]

🚨 FULL VIDEO: Mrs. Erika Kirk's first remarks since Charlie's murder

What an INCREDIBLE speech by an incredible woman.

She WILL keep fighting. For Charlie. This is a battlecry. And it's just the beginning.

I'm sure a huge chunk of America is fighting back tears right now 🙏🏻

[FBI Salt Lake City @FBISaltLakeCity]

We are asking for the public's help identifying this person of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University.
1-800-CALL-FBI
Digital media tips: https://t.co/K7maX81TjJ

[Charleston Soccer @COFCSoccer]

DOWN GOES NO. 15!

#TheCollege 🌴⚽️

[Bobby Weisenberger, MS, LAT, ATC, PES @BWW_ATC]

.@MichtersWhiskey I will be at the fort on Friday and Saturday this weekend. Would be amazing if you could drop this for a loyal fan. #MakeitMichters is my all time favorite and this would be the perfect addition next to my 10yr Rye and all of the US1 bottles.

[Michter's Distillery @MichtersWhiskey]

Perfect weather calls for the perfect pour. #regram @bourbonpaddy