Teams and players alike have built long-standing reputations based on crunch time performance (positive or negative).īasketball analyst Clark Kellogg has said, «It’s not what you do, but when you do it», referring to the fact that players who come up big late in close games are more valuable that those who put up good numbers, but don’t get it done when it counts most. It is incredibly important for teams and players to perform well in crunch time, as those are the moments that separate the good from the great. This term can be used in reference to various sports, but is primarily a basketball term.Īccording to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the term «crunch time» has been in use since 1976. The game score must be close near the end in order for «crunch time» to be the appropriate term.
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Read the full article at the CHBC news website.Crunch Time is the point, late in a game, when teams/players have to step up and play their best in order to secure a victory. The Canadian Index of Wellbeing was launched a year ago with the goal of looking beyond economic indicators to health, social, cultural and environmental realities to measure the quality of life in Canada. Attendance at arts performances dropped to 13 million from 15 million between 20.Time spent on leisure activities declined to 12 per cent in 2005 from 15 per cent in 1998.A total of 29 per cent of Canadians worked non-standard hours, meaning weekends, nights and rotating shifts, in 2009 up from 23 per cent in 1992.The percentage of retired seniors participating in formal volunteering activities jumped to 30.5 per cent in 2005 up 10 percentage points from 1992.The percentage of teenagers, aged 15 through 17, who shared one meal a day with their parents plunged to 35 per cent in 2005 from 64 per cent in 1992.A significant portion, 25 per cent, of caregiving to seniors was provided by fellow seniors. Almost three in 10 (28 per cent) employed Canadians had responsibilities for both child care and elder care in 2009.The proportion of working-age adults providing care to seniors grew to 19.5 per cent in 2006 from 17.4 per cent a decade earlier.The proportion of males and females experiencing high levels of "time crunch" grew to almost 20 per cent in 2005 from about 16 per cent in 1992.Romanow called on lawmakers to pursue family-friendly policies and to provide more community resources and support for seniors. The report advocates a national dialogue on how Canadians can lead more balanced lives. Other stress factors cited by the study included a lack of comprehensive child care, long commutes between home and work, and the increasing cost of leisure activities, ranging from organized sports to concerts.
The study found the once prominent dream of a leisure society has all but evaporated in the face of a greater trend toward jobs that require working weekends, nights and rotating shifts and the increasing number of people, especially women, now raising children and also providing care to their own parents. The report concludes the situation has deteriorated over the last 15 years and that Canadians are more dissatisfied with the quality of their lives. We're less healthy, both physically and mentally and we have less time for leisure and relaxation. Said Roy Romanow, chairman of the Canadian Index of Wellbeing and former premier of Saskatchewan.Īs individuals and as a society we are paying a steep price for this time crunch. People are struggling to meet the competing demands of a workplace that can reach out to them 24/7, (of) caring for children and aging parents, and (of meeting) their own need to refresh their body and mind, The study by the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW) found women face more time pressures then men - the split was 23 per cent versus 17 per cent - while single parents with young children are the "most time-crunched group. Ottawa - Canadians are caught in an unhealthy and worsening "time crunch" that is being fuelled in large part by email, BlackBerrys, iPhones and other new technologies that erase the boundaries between workplace and home, a new study suggests. Norma Greenaway, Canwest News Service June 15, 2010
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