Because I’m not her mom
“My daughter listens to you more than she does to me.” I hear this often from the mothers of the athletes I coach. Sometimes it’s a confession, sometimes it’s a recognition, other times it’s a question, “is that normal?” My response, every time is, “Of...
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The Silent Killer of Confidence
Confidence. I get asked how to build this in young women an awful lot. Can I be honest? I still struggle with confidence issues myself. Pushing my brown-eyed two-year-old along our usual trail for yet another please-fall-asleep summer evening walk, I had the blues....
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7 Overlooked Expectations of College Student Athletes
If you’re considering playing sports in college, chances are you have had a positive experience as a student-athlete up to this point. However, being a student-athlete in college comes with different expectations and experiences than the role did in high school....
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9 Major Mistakes Athletes Make Choosing a College
Where are you going next year? What are your plans for college? Will you still compete? If you are approaching your senior year of high school, I am sure you have been hearing the above questions a lot! Choosing a college is a meticulous and often stress inducing...
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Girls are afraid of the weight room
Yes, girls are afraid of the weight room! Here’s why; The weight room is intimidating. Equipment they’ve never used. Loud grunts and groans. Big strong boys. Boys in general. A coach they’ve never met. A wall of mirrors. The ambiance of a weight room...
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What Strong Means to Me Now
Manly. Sweaty. Stinky weight rooms. Those three things are how my teenage brain rationalized the concept of strong. Basically, being strong wasn’t for me! But that’s wrong. ALL WRONG. That misconception flaunts the idea that female athletes don’t...
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The Real Foods A Female Athlete Needs
Food is our fuel. Not only for our muscles, but for our brain as well. In order to make progress in anything- school or sport- you have to eat and eat properly. Someone can function with inadequate diet, but they will never reach their potential until they give their...
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How to get Mental Toughness
*Legacy Posts are from girls who have been there, played hard, and learned a lot along the way. Mental Toughness. What is it and how do we go about getting it? There will always be a bit of mystique that surrounds the concept of mental toughness. You can’t physically...
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It’s okay to be strong
*Legacy posts are from girls who have been there, played hard, and learned an awful lot along the way! It’s ok to be strong. I’m not sure girls hear that. Or hear it enough. Or worse, believe it. But they should. Strength, while often immortalized as a male attribute,...
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10 Reasons Hurdlers Are More Successful
In the sport of Track and Field, there are runners, jumpers, throwers, and then there are Hurdlers. What started out as a desire to do the thing few others wanted to try turned into the greatest training ground for this thing called LIFE. Being a hurdler didn’t...
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