by Erica Douglas | Apr 22, 2019 | BLOG, Coaching
Although we’ve never met (in real life), Wyatt and I have a lot in common. We are both coaches kids, born Cyclones, and multi-event athletes. Wyatt reached out to me on Twitter after seeing a local news story of the She Plays mission for more female role models...
by Erica Douglas | Oct 24, 2018 | BLOG, Coaching, Confidence, Sport Culture
I tell girls to be confident. To just believe they can do it. Today, belief seems shallow. I train girls to work. To push their minds and bodies to the limits. Today, work sounds wasteful. I teach girls to choose. To choose the words they let have value on their...
by Erica Douglas | Oct 6, 2017 | BLOG, Coaching, Teenage Girls
“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...
by Erica Douglas | Feb 8, 2017 | BLOG, Coaching, Team
The biggest secret to coaching girls has nothing to do with ability, technique or even body shape. The key is in the relationships. Grimaces and good luck offerings are often given out when I mention I coach high school girls. I get it. I remember being a teenage...
by Erica Douglas | Feb 8, 2017 | BLOG, Coaching, Team
Trust and empathy are a huge part of any relationship. When you really look at your team, it is a culmination of dozens of relationships. Therefore, developing trust and empathy within your team is necessary. Hero, Heartache and Highlight is a team building activity I...
by Erica Douglas | Dec 1, 2016 | BLOG, Coaching, Sport Culture
I am fighting a quandary inside myself. There is a voice that whispers, “you traitor.” As though aiming to call out the “female” component of a female athlete is making her less of an athlete. As though I am fighting all those brave women who came before me, who were...
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