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 1, 2018 | BLOG, Confidence, Team
I am a quitter, and I’m better for it. We are told if you quit you are weak. Giving up is a sign of losing. I disagree! I quit trying to be perfect. Sitting outside a baseball clubhouse, I often see the agony of defeat. These reactions even happen on days when the...
by Erica Douglas | Jun 30, 2018 | BLOG, Confidence, Mindset
My senior year of high school, things shifted for me in my sport of track and field. I was no longer the girl chasing others. I was the girl with the target on my back. I’ll never forget one meet walking up to the starting line and two other girls, two of my...
by Erica Douglas | Apr 26, 2018 | BLOG, Confidence
Raise your hand if you have a story about mean girls. Sigh. I can raise both of my hands. Extra high. When I taught fourth grade, I was troubled by how soon this mean girl thing starts. I would conference with some of these girls and be like, “Why are you so mean?...
by Erica Douglas | Feb 18, 2018 | BLOG, Confidence, Mindset
She was stressed. Shoulders tense, brows furrowed. The smile and ever-present ease she brought to practice was missing. Every repetition, every drill was forced, scrutinized, never good enough. She was sobbing. Eyes scanning, hyper-aware of all around her. The control...
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