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When a coach asks you to be a part of their program, it’s important athletes fully understand the level of trust and belief that coach has to have in them in order to make an offer.
Time for a thread
Time for a thread
2/ College softball is the first level of the big leagues - you are now being paid to represent your university and contribute to the success of the program.
This means you must become a professional.
This means you must become a professional.
3/ Coaches careers, livelihoods, and reputations are interdependent with the athletes they recruit and invest in.
That’s just how that is - for better or worse. Your performance will affect/determine the path of their career.
That’s just how that is - for better or worse. Your performance will affect/determine the path of their career.
4/ Hear this: if a coach has offered you a spot in their program they are literally betting on you.
This is not pressure - this is TRUST.
You are now a professional, hired to do a job and there are 20 teammates and a whole staff depending on you to deliver.
This is not pressure - this is TRUST.
You are now a professional, hired to do a job and there are 20 teammates and a whole staff depending on you to deliver.
5/ This expert in the sport is betting on your development, academic commitment, character, and skill.
It is easy to doubt yourself in this game - am I good enough? Am I deserving + worthy? Will I succeed or fail?
It is easy to doubt yourself in this game - am I good enough? Am I deserving + worthy? Will I succeed or fail?
6/ But if any college coach, whether a big or small school, elite or up and coming program, renowned coach or first year, DI-DIII/NAIA/JUCO, invites you to be in their program for 4 years...
That coach wants to go to war with YOU, to tie their ship to yours
That coach wants to go to war with YOU, to tie their ship to yours
7/ Feel the trust they have in you, understand they are placing their bet on you, a young woman just getting started in life with so many lessons left to learn and mistakes left to make.
They have seen many players come and go and they believe in YOU.
They have seen many players come and go and they believe in YOU.
8/ If they believe you’ve got what it takes who are you to doubt yourself?
You must trust yourself - as you are now and who you will become - and believe that you are capable of stepping into the job they have for you.
You must trust yourself - as you are now and who you will become - and believe that you are capable of stepping into the job they have for you.
9/ This is what it means to become a professional. To feel the weight of the mission, the interdependence we have as a team, the possibilities for success and failure...
And to trust yourself like they trust you - to do the work, deliver, and succeed.
And to trust yourself like they trust you - to do the work, deliver, and succeed.
