This week's topic is BEING COMPETITIVE. Avoiding the Dance of the Doomed, Success Disease, and how having a Chip on your Shoulder can be an asset. More of a tough love direction this time. Warning: some ranting ensues! This episode addresses three types of situations and how you can get yourself and/or your team back into a competitive mindset so you can give your all and sleep soundly that night. Give a fox (a cuddly baby fox ;-) ) about being competitive.

Book reference: "The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership" by Bill Walsh

Apologies for my cat singing in the background. lol

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"Your team is only as strong as your weakest skater and how your league treats its weakest skaters says a lot about your league."

I heard this statement earlier this week and it's been bouncing around in my brain ever since. Sometimes leagues focus so hard on chasing a dream, a number on a website that says how good they are, that it's a challenge to bring others up with them. And then when turnover inevitably happens, they don't have the next people ready to join the A travel team. More teams are addressing this now with a mixed charter combining A and B levels in larger leagues, but many are still stuck with this problem. And for smaller leagues who will never have many people to pull from, it can mean nearly starting over anytime a handful of people have to step away at once. 

This episode is a deep dive mostly into the perspective of a small to mid-size league where I've had the most experience and the tough lessons learned along the way. I share a couple stories of skaters that have inspired me with their dedication. And I talk in depth about how we work to reach skaters of multiple skill levels and what we have learned along the way to value every individual who is a part of our league.

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Debuting a new theme song for co-hosted episodes! Coach Dan and Jackie go back and forth between perspectives of coach, captain, and skater about feedback. How should you ask for it? Who should give feedback and when? How often is too much? And lastly continuing in our theme lately, how do we receive feedback without taking criticism as a blemish on our character? How can we rise above cases of poorly communicated feedback?

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Your overwhelming response to last week's episode on Impostor Syndrome and Perfectionism showed me how much this topic affects all of us and our mindset in training and in life. Continuing in that theme this week, we focus on how to change from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset.   

This week we delve into the FIVE TYPES of Impostor Syndrome and the biggest among them -- Perfectionism. Have you ever believed you're not as good as others think you are? Do you have trouble owning success? Do you worry about being found out to be a fraud? Does this sound like someone you know? This episode is for you. We go for a dive into the different types, where Impostor Syndrome comes from, and how to deal with it and change your mindset.

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This week, I get personal about my biggest challenge, the biggest challenge for many athletes -- high pressure games where we are against a rival, a team just as good as we are, and something important is on the line. I share 4 STEPS to dealing with high pressure situations because so many of us struggle with this and we are all going to beat it together. This is how we will train to punch sharks!

The podcast I mentioned in this week's episode was the Strong Athletic Podcast with Nadia Kean (Listen to Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strong-athletic-podcast/id1450441469).

The book I talked about was The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin. Gretchen Rubin also has a podcast called Happier with Gretchen Rubin: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/happier-with-gretchen-rubin/id969519520.

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Coach Dan and Jackie dive into questions like, how do you best communicate a new drill to your team who has a variety of learning styles? How do you know if a new drill is right for your team? How to you communicate the drill to your coach/captain/skater who runs practice? And we each share one of our most favorite drills we've stood by over the years. 

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How can we keep roller derby a happy place for ourselves and those around us? You know when the vibe is off at practice. It's kinda funky and you all can feel it without even talking about it. Today I go into THREE WAYS that YOU can impact the atmosphere at practice, in your happy place, where all the derby happens.  

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This episode is a rant that I feel very strongly about. I HATE the word "Showoff". I talk about what it means and the effect it has on others. Why do we get intimidated by others? How do we let ourselves shine as brightly as can? Most importantly, how do we fight human nature and the laws of power to make each other better and come together as a team? And I forget to add the music at the end, lol.  

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This episode is for players in the "rotator" position. You are on the bench, ready to go in if there is penalty trouble or if people need a rest, but you want to be someone that can be counted upon. How can you convince the team you are ready? You might not be able to control the amount of minutes you play, but you sure can control how you play them. Coach Dan is back and together we list off FIVE BIG WAYS you can INCREASE YOUR VALUE to the team.

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