Welcome back to our Cool Careers in Sports series! In this week's episode, I interviewed Matt Woods, who is part of the Motor Preferences Experts team, the first and only performance company in the US specializing in a science-backed system based on an athlete's unique, natural movement patterns. If you have seen the colored tape on catchers' chest protectors at college games, or spotted those side-by-side mechanical case studies on social media, that is Motor Preferences in action.

Episode Highlights:

• The aerial vs. terrestrial framework and how two completely different pitchers can produce elite results with the same pitching coach
• Why the mental flow state and physical Motor Preferences are more connected than most coaches and parents realize
• How finding your natural movement profile gives athletes their battery back and frees up mental energy for what actually matters
• Why the best cue is the one the athlete comes up with themselves and what that means for coaches and parents
• Why separating your identity as an athlete from your identity as a person was the mindset shift that changed everything for Matt

Connect with Matt and Motor Preferences Experts:

Website: motorpreferencesexperts.com

IG: @motorpreferencesexperts

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Welcome back to our Cool Careers in Sports series! Hana DeGuzman served Team Fearless from 2021-2025 and is now serving as a Certified Mental Performance Consultant at Premier Sport with the Minnesota Twins. In this episode, Hana unveils what it actually takes to build a career in sports psychology, the difference between mental health and mental performance, and why open-mindedness is the superpower that changed the entire direction of her life.

Episode Highlights:

• The real difference between mental health counseling and mental performance coaching 
• Why athletes do not have to wait until something is wrong to seek out either
• Why motivational self-talk alone is not enough, and what instructional self-talk actually sounds like in the moment
• How she discovered sports psychology as a junior in college by simply Googling how to be a better softball player
• The leadership lesson she learned her senior year that she still thinks about as a coach and practitioner today

Connect with Hana:

IG: hana_deguzman

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hanadeguzman/

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Welcome back to our Cool Careers in Sports series! This week, I interviewed Kaylee Dellert, the Softball Marketing Manager at Rawlings Sporting Goods, where she manages marketing for both Rawlings Softball and Easton Fastpitch. She gives us the inside scoop on what it really takes to build a brand voice that an entire community loves, how she noticed a gap as an intern and ran with it, and why the hardest season of her career was also the most important one.

Episode Highlights:

• What a week in the life actually looks like when the World Series, AUSL season, and major bat launches all hit at the same time
• The story behind building distinct brand personas for Rawlings and Easton 
• What it is like designing signature gear with pros like Jocelyn Alo and Kenzie Hansen and bringing their personal brands to life
• Why her toughest year in college, with no teammates and no road map, was the direct reason she landed her dream job
• Her real advice on connections, never burning bridges, and why the softball world is smaller than you think

Connect with Kaylee:

IG: @kaylee_dellert

You can also follow the brands she leads:

Rawlings Softball: @rawlingssb

Easton Fastpitch: @eastonfastpitch

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We are diving into another episode of our Cool Careers in Sports series! This week, Savanna Collins, Senior Reporter for the AUSL, pulls back the curtain on what it really takes to build a career in sports media. She shares why failing and putting yourself out there with smaller opportunities is exactly what prepares you to shine on the biggest stage.

Episode Highlights:

• How being a coach's kid and a weather girl in fourth grade put her on a path she never had to second-guess
• Why she said yes to the smaller and unpaid opportunities
• The mindset shift of not taking yourself too seriously 
• What pro softball looks like in five to ten years and why expansion is priority number one
• Her best advice for any young person who wants to start right now without waiting for permission

Connect with Savanna:

IG: @savvyco

Website: https://www.savannacollins.com/

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This episode features one of the most decorated and dynamic voices in softball today, Nicole Mendes. A two-time national champion and three-time WCWS All-Tournament Team selection at Oklahoma, Olympic athlete with Team Mexico at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and now a softball analyst for ESPN, Nicole is proof that the mental tools you build on the field will follow you everywhere you go in life.


Episode Highlights:

• What being homeschooled and practicing alone taught her about self-motivation and discipline
• The moment Patty Gasso told her to relax, and why it still took years for that lesson to actually sink in
• How the Olympics impacted her mental game
• The mental technique she uses to stay neutral after mistakes 
• How one phone call to Amanda Scarbrough launched her ESPN career

Connect with Nicole:

IG: @nicole_mendes__

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In this week’s episode, we break it down with Jade Hewitt, Director of Photography for Athletes Unlimited and the AUSL. Jade works exclusively in women's sports and made history as the first official photographer for a Topps trading card deck featuring all professional female athletes.

In this episode, Jade unveils what it takes to build a career behind the lens in professional softball, why the mental game of photography mirrors everything we teach our athletes, and why she believes it is cool to care deeply about something and just go for it.

Episode Highlights:

• A full day in the life of the AUSL Director of Photography 
• How playing the game made her a better photographer and why anticipating the play is everything
• The mental battle of imposter syndrome and comparison
• The physical cheat sheet she keeps in her camera bag to reset her mindset
• How to find your passion first and then adapt it to a career in sports

Connect with Jade:

IG: @jadehewittmedia

Website: https://www.jadehewittmedia.com

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Welcome to our brand new series on Cool Careers in Sports! Karis Hudgins is a student sports broadcast director at UNC Greensboro, where she directs live ESPN+ productions for Spartan Sports Network, and recently went viral for giving the world a behind the scenes look at what it actually takes to call a live college softball game. In this episode, Karis pulls back the curtain on the mental load, the fast decisions, and the relentless live pressure that goes into every broadcast — and how she landed a gig with the Savannah Bananas straight from an Instagram DM.

Episode Highlights:

• What a sports broadcast director actually does and why the mental load is way bigger than it looks
• How Karis went from taking photos at a soccer game to directing live ESPN+ productions as a student
• What it was like to work a Savannah Bananas game with 12 cameras and two directors in her ear at the same time
• Why the failure reset routine she uses in live broadcast is exactly what we teach our athletes on the field
• The reality of being a young female in a male-dominated field and how she is changing that
• How she landed a Savannah Bananas contract straight from an Instagram reel
• Her best advice for any young person curious about a career in sports media

Viral Reel behind the scenes: https://www.instagram.com/p/DW7sYtYgN6z/  

Connect with Karis:

IG: @veggies.and.books

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We are pulling this one from the archives because Taryn Kern just received her AUSL Golden Ticket! In this original interview, she opened up about the mental game that made it all possible and what she was still learning. We can't wait to watch her get drafted live on ESPN2 on May 4!


Episode Highlights:

• How she navigated the recruiting process during COVID without ever visiting the school
• What it felt like as a freshman and immediately need to lead and perform at a Big Ten powerhouse
• The breathing routine she uses every single at bat to slow the game down
• How she stopped letting record chases and external pressure get into her head
• Why she started letting a bad game ruin her whole day and what she did to stop
• What coaches are actually looking for beyond skill level at every level of the game
• The mental tools she used in softball that started showing up in every other area of her life
  
  

Connect with Taryn:

IG: @tarynkernn

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Why does my daughter crush it in practice and completely fall apart in the game?
Coach AB and Coach Kara are giving you 3 Easy Challenges To Try This Week (that have nothing to do with softball)


Episode Highlights:

• Challenge 1: The Solo Mission — how giving her real responsibility and real consequences builds real confidence
• Challenge 2: Compliment a Stranger — why this challenge is one of the most powerful confidence builders
• Challenge 3: Try Something She’s “Not Good At” YET — and why being a beginner again is exactly what her softball game needs
• Why praising effort over outcome is the secret ingredient that makes all three challenges actually work
  
  

This week, pick one challenge, set aside time to do it together! Find us on socials and let us know how it went!

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Sydney Stewart just made history. Jennie Finch walked onto the field at Arizona and handed Sydney her AUSL Golden Ticket, making her one of only 17 collegiate players in the country guaranteed a spot in the professional draft. When we first recorded this conversation, Sydney was a junior transfer just arriving in Tucson with something to prove. Now she is a first-team All-Big 12 and second-team All-American catcher with 40 career home runs, 150 RBI, and a professional contract on the way. Go back and listen to the mindset that built all of it.

Episode Highlights:

• Starting 44 games as a freshman at a powerhouse D1 program
• How she earned the trust of veteran teammates
• The grounding routine she uses to slow the game down under pressure
• Her failure recovery process
• Her World Series experience and trusting her preparation
• Real talk on the transfer portal
• Why embracing slumps is the mindset shift that separates good hitters from great ones

Connect with Sydney:

IG: @sydneyystewart

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