Tumua Anae: Goal Setting in Sports

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This podcast series features Positive Coaching Alliance staff interviewing prominent former athletes, coaches and general managers. Each episode, these influential stars share insights from their own sports careers. Listen in as they talk about filling emotional tanks, bouncing back from mistakes, staying motivated through long seasons to continually give 100% effort, and how they translated their sports experience to invaluable life lessons.

**IN THIS EPISODE: TUMUA ANAE**

In this episode, Syer talks with 2012 Olympic Water Polo Gold Medalist Tumua Anae. Tumua shares her Olympic experiences and discusses the role that team building exercises plays in a team’s success. She also provides advice to youth athletes who are dealing with a lack of playing time in their sport. Here's where you'll find Tumua talking about featured topics:

- **Injuries**-19:35

- **Mistakes**- 13:55

**ABOUT TINA SYER**

Syer ([@tinasyer4](https://twitter.com/tinasyer4)) is the former President of Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA), a nonprofit organization founded at Stanford University with the mission of helping to transform the culture of youth sports to give all young athletes the opportunity for a positive, character-building experience. PCA served as the experts behind the Liberty Mutual Play Positive™ program.