On today's episode, we had the honor of having a conversation with Hall of Fame Coach Leslie Huntington. Leslie has been the head coach for the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire softball team for 24 years. She is the program's all-time wins leader and lead the team to their first National Championship in 2008. In our episode today, she gives a insider's view into recruiting and how to navigate the process.

Episode Highlights:

• How to get noticed by college coaches
• What college coaches are looking for
• The role parents play in recruiting
• Why team culture matters

Connect with Leslie

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/lesliehuntington15

Instagram: blugoldcoachh

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• Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior Program
• Book a One on One Session for your Athlete
• Book a Mental Skills Workshop for your Team or Organization

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Ruby Meylan was a guest speaker for our Warrior Members this past week. Ruby started out her collegiate softball career playing for the University of Washington Huskies. She was a stand-out pitcher for them, earning All Pac-12 as well as All-American honors in her freshman year. This summer, Ruby announced that she will be transferring to Oklahoma State, closer to her hometown of Omaha, Nebraska.

Episode Highlights:

• How Ruby chose the University of Washington
• How she worked through her "sophomore slump"
• How she dealt with external expectations
• What advice she would give to her younger self

Connect with Ruby:
Instagram @rubymeylan

More ways to work with Fearless Fastpitch

• Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior Program
• Book a One on One Session for your Athlete
• Book a Mental Skills Workshop for your Team or Organization

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• Ali's introduction to softball
• How she chose her collegiate school
• Which mental skills she uses in her career today
• How her participation in other sports helped her in softball

More ways to work with Fearless Fastpitch

• Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior Program
• Book a One on One Session for your Athlete
• Book a Mental Skills Workshop for your Team or Organization

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On this week's episode, we are sharing a conversation I had on another podcast, Biceps After Babies Radio with host Amber Brueseke. Amber is a registered nurse, personal trainer, Macros Coach and mom of 4. In our conversation we discuss how we can raise children with high confidence and why that matters.

Episode Highlights

• Where confidence comes from
• How to build confidence in our kids
• Bright sides and dark sides to confidence
• 3P method for conversations

Connect with Amber
Instagram @bicepsafterbabies

More ways to work with Fearless Fastpitch

• Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior Program
• Book a One on One Session for your Athlete
• Book a Mental Skills Workshop for your Team or Organization

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Today on the Podcast I got to interview Carley Musser who is a mental performance coach inside Fearless Warriors. Carley went to WVU, where she studied sport and exercise psychology. She then went on to earn her Master's Degree in sport, exercise, and performance psychology from Barry University. She has her own practice, CM Mental Performance, and is located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Episode Highlights:

• Marathon mindset
• How to deal with the confidence roller coaster
• How to embrace the seasons of life
• Triggers and Shields

Connect with Carley:

Instagram: @cm_mentalperformance
Fearless Parent Workshop
One on One Coaching Waitlist

More ways to work with Fearless Fastpitch

• Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior Program
• Book a One on One Session for your Athlete
• Book a Mental Skills Workshop for your Team or Organization

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• The difference between what you DO and what you ARE
• How to find your identity outside of your achievements
• How skills learned in softball have continued to bless her life
• How she processed her physical and team struggles during college

More ways to work with Fearless Fastpitch

• Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior Program
• Book a One on One Session for your Athlete
• Book a Mental Skills Workshop for your Team or Organization

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• Facebook @fearlessfastpitchmentaltraining
• Instagram @fearlessfastpitch
• Twitter @CoachAB_

We were lucky enough to have Dejah Mulipola as a guest speaker for our Warriors in November of 2023, and we decided to share our conversation with her on the podcast this week! Dejah was a 2 time All-American catcher at Arizona University and currently plays professionally for the Oklahoma City Spark. She was on Team USA when they won the silver medal in the 2020 Olympics.

Episode Highlights

• How her Dad helped her develop as an athlete
• What it was like to "pay her dues" and sit the bench before starting
• Lessons Dejah learned as an Olympian
• Mental Skills that helped her perform at her best

Connect with Dejah
Instagram: @dejahmulipola_

More ways to work with Fearless Fastpitch

• Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior Program
• Book a One on One Session for your Athlete
• Book a Mental Skills Workshop for your Team or Organization

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• Facebook @fearlessfastpitchmentaltraining
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Our episode this week features a guest speaker interview we did in August of 2023 with Taryn Kern. Taryn was a standout freshman player for Indiana University in 2023 and helped lead her team to one of the best seasons in program history, including a deep run in the Women's College World Series. When we spoke to her, she had just transferred to Stanford University and was getting ready to play closer to home. Taryn has been a student of the mental game for years and in our interview she talks about how mental skills training prepared her for the big moments on the biggest stages.

Episode Highlights

• What Zoom recruitment was like
• Mental Skills Taryn used to help her team in the WCWS
• How to lead as an underclassman
• What coaches are looking for in recruiting

Connect with Taryn:
Instagram: @tarynkernn

More ways to work with Fearless Fastpitch

• Learn about our proven Mental Skills Program, The Fearless Warrior Program
• Book a One on One Session for your Athlete
• Book a Mental Skills Workshop for your Team or Organization

Follow us on Social Media

• Facebook @fearlessfastpitchmentaltraining
• Instagram @fearlessfastpitch
• Twitter @CoachAB_