Whiskers: about the Northwestern Women’s Soccer Wildcats
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Whiskers: about the Northwestern Women’s Soccer Wildcats
Behind the Tape with Stef - Meet our Athletic Trainer
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We want you to meet Stef Zavala. She is our Athletic Trainer, one of the most critical people within our team.
Her job encompasses so much. Yes, she tapes ankles and prepares ice and drinks for training. But she also develops programs that both keep us healthy and get us back from injury and illness. She manages our players' return to play. She coordinates appointments and treatment with doctors and with our High Performance Team (coaches, strength coach, sports psychologists, sports dietitians. And she is basically available day or night when we need something.
Listen up and learn more about a trainer's life. And, more importantly, how a soccer player can maximize her potential by following some simple advice.
1:50 Stef's Trainer Origin Story and Role Models
4:30 A Typical Training Day
6:00 A Typical Game Day
7:20 Coming to Northwestern
8:30 The 2 Important Things Athletes Don't Know about a trainer's craft
11:00 One new and exciting innovation in her world
13:20 Building Trust with Athletes
16:15 RAPID FIRE with Stef
(Including why Northwestern Soccer is special to her, her secret talent, her favorite morning beverage, her favorite Chicago restaurant, unusual injuries and MORE)
22:00 Stef's advice for aspiring athletic trainers
22:45 ONE THING athletes can do to stay healthy and ready to perform
Episode Intro by Quinn Erim
Whiskers Theme by Gabriel Moynihan
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