Coaching the Athletic Mind
This podcast teaches you how to improve your mental performance whether you're an athlete, parent or coach. You'll learn how to quiet your inner critic so you can excel on the field!
Coaching the Athletic Mind
Coaching the Athletic Mind Podcast - Episode 40 - Navigating Tough Decisions
Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.
In episode 40 of Coaching the Athletic Mind, host Megan Weaver reflects on the mental load coaches carry, and describes her own worry during travel-ball tryout season as players chose other teams. She then teaches decision paralysis using a coaching session with a softball athlete “Amy,” who felt pressured by friends and coaches and feared disappointing others when choosing among four travel teams. Weaver outlines how Amy’s people-pleasing thoughts created guilt, anxiety, and overthinking, then walks through tools to name worst-case scenarios, define a best-case “blueprint” with non-negotiables (culture, development, competition, logistics, long-term goals), compare options by facts, and commit fully. She also shares scripts for handling others’ reactions and ends with a three-step action plan and consultation invitation.