WHITE BOARD SERIES Ep. 001 “The Power of Identity in Shaping Outcomes” I am so excited to kick off the white board series in our community with special guest Chris Martinez from Homeschooling Athletes on FB. In this unscripted call we will be hearing about the aspects of her families journey through sending four out of four kids to college soccer and how three of them managed to get national team recognition. The focus will be on talking through the family decision around supporting the individual identities of her kids, things that went well and maybe somethings she wishes she could do over again. Our hope in sharing this story is that all of you will benefit from her experience and my commentary around the importance of the parent/child dynamic during the most essential years for youth sports development. The Google meet link is posted in the calendar and I hope to see many of you there. If you have any questions you want to ask or topics you want covered in this talk please leave your comments below:

Tomorrow I am hoping that some of you in here in this early stage community will SHOW UP for our first live call at 4pm EST. We won’t disappoint. This post was more about the idea though that sometimes all you need to do to win is SHOW UP. Today’s big win is welcoming a new member @Sarah Vitale who I would not have met if I didn’t force myself to show up to the skoolyard live call, from my car, with terrible wind noise, no video and spotty service. Instead of holding back and not joining the call because of something I “couldn’t do well” I just jumped on in the best way I could and now we have another experienced athlete mom in our group, ready to share, learn and grow with us. **Secondary shoutout to all the newer members who are coming along with me on this community building journey. I see you, I appreciate you, I am sorry I didn’t know to do this kind of recognition post sooner.** Share your story below about the last time just showing up somewhere, maybe even a little unprepared, had a positive outcome 👇👇👇