Sports Moms United Podcast

Do you know your athlete's triggers? What makes them anxious? Are you saying or doing things that actually hurt them when your intentions are to help? In today's huddle, I talk with Teisha Womack, who played college basketball at Seton Hall and then professionally in Poland. She went on to get her Master's in Sports Psychology and now works with athletes on improving their mental skills. This is a conversion you don't want to miss and you'll want to pass along to other sports mamas and their athletes. Teisha Womack and I discuss... Who she is, what she does and why she does. How her "nervous energy" as a teenager affected her as an athlete and how she even though she did well, she struggled with the anxiety. How her brain would shut down once she reached a level that was "unknown" to her. How we think becomes our behavior and can lead to physical injury. How important the mental skills game is and that most kids don't even know that it's a thing that can be "worked on" The concerns when an injury occurs and h