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Coaching is about being resilient.  It is about having a level of resilience to keep our team moving forward.  It looks like us using our strongest coaching skills to pause, problem-solve, and persevere.  It is about regulating, reflecting, and reframing.  We build our resilience when we lean on a team/partner and take risks.  We build our resilience by accepting what is out of our control and reaching out to someone for help.  In this episode of IGNITE we will discuss five ways to ignite our Champion Resilience.

Coaching is more mental than it is physical.  We spend more time thinking during a practice than we do actually moving our bodies.  We are problem-solvers, observers, and researchers.  We are making numerous split-second decisions.  We are communicating in various ways.  We are retaining knowledge and giving knowledge.  We are reading emotions, motivation levels, and curriculum pages.  The mental work we put into every practice moves mountains and changes the world one girl at a time!  In this episode of IGNITE, we will explore the ways we use our Champion Minds in every practice and beyond.  

Coaching is about modeling.  It is about setting an example.  Being the person someone can learn from by watching, listening, and conversing.  Being a coach requires being in the limelight to show your girls that we all struggle with the same negative self-talk, the same tiredness, and the same flaws that make us beautifully unique.  

Coaching is about connections.  It’s about relationships.  It’s about creating space for our girls to struggle, grow, and soar.  Every practice holds the space to listen, question, awaken, and strengthen.  We listen to our girls and awaken confidence.

The first week of practices are the perfect space and time to build a Champion Culture within your team.  A Champion Culture requires trust and rapport between the coaches and girls, the coaches with other coaches, and the girls with other girls.  A Champion Culture is earned moment by moment.  It is in the small details of your practice where we bring our true self.  It invites authenticity and openness for every person to feel valued, connected, and empowered. In this episode of IGNITE, we will explore the various ways to build trust and rapport within your team for the foundation of your Champion Culture.

Girls on the Run Serving Greater Kansas City officially kicked off the fall season with two Season Kickoff sessions on Thursday, September 10 and Saturday, September 12.

Girls on the Run Kansas City simply wouldn’t be possible without our coaches.

Season after season, you show up with your time, energy, encouragement and enthusiasm to create a space where girls can build confidence, strengthen connections and discover just how much they’re capable of. We see you, we appreciate you—and we want coaching with GOTRKC to be rewarding for you, too.

Investing in young people today, creates a stronger, more equitable and inclusive future for all tomorrow.