In today's episode, Coach Kara and our Warriors interviewed Skylar Wallace, a professional softball player for the AUSL's Chicago Bandits and the Japan Diamond Softball League, as well as a three-time All-American, NFCA National Player of the Year, and three-time All-SEC First Team selection at the University of Florida. She opens up about self-talk, the transfer decision that changed everything, and why the six inches between your ears matters more than anything else on the field.

Episode Highlights:

• The importance of embracing pressure as a privilege
• The ANTs framework — how to identify and squish automatic negative thoughts
• Why surrounding yourself with the right five people is one of the most important decisions you will ever make as an athlete
• Why being terrible at basketball made her a better softball player
• Why self-talk is not something you master once

Connect with Skylar:

IG: @skylar.wallace

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We are so excited to share this mentorship call with Jocelyn Erickson, a University of Florida alum, two-time Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner, 2024 NFCA National Player of the Year, SEC Player of the Year, and now a professional player for the Chicago Bandits She sat down with Coach Kara and our Warriors for a raw, honest conversation about visualization, identity, team culture, and what it really means to get over yourself and play for something bigger.

Episode Highlights:

• Getting hyper-specific in visualization practice is exactly what prepares you for big game moments
• Why thinking about your teammates instead of yourself actually makes you perform better
• The ACL and double meniscus injury that sidelined her for almost a full year, and why she says she is grateful it happened
• How surrounding yourself with the right people is the fastest way through the hardest seasons of your career
• The one thing she would tell her younger self about time, presence, and never taking a practice for granted

Connect with Jocelyn:

IG: @joceyerickson

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Welcome back to our Cool Careers in Sports series! Susan Forbes is a recruiting advisor, life coaching certified consultant, and host of the number one volleyball recruiting podcast, the NXTVB Podcast. With over a decade of experience, she has built a career around one powerful idea: athletes should be in the driver's seat of their recruiting journey, and the right program wants who they actually are and not who they think they need to be.

Episode Highlights:

• Why trying to be who you think coaches want you to be is one of the fastest ways to end up at the wrong program
• The "world's best peach" analogy that will completely change how your athlete thinks about rejection in recruiting
• How optimal performance states connect directly to recruiting
• Why NIL is not just about money and how athletes are already building bridges to life after sport
• Her one piece of advice: your success is inevitable as long as you do not give up

Connect with Susan:

IG: @hey.susank

Podcast: NXTVB Podcast

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