Morgan Stuart

I 🖤 Defense

[Morgan Stuart @MorganStuart18]

Parents can be the most important teammate in her path to college softball. I’ve seen time and time again…the stress softball causescan impact this relationship when it doesn't have to. Part of Friday night will include parent/player communication: One of the most important

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No matter what: We remember how people made us feel. We remember who we were instead of our exact stats. Be a good teammate.

[Morgan Stuart @MorganStuart18]

I’m fighting for each one of them— To not wait until it’s too late. To empower them with the skills I didn’t learn until I was 30. To take advantage of all the resources at their fingertips and do ANYTHING they want. It’s all right there for them. Just have to put yourself in

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This might start some fights, but sometimes we need to ask ourselves whose goal we’re actually chasing. Wanting the highest level for her isn’t wrong. But the best opportunity is the one where SHE can thrive, not the one that looks the most impressive to everyone

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We spend so much time preparing athletes to perform, but how much time do we spend preparing them to fail? Because failure is coming. Criticism is coming. Bad games are coming. The goal isn’t to avoid any of it. It’s giving her the tools to experience it without letting it

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And I don’t want any of the kids I coach to regret what I do.

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Getting on a school’s radar is amazing and needed. Feeling good because they noticed you; because they messaged you; because they want you— even better. But what about becoming the player you want to become? What about the certainty you have (or don’t) about stepping on campus

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At 11, you don’t have to have the whole dream figured out. Amari’s goal was to earn a scholarship and play college softball. She did that, and then her path kept going. Sometimes the opportunities waiting for her are bigger than what she can see right now. Give her the tools,

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THIS IS THE WORK THAT GETS YOU TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

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It’s not easy, but it can be really simple. Give and expect great energy.

[Morgan Stuart @MorganStuart18]

When asked: “why do you play?”— as girls in sport, sometimes we think we have to answer: “To have fun” “To have a great experience” “To compete” “I love softball” It’s actually ok to be intense and to WANT IT and to be the one who holds that for your team. A team takes all

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So many things can distract us from getting the most out of our experiences: Toxicity in the dugout Complaining Conditions outside of our control When we focus on our team and protecting our work and culture from within…that is when you’ll see exponential growth and

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This is the reason I do this: because I don’t want these kids putting meaning and worry into the wrong things like I did. It will affect their experience. It will affect how they look back at their time playing. It would have been a whole lot easier to just do a defense clinic

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We prepare players for the softball part of college, but what about everything else? Making their own decisions. Advocating for themselves. Having difficult conversations when something isn’t working. Those skills matter long before she ever steps foot on campus. Preparing

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It’s only a crazy dream until you do it.

[Morgan Stuart @MorganStuart18]

Wednesday morning I woke up was questioning everything: Why had I planned so much? Where is this getting me? Why am I still doing the same thing I have been for years? And as I sit at home on a Sunday morning and look back at these videos it’s probably because I have had such

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The dreams are big. D1. College softball. UCLA. The Olympics. But a big dream needs more than hard work. It needs direction, the right people and a plan for what comes next. That’s what The Roadmap is all about. Helping her understand the path between where she is now and

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I have heard the same questions from parents and players since I started lessons: ”How do I get seen by college coaches?” ”How do we know the right time to move to travel ball?” ”How do I get more playing time?” ”How do we know how she measures up?” I’ve coached at every level

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I’m unsure about the “under the sea” move I did at the beginning of this video but I am 100% certain that focusing on being a good teammate in more ways than one puts elite athletes in a whole different conversation. These are the athletes that get it. These are the ones that

[Morgan Stuart @MorganStuart18]

Why Does Youth Softball Feel Like You Only Know You’re On The Right Path Once She’s Already Committed? Once she starts travel ball, the path can feel like panic— her friend started travel so you had to start travel too; All weekends are now softball and off season means the