S3E28: High-Performance is Being in Sync with Yourself With Skye Eddy
Skye founded Soccer Parenting and The Sideline Project, which aims to engage parents in improving youth sports. Skye is a sought-after speaker for parents, coaches, clubs and players.
A former professional player, Skye was a collegiate and youth All-American goalkeeper, Defensive MVP of the NCAA Final Four (1993) and State Champion track athlete.
Skye has coached extensively at the grassroots, youth, and collegiate levels. An MBA graduate of the University of Richmond, Skye has earned her USSF “B” License, the National Goalkeeper License and is a Coach Educator for U.S. Soccer and United Soccer Coaches.
And this is why I am excited to bring you this conversation with Skye. She has vast experience in coach education and she offers very powerful perspectives that can help all of us become more aligned to a sporting system that makes a positive difference.
Talking Points:
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The lone voice in creating a connection
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Putting a foundation of culture in place
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Past hurt informs future fear
- Why you can have the best strategy in the world but it’s useless if the Human potential is missing
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Winning is a process bigger than you
- Why leadership is a show and not a tell
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Resources
- The Coach Toolbox
- Hero’s Journey by Joseph Campbell
- Soul: Beyond the Athlete by Jonathan Harding
- How to Create True Impact
- Exploring perceptions of performance support team effectiveness in elite sport
- Changes in head staff members in male elite-level football teams are associated with increased hamstring injury burden for that season: the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study
Connect with Skye:
- X: @SoccerParenting
- Facebook: SoccerParenting
- http://www.SoccerParenting.com
