I am an Integrated Nutritional Coach, Women’s Life Coach, speaker at 50+ women events and I also trained in “Next Gen: Training Active Girls for Health & Performance”.

I have always been into health/fitness since a young age, I have two children that are both passionately successful within their sporting realms and have had experience firsthand with kids in sport.

But 13+ years ago I realised there was a huge missing gap in the wellness/success world.

It does not matter if you had the healthiest diet in the world, trained like a beast or were the most talented in the room if you did not have the right foundations set up in your life, you will not be the best version of yourself you could possible me and also reach your highest potential.

And more recently I have realised this also applies to young women and in particular young women in sport.

But we are never taught these foundations, what they are or how to use our own human mechanics. Not to mention how this can contribute to thriving relationships and team environments.

And the truth is, 80% of adults are still yet to find this information out.

But just until very recently everything based on fitness, training and team sports…was all based on the biology of men. You know Whoops you wear on your wrist to measure heart rates, sleep etc…yep just men!

So all of a sudden we find ourselves at this moment in time where we are discovering things we have never realised before, in particular about women/young girls and how they really work.

As well as it being the first time ever girls have the freedom to also be strong, talented in sport, receive recognition for that and take it new heights like never before.

THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW!!!

And so there has never been a more important time for young women to know this about themselves…and help them with success both off and on the field.

A FEW THINGS TO TELL YOU ABOUT THESE TALKS FROM A COACH/CLUB PERSPECTIVE

Being a girl does not mean you receive any extra special treatment, that you train less or need to be wrapped in cotton wool. But is about having more awareness and utilising that information so that you can actually train smarter and get better results across the entire team by working with your body mechanics (not against it) which is very much what this course is about. And I want to make that clear from the beginning.

This course will also not create a heap more work or things that coaches need to implement with their training sessions - they are already running at full capacity. But what this course actually does is in fact gives the girls more insight/ownership of themselves so they can implement these small important changes, without the need of any big extra work from the club.

Every talk in these series has been designed in a 20-30min time frame. It is shown that people learn better when things are quick, short and simple - not loaded with lots of information at the same time. We don’t want to interfere with training schedules too much and it has been specifically created so that they get the information fast, then have time to implement it on the pitch before receiving the next lot in the phase the following week.

Quite often the smallest things they girls pick up on (the things that you think will make the least difference), end up making the most for them personally and within their team as a whole.

The sessions and what is covered is all set out below.

FOR THE COACHES

  • 40% of girls by the age of 15 quit sport, find out the reasons why and what you can do to help that not happen.

  • What is physically happening with girls between the ages of 10-17 that is different to boys that you may not have even realised or heard before. And how can you utilise these factors to your full advantage in training and on the pitch.

  • Mental and brain development differs between girls and boys. How, why and how this awareness can help with the above.

  • Suggestions you can implement to get a more happier, focused and successful team when setting out your training sessions.

  • Suggestions you can implement as a club in its entirety to make sure girls feel more safer (within themselves) and in turn maker them perform stronger on the pitch.

  • Outline of what is going to be discussed with the girls in their talks.

FOR THE GIRLS AND THEIR TEAM

TALK ONE - INDIVIDUALITY AWARENESS: HOW THIS CAN HELP YOU MAKE AN UNBREAKABLE TEAM

  • “If you had a team of 17 strikers that spoke the same, ran the same, acted the same - you would have a pretty unsuccessful all rounded team” - here we show the girls the importance of how the individuality of their teammates is something that should be encouraged and embraced instead of perhaps being negative towards. How working as a group off the field can transfer success as well as be the difference to them and other teams.

  • The “bad apple” analogy - explaining what this is, what it can do to a team and how to make sure it doesn’t enter yours.

  • Human mechanics - give them an insight/examples of what individuality actually is and how to see that differences are a good thing.

  • Getting to know your team mates special talents and using that to your advantage.

  • Things you can put in place to iron out exclusion of players, little formed groups and make the team a more solid entity as a whole.

TALK TWO – MINDSET: BUT IN A WAY YOU HAVENT SEEN IT

  • We are often taught that the goal is to be “fearless” or “not let the nerves take control” - but what if that is not the case at all and you can use these things as an advantage on the field, not to weaken it.

  • Girls are often taught (more than anyone) that emotions such as anger, jealously or regret are bad things but what if they are in fact exceptional things if you know how to use them. Explain how and why.

  • Everyone talks about “chasing happiness” but life is not linear. In fact 50% of the time you won’t be this. So knowing how to use the down times as well as the high (as an individual and a team) can minimise the lows.

  • How to work together as a team with all of the above and how this can actually be your “fuel” not your hinderance on the pitch.

TALK THREE – YOUR BODY AND HOW TO USE IT TO ITS MOST OPTIMAL

  • Women are not smaller men, the XX and XY chromosomes contain different biological differences. Here we talk about what they are and how can that awareness help you train better.

  • There are times when girls will feel “off at their game” or get in their head with “why am I not performing like I normally do”. We talk about why that is, why its temporary and what they can do to get back to your normal self.

  • A girl’s menstrual cycle does not make them weaker or problematic than anyone else but the awareness of how to train during it can make the girls feel more confident, safe and perform better on the pitch.

  • Nutrition - the information out there and often given can be overwhelming. Will provide some realistic tips/food of what girls can eat before, during and after games that will give them more energy and make them perform at their most optimum.

TALK WITH PARENTS

  • How some things “you think” you might be doing to help your child success in sport could actually be doing the opposite.

  • Why girls quit sport before 15 and some things we can implement as a parent to help that decrease.

  • Some things you can support for your teenager during her week so that she is working at her most optimum in her sport..

  • Awareness of some key differences between boys and girls when it comes to training and how to support that.

  • What you can implement to get the best out of your girls (both personally and in their training).

The above is the full package however I am aware that clubs and difference sports have their own unique circumstances so I am happy to discuss other alternatives (eg only show several topics, not all).

For any further questions queries or to get me at your Club please either fill in the contact page HERE or contact me at stacey@youruniquedesign.com.au.

Stacey x