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posted Sunday, October 31, 2010 at 10:23am PDT on espnW: Finally, a brand for female athletes
Girls Sports – Mid season injury? 5 tips on how to cope and even capitalize
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Your athlete is on a roll. She is contributing significantly, fulfilling her role on the team just as hoped. She is in to it. She is thriving. And then she goes down – the ankle, the wrist, or the knee. And she is out for weeks. Our nightmare.
Seems as if this crisis rings all to familiar to most if not all athletes and parents. Sure it is natural and logical to feel the loss and suffer right alongside your athlete. But the mistake is to think that the season is lost, because it is not at all. On the contrary, there is much to be gained.
So I offer you five tips based on my experience as a parent, coach and athlete:
1) When injury strikes, the physical goal is to COME BACK EVEN STRONGER. Use the time for physical therapy to rebuild AND gain strength.
2) Don’t skip practices and games, not a one! Even from the sideline, your athlete can continue to learn. Whether it is studying the strategy of the game, observing and learning from others’ strengths and mistakes, or assuming a “coaches helper” or leadership role, your athlete can COME BACK EVEN SMARTER.
3) Your athlete can easily become a role model for showing team support and spirit. Despite the crutches or cast, she should be on the bench applauding, cheering, motivating and delivering hi fives. No doubt she will COME BACK WITH MORE RESPECT.
4) Isolating your athlete from the team will only contribute to her depression and sense of loss. By continuing to attend every practice and game, she will still thrive on the camaraderie and social benefits that are so important to these girls.
5) By maintaining the rigors of a busy schedule, the healing process will pass quickly. In other words, the more positive distractions, the less time she will have to sit on her pity potty.
Parents, coaches, friends… I would love to hear your thoughts and additions.
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