Cindy Dugger

Volleyball Coach and WISDOM Coach
Memphis, Tennessee – USA 

I have coached volleyball for 7 years for middle school and high school teams in the Memphis, Tennessee area. I am currently a coach at a local, competitive volleyball club.

I became a life coach for kids because children and teens, now more than ever, need help with mindset. They need adults to encourage them, support them, and teach them to train their minds.

I use mindset skills training with my team. This helps each player to visualize great plays, focus on making great plays, and on being able to handle mistakes and disappointments. This is crucial in competition. They also learn to be supportive of each other. This is crucial in teamwork.

Example:  We spent the first half of a practice on mindset. I had the players pair up with a partner, and I gave them a piece of paper with about 20 negative things that athletes, especially volleyball players, say to themselves. I set a timer and had them work as quickly as they could to rephrase each statement into a positive statement that was affirming or visualized success.

Deanna Thompson

Basketball Trainer and WISDOM Coach
South Carolina – USA 

Andrea DelPozzo

Youth Cheerleading Coach and WISDOM Coach

Attleboro, Massachusetts – USA

I Coach Youth Cheerleading for the Attleboro White Hawks, Attleboro, Massachusetts.  This is my 14th Season.

I became a life coach for kids because working with kids for as long as I have, I saw a need for teaching children better mindset skills and I wanted to gain more knowledge on how I can better support kids in this area.  As a Coach, I truly care about kids’ happiness and success, and not only teaching cheer skills but also life skills.  The key to success in life (in my opinion) is having confidence and self-belief.  Life coaching for kids is about mindset development.  Kids learn how to use the power of their thoughts and the power of their mind to create happiness, confidence, self-esteem, resilience, self-leadership, and achievement.

Being a Life Coach for kids has helped me be a better cheerleading coach because I have more knowledge and skills to share with my athletes that will not only have a positive impact on them as individuals, but also for the team as a whole.  I incorporate team-building exercises weekly and it teaches kids to shift their mindset and focus on the positive aspects of one another.  I have a phone bin so they are completely unplugged and engaged with communicating with one another.

Lastly, I think it’s important as a Coach to understand that we have the ability to have a major impact on an athlete’s life – whether positive or negative. And I don’t ever take that for granted.

I feel so blessed and I try my hardest to get to know the athletes on an individual basis, and then Coach them accordingly in a positive way.  My hope is that the life skills they learn with me will not only help them on the cheer mats, but also in life.

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