Unstoppable Athlete - Mental Resilience for Teen Athletes
May 6, 2026 · 24 min · 15 segments
In this episode, Sara and Michelle unpack a provincial silver medal weekend that became a powerful lesson in team culture, resilience, and competitive maturity. Sara reflects on a group of athletes…
And all of me was like, "I could sub somebody in." And I was just, uh, I was channeling our coach, our friend [laughs] who wasn't able to come and watch, and he had said to me, like, "Sarah, stick with the plan." And I'm like, "Right.
You cannot let the..." Like, I, well, I knew we could handle something that first day in pool play.
And then right at the end, it, like, the girls pulled away and I'm like, "Nope, we're just gonna finish this game." So I think it was 24-15, even though I thought about subbing, and I'm like, "Nope, we're just finishing." So I thought we won the last point.
I go down to the bench and I'm like, "Girls, I so wanted to get you in," and I, like, "I know there was a bigger point spread." And I, and then all of a sudden something had happened.
So I had to go back and sit down even though we were like, "Yay." So there was a, something called on the play.
For a player to see that and to see, "Coach, we're on the plan," [laughs] you know? So as much as we're fighting for this place of getting everybody in, it was, it was just that reassurance.
And all of me was like, "I could sub somebody in." And I was just, uh, I was channeling our coach, our friend [laughs] who wasn't able to come and watch, and he had said to me, like, "Sarah, stick with the plan." And I'm like, "Right.
You cannot let the..." Like, I, well, I knew we could handle something that first day in pool play.
And then right at the end, it, like, the girls pulled away and I'm like, "Nope, we're just gonna finish this game." So I think it was 24-15, even though I thought about subbing, and I'm like, "Nope, we're just finishing." So I thought we won the last point.
I go down to the bench and I'm like, "Girls, I so wanted to get you in," and I, like, "I know there was a bigger point spread." And I, and then all of a sudden something had happened.
So I had to go back and sit down even though we were like, "Yay." So there was a, something called on the play.
For a player to see that and to see, "Coach, we're on the plan," [laughs] you know? So as much as we're fighting for this place of getting everybody in, it was, it was just that reassurance.
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