About this episode

Ali Newland discusses her mental performance journey and how it transformed her career and life outside of softball.

In today's episode, we are sharing our mentorship call with Ali Newland, an LSU Alum and professional softball player in the AUSL for the Portland Cascade. She played outfield and caught at LSU, earned the SEC Volunteer of the Year award as a senior, and is now a utility player for the Cascade. She opens up about her mental performance journey that completely changed her career and life outside of softball. Episode Highlights: How playing gymnastics, basketball, and tennis made her a better ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Coach AB, Amanda Schaefer

Guest: Ali Newland

Topics covered

• mental performance
• sports career
• failure
• feedback
• softball
• mentorship

Keywords

• failure
• feedback
• mental performance
• softball
• sports
• mentorship
• career change

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: LSU, AUSL, Portland Cascade

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