Mental performance consulting for athletes, coaches, performing artists and teams of all types.
Published Articles
Inclusive and Affirming Support for Transgender and Gender Non-conforming Athletes
This article by the AASP Social Justice Initiative 2021 provides sport performance consultants and coaches with affirming language and applied recommendations to support transgender and gender non-confirming athletes in sport.
Creating an Inclusive Volleyball Culture
Perhaps the greatest gift volleyball has to offer is a sense of belonging. For marginalized communities like LGBTQ youth, the opportunity to be a part of a team and play a sport like volleyball can be life-changing and, in some cases, even lifesaving.
3 Ways to Cultivate a Culture of Belonging
Team building is a critical element to any successful volleyball team, however melding a roster of individuals into a team is no easy task. There is a subtle, yet critical difference between a team culture of “fitting in” and a team culture of “belonging”. So, how do you unify a group of individual players into a team with a shared sense of purpose? Here’s three ways to cultivate a culture of belonging on your team.
Introducing Athlete Ally’s First Volleyball Ambassador, Brooke Rundle
I come from a volleyball family. My mother was a first generation Title IX athlete, playing volleyball at UC Santa Barbara in the 1970’s. My father played for UCLA and then competed on the 1968 Olympic team in Mexico City. That same year, he won the Manhattan Beach Open, for which he was later inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame. Growing up I had a lot of volleyball role models, but none of them openly identified as LGBTQ…