Printables for young athletes

Free: The Next Play Mini Journal

A seven-page journal for your athlete, written by Coach Isaac in the same words he uses with his own players. One page a day, five minutes a day, in the week between one game and the next. By the end of the week she has looked at the game with a clear head, picked one thing to work on at practice, and written her game plan for the next one.

• Day 1, The Reset. Tonight, before she goes to sleep. Three slow breaths, one honest sentence about what happened, a name for the feeling, and the one thing this game is teaching her. Then she closes the game. Tomorrow is a different page.
• Day 2, The Tape. The next morning. Coaches watch the tape the next day, never the same night, because the same night you only see the mistakes. The next day you see the whole game, including what she did right.
• Day 3, My Why. When the why is strong, the how gets easier. She writes down why she plays, clearly enough to say it out loud.
• Day 4, One Focus. She knows what to fix and why it matters. Now she turns it into one small thing she can do at practice this week, and repeats it. That's how real improvement works.
• Day 5, Winter. A sports season works like the seasons of the year, and game season is winter. You can't cancel winter. What you can do is get better at it: stronger physically, stronger mentally, stronger with your feelings.
• Day 6, Believe. Belief isn't magic. It's what she says to herself, over and over, until it's what she thinks. On this page she writes her own lines instead of the ones other people put in her head.
• Day 7, Next Play. Her game plan for the next game. Eyes forward. The season only moves in one direction.

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