Morgan Stuart

This might start some fights, but sometimes we need to ask ourselves whose goal we’re actually chasing. Wanting the highest level for her isn’t wrong. But the best opportunity is the one where SHE can thrive, not the one that looks the most impressive to everyone

We spend so much time preparing athletes to perform, but how much time do we spend preparing them to fail? Because failure is coming. Criticism is coming. Bad games are coming. The goal isn’t to avoid any of it. It’s giving her the tools to experience it without letting it

And I don’t want any of the kids I coach to regret what I do.

Getting on a school’s radar is amazing and needed. Feeling good because they noticed you; because they messaged you; because they want you— even better. But what about becoming the player you want to become? What about the certainty you have (or don’t) about stepping on campus

At 11, you don’t have to have the whole dream figured out. Amari’s goal was to earn a scholarship and play college softball. She did that, and then her path kept going. Sometimes the opportunities waiting for her are bigger than what she can see right now. Give her the tools,