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Upon returning home from Los Angeles, California, and presenting at the largest annual gathering of soccer coaches in the world, I couldn’t help but reflect on this incredible opportunity. It was the second highest attended Convention in the organizations 76-year history. There was an estimated 12,000 people in attendance. For the first time ever, they provided a session on my proposed topic: Pressures of Athletics Can Lead To Eating Disorders. While I had a respectable turnout, I was disappointed that more coaches didn’t prioritize this session on their schedules.  According to National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA), one-third of all Division 1 NCAA athletes have anRead More →

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I’m on the airplane headed to Los Angeles, California on this Tuesday morning. I was offered the opportunity to present at the largest annual gathering of soccer coaches in the world. When I first was put in contact with the operations coordinator about the possibility of speaking at this NSCAA convention in January 2017, he responded back with two comments: 1) To please send an outline of the topic in which I’d like to speak on; and 2) To date, they have never had a presenter speak on eating disorders.  I paused for a minute after reading the latter of his comments. In a studyRead More →