Jane is a fellow member of United Soccer Coaches’ 30 Under 30 class of 2019-2020, and she is currently the Assistant Women’s Soccer Coach with Goldey-Beacom College located in Wilmington Delaware. She also coaches teams at the club level for Sporting Delaware and Philadelphia Union Youth. During our conversation, Jane shares her experience transitioning from a player to coach with Goldey-Beacom College, working with players who are facing personal challenges like eating disorders, encouraging her players to watch and learn more about the game, her worst coaching moment and Mean Mondays, as well as coaching within your personality.

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0:15 soccer background

1:15 realizing that coaching was the right career path

3:10 discussing a player’s experience going through a disorder and supporting her

6:40 using professional players as an example for your players to look up to through their books

7:55 supporting the women’s national team but realizing her players need to watch the game more often

9:45 supporting her girls by promoting watching the game

12:05 watching videos/ webinars to learn about the game

13:57 the value of female soccer players having female role models in leadership positions

15:35 developing a bridge to support the mentor-mentee relationships

16:45 Differences between coaching at the club and college level

18:20 having a team push on into the Girls Academy (GA)

19:15 difference between the Development Academy (DA; no longer exists) and GA

20:00 combining two teams and holding tryouts during the pandemic

22:25 coming back into the training environment

25:30 players struggling to win the pause and make the most out of the added time off from soccer but the extra load of work and stress from life

27:40 keeping players engaged during these difficult times

33:00 dealing with the difficulty of combining two teams into one

34:30 fellow 30 under 30 coaches and our upcoming ‘return from COVID-19’ socially distanced assignment

37:20 potential changes to the game structure to accommodate pod/ contact restrictions

40:00 feedback on the experience of 30 under 30 and the Convention

44:00 the birth of ‘mean Monday’

45:55 the importance of having a growth mindset

48:00 plans for the rest of 2020

49:30 final three coaching points

52:00 one piece of advice for any coach

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