Raising Resilient Athletes
Support her confidence, connection, and love of the game.
July 30, 2026
3:30–5:00 PM PT / 6:30–8:00 PM ET
Sports can be a powerful place for girls to build confidence, leadership, belonging, and resilience. But for many girls, the experience is also shaped by pressure, comparison, perfectionism, identity, and the need to feel seen and supported.
For girls of color and other marginalized girls, these challenges can be intensified by racial, cultural, socioeconomic, and other forms of bias that impact whether they feel safe, valued, and like they belong in the game.
Raising Resilient Athletes helps parents & caregivers better understand what girl athletes may be navigating — even when they are not saying it out loud. This interactive virtual training offers practical tools, reflection prompts, and supportive language to help adults strengthen connection, build trust, and support girls’ confidence on and off the field.
Why This Training Matters
Girls are navigating more than the game.
They may be carrying pressure to perform, fear of making mistakes, comparison with teammates, confidence dips, body image concerns, or uncertainty about whether they truly belong. These challenges can show up in how they practice, compete, communicate, recover from setbacks, and decide whether to keep playing.
When adults understand what girls are experiencing, they can respond with more care, clarity, and connection — helping girls stay engaged, feel supported, and continue to experience the leadership-building benefits of sports.
What You’ll Learn & Experience
Participants will explore how girls experience sports today and how adults can help create the conditions for confidence, connection, and resilience.
Together, we’ll look at:
- What girls may be feeling or experiencing but not saying out loud
- How pressure, perfectionism, comparison, identity, and belonging show up in sports
- How bias and power dynamics can affect girls of color and marginalized athletes
- How adult responses can either add pressure or strengthen trust
- How to use simple, supportive language in real moments
- How to help girls stay connected to their own voice, values, and love of the game
What Makes This Training Different
Built from girls’ real experiences – This training is grounded in what girl athletes are actually navigating – not assumptions about what adults think they need.
Connection over correction – Rather than focusing only on performance, this training helps adults build the trust and emotional safety girls need to stay engaged.
Practical language you can use right away – Participants will walk away with simple scripts, reflection prompts, and conversation starters for real-life moments.
Designed with inclusion in mind – This training names how race, socioeconomic status, body size, language, and other identities can shape how girls experience sports.
Focused on keeping girls in the game – This training prioritizes ling-term confidence, wellbeing, belonging, and leadership – not just short-term achievement.
What Participants Walk Away With
By the end of the training, participants will be able to:
- A deeper understanding of what girls and gender-expansive athletes need from the adults around them
- Greater clarity on your role in creating an environment where athletes feel supported and able to grow
- Practical tools to communicate effectively and reduce conflicting messages
- Strategies to support confidence, resilience, and long-term engagement in sports
- A more intentional approach to showing up for athletes — on and off the field
Participants Have Shared
“I was impressed by the holistic person-centered perspective that can meet the athlete where they are and grow with them.”
“I really appreciated the focus on a child’s own internal image of who she is from within herself, and that she not be at the mercy of an image based on expectations of people/culture around her.”
“What I found most useful about the workshop was how much it emphasized giving young players the agency to communicate their thoughts and feelings.”
Register for Raising Resilient Athletes
Help her feel heard, supported, and ready to stay in the game.
Join Girls Leadership for this virtual training and learn practical ways to support girl athletes through pressure, identity, belonging, confidence, and growth.
Register for Raising Resilient Athletes today! Help her feel heard, supported and ready to stay in the game.
Cost:
This program is offered at NO COST thanks to our partnership with Pinterest. Registration required.
Have Questions?
If you’re not sure whether this training is right for you, or if you need additional information before registering, please email us at info@girlsleadership.org and we will get back to you.
