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007: The Injury That Almost Ended Olympic Gold Medalist Michele Smith's Career | Coach Pat

007: The Injury That Almost Ended Olympic Gold Medalist Michele Smith's Career | Coach Pat

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Michele Smith is a two time Olympic softball gold medalist, ESPN's lead college softball analyst, and one of the loudest voices in the fight for equal opportunity under Title IX. If you are a softball parent watching your daughter's team practice on a shared field while other sports get brand new stadiums, this conversation explains why that funding gap still exists and what Michele believes softball communities need to ask for next. Coach Pat, a 20 year travel softball coach and founder of Coach Pat Fastpitch Academy, sits down with Michele to trace her path from a Title IX baby on the 1996 Olympic team that won gold in the first ever Olympic softball game, through the accident that doctors said would end her pitching career, to the 16 years she spent playing professional softball in Japan. Michele also answers a question sent in by Briley Watson, a 14 year old catcher recovering from her own injury, using the same one word lesson in perseverance a mentor gave her at 17. Whether your family is dealing with a setback this season or just trying to understand why softball still fights for equal facility funding, this episode gives you a two time Olympic gold medalist's answer, straight from the circle.You’ll learn:Why Michele calls herself a Title IX baby, and how the 1972 law directly funded the training that helped Team USA win gold in the first ever Olympic softball game in 1996. Why softball still struggles to get public facility funding compared to sports like basketball and volleyball, and what Michele believes softball communities need to ask for next. What Michele told Briley Watson, a 14 year old catcher who wrote in about her own injury, after a doctor once told Michele she would never pitch again. Why Michele walked into her first Olympic softball game exactly 10 years to the day after the accident that nearly ended her career, and what that timing taught her about perseverance. How the preparation, performance, recovery triangle Michele built after studies showed her 1996 Olympic team was overtrained now shapes how she thinks about pitch counts for young arms. What 16 years playing professional softball in Japan taught Michele about practice culture, and why she believes being the nail that sticks out is a good thing. How Michele became the first woman to call a nationally televised Major League Baseball game in 2012, and what that moment meant for women in sports broadcasting.We talk about:00:00 Meet two time Olympic gold medalist Michele Smith 02:30 How Title IX built the 1996 Olympic softball team 06:00 Why softball still cannot get equal facility funding 11:40 A 14 year old catcher's letter about her own injury 16:00 What do you tell an athlete told she will never play again 20:30 The one word a mentor named Crazy Jack gave her at 17 29:00 The preparation performance recovery triangle explained 35:30 How many pitches is too many for a young arm 38:15 What 16 years playing professional softball in Japan taught her 44:00 How she became ESPN's lead softball analyst while still competing 49:20 Calling the first nationally televised MLB game as a woman 58:20 Inside Clearwater for Youth and Title IX VineyardsNew episodes of Inside the Circle with Coach Pat drop every other week. Subscribe so you catch the next one, and follow Coach Pat Fastpitch Academy on Instagram for training tips between episodes.Connect with Michele SmithWebsite: https://michelesmith.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michelesmith32/ X: https://x.com/michelesmith32 Title IX Vineyards: https://titleninewine.com/ Crush for a Cause: https://crushforacause.org/ Connect with meInstagram- https://www.instagram.com/coach_pat_fastpitch Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/19C1qWzufS/?mibextid=wwXIfrYouTube - https://youtube.com/@coachpatfastpitchTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@coach.patfpX (Twitter) - https://x.com/CoachPatFP#MicheleSmith #TitleIX #OlympicSoftball #TravelSoftball #FastpitchSoftball #SoftballParents #SoftballMom #SoftballDad #TeamUSASoftball #SoftballHistory #SoftballInjuryRecovery #14USoftball #SoftballCoach #WomenInSports #ESPNSoftball #SoftballMindset #TravelBallParents #CollegeSoftball #SoftballFamily #InsideTheCircleWithCoachPat
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