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Coming Back to the Game: A Quad Amputee Soccer Coach on Reclaiming His Confidence

Coming Back to the Game: A Quad Amputee Soccer Coach on Reclaiming His Confidence

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When soccer coach Scott Martin contracted a rare illness that took his hands and parts of his feet, it took the way he coached the game as well as his confidence. What followed was years of depression, discrimination, and self-doubt, until he finally found his way back to the game that he loves.

"I was faking it. I was doing a pretty darn good job of faking me being me. But everyone else avoided it too. We never talked about it."Hear Scott talk about:
  • What it was like to wake up from a month-long coma and learn what had happened to his body
  • Why he skipped past the emotional reality of his illness and what that cost him
  • The discrimination he faced trying to return to coaching
  • What it was like to address his disability with his new team of 12-year-olds
  • How he rebuilt his confidence, and what playing from the heart really means

Mentioned in this episode:
  • Play From Your Heart by Scott Martin
  • The Five Stages of Grief by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

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