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The SoccerGirl Podcast

138. Bella Bixby - Portland Thorns, USWNT & Oregon State

The SoccerGirl Podcast

SoccerGirl

Sports

51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

This week's guest is Portland Thorn's keeper, Bella Bixby. We chat about her ACL injury and how she came back from it stronger than ever, while being more aware of body mechanics. Bella explains why she believes young athletes should play other sports and how it can help make you a better keeper/soccer player. We also discuss the new CBA and the impact it has on the players of the league. Check out our ACL Injury Risk Reduction Pack: https://bit.ly/3shwTN1

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0:00.0

What's up, Lady Valorous. Welcome back. We're Sakura Props and it's game time.

0:08.8

Hi guys. Hi. Hi. How are you guys? Good. How are you? Good. It's the

0:16.6

higher preseason. Preseason, how's it going? That's good. We got a lot of new changes,

0:23.5

so I'm just kind of feeling it out, you know? It's kind of the worst when you like you kind of know

0:30.0

what to expect with few years and then one year when it's unexpected and everything's going to change

0:34.2

just a little bit more. Yeah, like my first four years were really consistent, I'd say.

0:40.6

Really different, yeah. It's like fitness wise and stuff has been really different,

0:47.6

or the drills. No, just I'd say like yeah, getting to know like a new coach's expectations and

0:52.8

like what it is that they like to look for and like the details that they look at, the types of

0:58.1

drills they do, that kind of stuff. I feel like it's harder for me to adjust to a new coach

1:02.2

and it is like new teammates sometimes. Oh, Dad, I feel the same way. It's like dating someone,

1:08.7

it's totally, you learn their habits, learn their likes, dislikes, like all that, they

1:13.7

feel that. So yeah, by the way, your Instagram was hilarious about your husband's eating habits.

1:19.6

Wait, was that butter or ice cream? It was butter. That's, I mean, either one is crazy, but

1:28.8

Mel, like all of a sudden, I'm like, he pulls it out like that. Why?

1:32.8

He goes all the way to the bottom instead of going across. Like, he must have a slice of butter.

1:40.8

So funny. So yeah, I mean, we'll just dive right in. We'd love to hear about what you think

1:48.1

of the recent CBA, what it means to you, what you're hoping to see. That's not in it that you'd

1:55.2

like edit on. So anything any thoughts you have on that we'd love to hear. Yeah, I think

2:02.6

I can speak from any players when I say that like it's groundbreaking and really exciting to have

2:09.5

such a good stepping stone in the path to like professionalism and women's soccer.

2:14.2

And we feel, we feel a bit about the first CBA. We've been able to nail down our representatives

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