303. Pressure Makes Diamonds: UConn Women's Basketball Director of Sports Performance Andrea Hudy Talks A Winner's Mindset & Navigating Intense Moments
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🗓️ 3 June 2024
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Identifying, understanding, and navigating pressure is a skill — a skill that today’s guest knows a thing or two about. Andrea Hudy is the Director of Sports Performance for Women’s basketball at the University of Connecticut and one of the best in the game. She talks about the ins and outs of working with an exceptional program and the pressure that comes with it — both for her and the athletes. We chat about what it’s like to be a role model for the young women she works with and how even she feels overwhelmed by the pressure that comes with the industry. Andrea shares how she schedules her life and sets boundaries so that she can show up as her best self both for the women she trains and for herself, because prioritizing herself makes her a better coach.
IN THIS EPISODE
Andrea’s entry into sport nad how she how ended up in her position at UCONN (5:01)
Her two key components of the mindset of a successful coach (11:05)
How the sport and it’s industry has evolved over time (17:10)
Andrea’s foundational principles of evolving an athlete over the years and her perspective of health vs. performance (18:30)
How Andrea deals with the pressure that comes with her job and how she helps her athletes navigate that same pressure (23:50)
Why a schedule is priority for Andrea and how she shows up as her best self (24:53)
How small injuries can turn into big complications if we don’t pay attention (29:50)
The struggle of wanting something for someone that doesn’t want it themselves (33:45)
How Andrea approaches goal setting with her athletes (37:08)
Andrea’s perspective on her responsibility as a role model for the young women she works with on the daily (41:30)
What taking care of Andrea looks like and how she’s working on prioritizing herself (43:34)
Andrea’s on the best piece of advice she’s received on deadline with the pressure that comes with life (48:10)
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| 0:00.0 | Our standards are pretty much still the same in terms of, you know, be a good teammate, work hard, accept feedback, and honesty is our most efficient policy. What's going on everyone? Emily Abotti here. You are listening to |
| 0:29.9 | episode 303 of hurdle. A wellness focused podcast where I talk to |
| 0:35.3 | inspirational people about everything from their highest ties and |
| 0:38.1 | toughest moments to essential tips on how to live a healthier, happier, more motivated life. We all go through our |
| 0:46.1 | fair share of hurdles. My goal through these discussions is to empower you to |
| 0:50.9 | better navigate yours and move with intention so that you can stride |
| 0:55.1 | toward your own big potential and of course have some fun along the way and honestly |
| 1:02.3 | fun is exactly what I had with today's guest. Her name is Andrea |
| 1:08.1 | Hooty she is the director of sports performance for women's basketball at the one the only |
| 1:15.7 | University of Connecticut. Now whether or not you are a fan of women's college |
| 1:22.2 | basketball you certainly know about Yukon. I have a personal bias as I am a |
| 1:28.0 | you con grad but I was so so amped when my dear friend and coach Rebecca Stowe connected me with who need to have |
| 1:35.4 | today's conversation. In it we talk about so many things a resounding theme of |
| 1:40.8 | pressure there's a lot going on with what she does and the |
| 1:44.1 | ins and outs of working with such an excellent team. How she manages that pressure and |
| 1:50.2 | how she advises her athletes to do the same. |
| 1:54.4 | We talk a lot about the fact that these girls are under such intense circumstances |
| 1:59.4 | and the fact that they are also only between the ages of roughly 18 and 22, right? |
| 2:05.2 | So so much responsibility on their shoulders at such a young age. |
| 2:10.5 | We also chat about what it's like for her to be a role model to these women, what it looks |
| 2:14.8 | like for her to take care of herself these days and implement boundaries. |
| 2:18.9 | She opens up about how the pressure once got to her and what it looks like for her to then implement |
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