Who Am I?
I am Jennifer L. Etnier, Ph.D., associate professor of Kinesiology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. I have been involved in sport since I was very young and have chosen a career that allows me to stay involved in sport through my work with athletes, parents, and coaches.
I started playing soccer when I was 7 years old and played on boys’ soccer teams all the way through high school. In high school, I was a starter on the boys’ varsity soccer team during my junior and senior years. I also played varsity softball and varsity basketball for three years during high school. In college, I played for the University of Tennessee and was the captain of the team and sweeper for three years. I had the opportunity to play semi-professional soccer for a short time and still play soccer in adult co-ed leagues. I haven’t yet found a sport or game that I don’t like, though, and I also play or have played tennis, ping pong, racquetball, volleyball, golf, ultimate Frisbee, and flag football, and I sail, snow ski, water ski, and windsurf.
I have taught a number of sports either as an instructor at UNC-Chapel Hill or as a coach. I taught soccer, tennis, and bowling (okay, that was a stretch) at UNC-Chapel Hill and have coached soccer at the youth level and as a volunteer assistant coach at Wake Forest University.
I have been a member of the United States Soccer Federation Coaching Education Staff for approximately 10 years and have given seminars at the National Coaching Schools regularly during that time. I also present regularly at the national meetings of the American College of Sports Medicine and the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity.
I am a mother of 3 young children – my daughter turned 5 on Christmas Day 2009 and by twin boys turned 3 on December 11 2009. Life is fun and busy at our house!
I am reading your book and I am very impressed, however I was hoping to find some of the coaching resources you mentioned in your notes to coaches.
It would be really helpful if you had PDF’s of some of the forms and exercises available in your book for hand outs to players, or at least more information about how and when to integrate your concepts into a practice plan.
Thanks, great work.
Scott
My son is 11 and his coach would like him to practice mental imagery skills. Are you able to offer audio techniques for this? I just bought your book and hope he will read it but Id like to find some audio exercises which he can listen to instead of read