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The Game You’re Really Playing

A guided experience for competitive softball players and the parents supporting them.

The Game You’re Really Playing and The Game We’re Really Playing, the two books of the LIFTT Softball Series

Softball asks athletes to fail without believing they are failures.

It asks parents to care deeply without taking ownership of the journey.

These two guided experiences help athletes and parents develop a healthier relationship with pressure, failure, performance, and each other.

The result is more than better performance. It is a lighter experience, greater peace, and a stronger connection to the game and the people sharing it.

For the Athlete and Parent

The Game You’re Really Playing, the athlete bookThe Game We’re Really Playing, the parent book

The Complete Shared Experience

Your athlete will learn how to:

  • Understand where her pressure comes from
  • Separate difficult results from who she is
  • Trade her inner critic for her inner coach
  • Reflect instead of replaying mistakes
  • Regulate her energy and reset when the game gets hard
  • Access more confidence, joy, and freedom when she competes
  • Define the player, teammate, and person she wants to become

This is not about lowering standards or caring less. It is about helping athletes hold themselves accountable without attacking themselves, so they can learn, recover, and keep competing.

The parent companion follows the same eight-part journey through a different lens.

While the athlete develops greater alignment within herself, the parent learns how to create greater alignment around her.

Together, you will develop shared language for pressure, failure, confidence, emotional regulation, and growth.

Parents will learn how to:

  • Understand the athlete in front of them
  • Recognize the pressure and energy they bring
  • Support without rescuing
  • Protect the relationship from the result
  • Make the ride home feel more connected
  • Create space for honest conversations
  • Let the dream belong to their daughter
  • Help create the conditions in which she can grow

This is not about becoming a perfect parent. It is about becoming more intentional in how you show up.

Athlete + Parent Experience

$159

Includes both complete guides and all eight shared video lessons.

For the Athlete

The Game You’re Really Playing, the athlete book

The Game You’re Really Playing

A Competitive Softball Player’s Guide to Changing Your Relationship with Pressure and Failure

Each of the eight sections includes a short video, clear teaching, practical exercises, and guided reflection.

Athlete Experience

$99

What This Can Create

Within the athlete

More self-awareness.

More confidence.

A healthier inner voice.

Greater access to joy and competitive freedom.

Within the family

Less friction.

More peace.

Better conversations.

A deeper understanding of what support really feels like.

On the field

A more regulated athlete who can learn from difficult moments, return to the present, and access more of her ability when the pressure rises.

Performance matters. But the experience you are creating together matters too.

Softball is a beautiful opportunity to pursue something difficult, discover who you are, and build a connection that extends far beyond the field.

The game will not last forever.What you build together can.

Athlete + Parent Experience

$159

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Athlete Experience

$99

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