We want to hear your story! Learn how to submit an article or blog content to GameChange below.
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Fancy yourself as a writer? Each week, we’ll release a few student stories about the student athletic experience in a column called Friday Night Writes. We’ll send this out to subscribers, like you, on our weekly newsletter and social media pages.
We’re looking for stories that showcase what it means to be a GameChange Athlete. This might be a story about overcoming adversity – be it a losing streak, sitting on the bench, or even negative self-talk before games; a time you were inspired by a teammate, coach, competitor, or someone else; or even a time that you took a risk, regardless of the outcome.
Please keep your story to 350 to 700 words in length! You can send them to our co-founder, Jack Baric at jbaric@gamechangenation.com.
FAQ
Here’s a list of topics you can write about!
Attitude Adjustment:
Story about having bad attitude (body language, arguing, pouting) and how/why you got better
Be Your Authentic Self:
Story about being your authentic self even when it was hard and why it made you better
Championship Culture:
Story about playing on a team where everyone truly wanted the best for each other
Change is Possible:
Story about how you were able to change something (big or small) in your life to be better
Confidence is Key:
Story about keeping your confidence during tough times and how you responded when losing it
Courage to Try:
Story about something that scared you and how exiting your comfort zone made you better
Play with Purpose:
Story about you or team playing for someone other than yourselves
Riding the Pine:
Story about sucky feeling of sitting on the bench or not making team and how you responded
Dealing with Stuff:
Story about a stressful time in your life (sports, academics, personal) and how you got thru it
Develop Your Craft:
Story about struggling because of not liking practice and how you got better when that changed
Failure Happens:
Story about failing something important to you, what you learned and how it made you better
Flow State:
Story about a game when you just let it flow without thinking too much and played great
Forgiveness Heals:
Story about moving forward in a positive way after forgiving yourself or others
Gratitude Response:
Story about dealing with tough time and how focusing on gratitude helped ease the stress
Greatest Teammate:
Story about a great teammate and why you and/or your team loved him/her so much
Half Empty or Half Full?:
Story about a player or team who changed the culture by viewing things in a more positive way
Joy of Playing:
Story about a game or time in your life when you played the game with pure joy
Keeping the Belief:
Story about a tough time (slump, losing streak, personal struggle) and how you kept the belief
Losing Streak:
Story of a personal or team slump and what you learned from it
Man (or Woman) in the Arena:
Story about overcoming the fear of failure to get in the game and try
Mental Health:
Story about dealing with anxiety or depression and what you did to get better
My Bad:
Story about the positive impact of a time when you held yourself accountable for a mistake
My Greatest Gift:
Story about helping someone else going thru something negative that you’ve also experienced
One Step at a Time:
Story about feeling overwhelmed and how taking it one step at a time got you thru it
Self-Talk:
Story about letting negativity get into your head and how you were able to stop and get better
The Dream:
Story about chasing your dream and why it’s so important to you. What will it mean if you win?
Trust the Flow:
Story about accepting things you couldn’t control and believing that things would get better
Trust the Process:
Story about a slump or losing streak and how continuing to work hard got you thru it
Give Back:
Story about something you or your team did in the community that really touched you
Life School Sport Balance:
Story about your crazy school/sport/life schedule and how you manage i