Coming Back to the Game: A Quad Amputee Soccer Coach on Reclaiming His Confidence
Soccer coach and author Scott Martin
When soccer coach Scott Martin contracted a rare illness that took his hands and parts of his feet, it took the way he coached the game as well as his confidence. What followed was years of depression, discrimination, and self-doubt, until he finally found his way back to the game that he loves.
Hear Scott talk about:
What it was like to wake up from a month-long coma and learn what had happened to his body
Why he skipped past the emotional reality of his illness and what that cost him
The discrimination he faced trying to return to coaching
What it was like to address his disability with his new team of 12-year-olds
How he rebuilt his confidence, and what playing from the heart really means
Mentioned in this episode:
Play From Your Heart by Scott Martin
The Five Stages of Grief by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
“I was faking it. I was doing a pretty darn good job of faking me being me. But everyone else avoided it too. We never talked about it.”
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