Val W.

Val Whiting is a Certified Life Skills Instructor and a Certified Mental Skills Coach. She is pursuing her Master's and Doctorate in Sport and Performance Psychology. Coach Val serves on the National Advisory Board for the Positive Coaching Alliance. She has mentored over one thousand athletes, some of whom have played basketball in college and professionally. As a mental skills coach, Val has worked with WNBA players, NCAA DI and DII teams, and middle school and high school athletes.

At Stanford, Val was a part of two NCAA championship teams and three Final Fours and won four Pac-12 Championships. In addition, she graduated from Stanford as the Pac-12 all-time leading scorer and rebounder. Some of her honors include being a two-time National Player of the Year Finalist, two-time All-American, two-time Pac-12 Player of the Year, and ESPY Award Nominee. Val has been featured on FoxNews, ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Essence Magazine, and ESPN.com. She played professionally for 8 years, including three years in the WNBA.

Even though Val is a mom of two boys, she has a passion for seeing girls empowered through their involvement in sports. Val was awarded the WNBA Cares Community Assist Award and the Mayoral Award for Distinguished Citizen and Outstanding Service to Youth because of her life-skills program for female athletes, which was also featured in the national media.

1. Review the week in competition and practice and check in with athlete
2. Go over weekly homework
3. Review post game / practice assessment
4. Teach the mental skill for day
5. Conclude and assign homework and tasks for the next week