>> THIS SUMMER SEEING INSPIRATIONAL SPORTS STORIES INVOLVING WOMEN IN FLORIDA TEEN
TENNIS SENSATION COCO GAUFF.
>> SO MUCH OF ATHLETES EXCESS
STARTS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
NEXT MONTH THEY WILL HAVE
FEMALE ATHLETES GIVING THEM THE
CONFIDENCE TO GO BEYOND THEIR
TALK ABOUT THE ATHLETES TO
VISIONARY SUMMIT IS THE
ORGANIZER MORGAN JONES.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, LADIES.
>> OKAY, ATHLETES TO
VISIONARIES.
WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT.
>> THE SUMMIT IS REALLY JUST
ABOUT IGNITING A VISION FOR
THESE YOUNG GIRLS THAT THEY CAN
DO WHATEVER THEY SET THEIR MIND
TO.
THERE IS GOING TO BE A VERY
DIVERSE PANEL OF SPEAKERS AND A
KEYNOTE SPEAKER.
WE HAD JAMIE FROM CHANNEL 6
WILL BE A MODERATOR.
REALLY IT IS TO PROVIDE
INFORMATION.
A LOT OF INTERACTION BUT MOSTLY
INSPIRATION THAT THEY CAN.
>> YOU WERE INSPIRED BY YOUR
OWN STORY OF COURSE.
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
>> YES I PLAYED HERE NONLOCAL
FROM ORLANDO AND WENT ON A
PLATE AT FLORIDA STATE AND ARE
PLAYED PROFESSIONALLY IN PUERTO
RICO.
SO AFTER MY JOURNEY IT IS LIKE
WHAT IS NEXT.
HOW DO I DEVELOP A VISION
BEYOND MY SPORT.
AND SO MY HEART REALLY STARTED
BIDDING FOR THESE YOUNG FEMALE
ATHLETES TO START HAVING THIS
CONVERSATION A LOT EARLIER.
THAT IS WHEN IT ALL STARTED AND
IT STARTED IN ORLANDO TOO.
>> DO YOU FEEL LIKE SO MANY
TIMES PEOPLE ARE FOCUSED ON THE
JOURNEY OF SPORTS THAT THEY DO
NOT THINK BEYOND THAT.
DOMINIC WRAPS UP THERE LIKE
GOODNESS.
>> YES.
THERE IS SO MUCH INVOLVEMENT IN
DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS AND YOU
CAN ONLY BECOME SO GOOD AT YOUR
SCALLOP SPORT BEFORE IT IS LIKE
WHAT IS NEXT.
SO REALLY WORKING ON THE
IDENTITY PIECE AS WELL AS WHAT
YOU PUT YOUR IDENTITY IN AND
HOW TO GET THE GIRLS TO BELIEVE
IN THEMSELVES NO MATTER WHICH
AVENUE THEY ARE GOING.
>> WHAT IS AGE RANGE YOU ARE
EXPECTING.
YOU WANT MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGH
SCHOOL ATHLETES AND WHO SHOULD
ATTEND.
>> HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES AND
EIGHTH-GRADERS GOING INTO HIGH
SCHOOL ARE WELCOME AS WELL.
AND PARENTS AND COACHES.
SO WE HAVE A REALLY DIVERSE
GROUP.
WE HAVE PARENTS THAT ARE
BRINGING THEIR DAUGHTERS.
WE HAVE COACHES THAT ARE
BRINGING THEIR TEENS.
IT IS JUST BEEN AMAZING THE
FEEDBACK WE’VE GOTTEN.
WE HAVE WONDERFUL SPONSORS ON
BOARD.
ORANGE THEORY AND SEVERE SUPER,
SUPER EXCITED.
>> WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM
THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
INVOLVED IN WHO YOU BEEN ABLE
TO TALK TO AND INFLUENCE?
>> IT’S BEEN AWESOME BECAUSE
THERE’S NOTHING LIKE IT.
COACHES OFTEN TIMES FOCUS SO
MUCH A SKILL ASPECT OF THE GAME
THAT SOMETIMES THE LEADERSHIP
AND HOW TO TALK ABOUT ATTITUDE
AND YOUR CHOICES AND THINGS
LIKE THAT ARE HARD TO INTERSECT
WITH THE SKILL ASPECT.
SO HAVING INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE
BEEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS COME
BACK AND TALK TO THE GIRLS
ABOUT THIS IS HUGE AND THEY ARE
YOUR CAREER IN BASKETBALL.
WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH WOMEN
SPORTS BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE
IT’S EVOLVING AND REALLY
BLOWING UP NOW.
>> OH MY GOSH SO EXCITING TO
WATCH.
YES, IT IS REALLY EVOLVING.
WOMEN ARE HAVING MORE BOYS AND
SEEING THEMSELVES AS MORE THAN
JUST MOMS AND NOW THEY CAN BE
ENTREPRENEURS AND PROFESSIONAL
ATHLETES.
SO I THINK STARTING FROM THE
TOP WITH USA WOMEN’S SOCCER
TEAM ALL SPORTS NO MATTER WHAT
YOU WANT TO DO YOU CAN MAKE A
CAREER OUT OF IT.
>> ONE AND WHERE IS THE EVENT
AND HOW CAN PEOPLE GET
INVOLVED?
>> THE EVENT WILL BE ON AUGUST
3 FROM 10:30 AM TO 3:30 PM.
YOU CAN REGISTER ONLINE AND BUY
YOUR TICKETS ONLINE AT ATHLETES
VISIONARIES.
THEIR INDIVIDUAL RATES FOR
PARENTS OR DAUGHTER OR THE ONE
GIRL THAT WANTS TO COME WHICH
WE HAVE TONS OF THEM.
AND THEN WE HAVE TEAMS WHER WE
HAVE A LOT OF TEAMS SIGNED UP
AND THERE IS LIMITED SEATING SO
KIND OF GETTING CLOSE TO THE
TIME BUT I JUST ENCOURAGE
ANYONE THAT WANTS TO BE
INSPIRED AND USED THIS PORTICO
ON EMILY DEVELOP A VISION FOR
THEMSELVES THAT EXIST WAY
BEYOND THE GAME AND USE THE
SPORT TO GET TO WHEREVER THEY
WANT IN LIFE SHOULD BE THERE.
>> WOULD YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT
FOR THE EVENT COMING UP?
>> I AM MOST EXCITED ABOUT THE
DYNAMIC OF THESE LEADERS AND
THESE WOMEN THAT HAVE WALKED
THIS JOURNEY AND BE ABLE TO
COME BACK AND TRULY SHARE THEIR
STORIES AND THEIR JOURNEY WITH
THEM AND HOPE TO INSPIRE THEM
AND PUT THAT SEED INSIDE OF THE
YOUNG GIRLS THAT THEY CAN DO