Leadership, Longevity, and Life as a Footballer with Ali Riley
Jun 26, 2024
01:09:54
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Ali Riley, a women's soccer star, discusses representing New Zealand, advocacy, dealing with nerves, leadership style, professional career, nutrition, using WHOOP, social media, women's sports, longevity, and final game reflections.
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Ali Riley promotes growth in women's sports through authenticity and engaging with fans.
Understanding her body's needs and self-advocacy have been crucial to Ali Riley's prolonged career success.
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Incorporating an Athlete's Platform to Grow Women's Sports
Becoming a role model and spokesperson, Allie Riley describes leveraging her platform to inspire others and promote growth in women's sports. Using social media and personal interactions, she engages with fans, connects with them at games, and aims to portray authentic experiences to counter negative narratives. By highlighting voices that have been marginalized, she sheds light on important issues and encourages support from male allies.
Balancing Career Longevity Through Self-Advocacy and Awareness
Allie Riley attributes her prolonged career success to self-advocacy and a deep understanding of her body's needs. Through tuning into her body, monitoring recovery, sleep, nutrition, and hydration needs, she has maintained peak performance and longevity. By recognizing the importance of financial support and the evolving landscape of women's sports, she navigates career sustainability amidst changing industry dynamics.
On this week’s episode WHOOP Global Head of Human Performance, Principal Scientist Kristen Holmes is joined by women’s soccer star, Ali Riley. Ali currently captains the New Zealand National Team and Angel City FC. She has represented New Zealand at 5 FIFA World Cups, 4 Olympic Games, and will be headed to Paris this summer. In 2023, Ali led the New Zealand National Team to the country’s first-ever World Cup match win. Kristen and Ali discuss Ali’s state of mind ahead of Paris (1:35), representing the New Zealand National Team (4:27), life as a student-athlete and national team player (10:27), advocating for yourself (15:28), dealing with nerves (18:23), Ali’s leadership style (21:11), Ali’s professional career (28:57), nutrition and Ali’s cookbook (38:04), using WHOOP to maximize performance (44:34), the power of social media (47:49), Caitlin Clark and women’s sports (58:54), improving longevity in sport (1:02:14), and thinking about a final game (1:05:22).