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Hi! My name is Ella Moody, I am a CSU student athlete interested in mental health, psychology, and sports. This portfolio shows how my writing, research, and awareness of who I write to changed throughout this CO150 class! Contact:  ellamoody05@gmail.com Artifact 1: Ignite PowerPoint Presentation https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1CJqD8DE72FpHswyPOZEV20GV_io7_iYSv2s3DwHQJdI/edit?usp=sharing I think my Ignite presentation shows my growth in clearly explaining my ideas and

picture of my teammates on Colorado State Athletics https://share.google/images/4pMEiN3fJtPq81eLP This week, I wanted to deepen/ look at my topic from a different angle. I already knew mental health plays a huge role in injury recovery, because I’ve lived it and seen the effects on athletes who get injured. But I started thinking: If support helps athletes recover, why do so many athletes go through injuries feeling alone? I think most people outside of sports assume recovery

Image from Google: Sports Psychology Image Last week, I talked about how hormones can affect injury in women athletes. This whole research has also been about how mental health can affect injury/ recovery, but this week, I wanted to look at it from the other side because there is a major debate about mental health vs mental toughness, and how we balance it. A topic that challenges my original argument is, what if we trained our minds before the injury even happens? My questio

Personal photo of me in 2021  Last week, I talked about how mental health can affect injury and recovery, so this week I wanted to narrow it down and talk about women in sports and how hormones can play a role in injuries. I’ve always known ACL tears are more common for female athletes because every teammate I have had, for the most part, has torn their knee, but nobody ever really explained to me why that was the case. So many coaches have said it was “landing wrong” or “wea

My main question : How can college athletic programs do a better job supporting athletes’ mental health when they’re coming back from injury? This topic means a lot to me because I’ve lived through it for almost two full years. When I tore my ACL my senior year of high school, I thought the hard part would just be the surgery and rehab. But honestly, the hardest part has been not getting back to play yet after being so close each time and watching my dream of playing college