Paul Reddick

What It Takes

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What It Takes with Coach Marla Townsend and Paul Reddick is a weekly podcast for softball players, parents, and coaches. Each episode explores the mindset, skills, habits, and experiences required to reach the next level, achieve your goals, and become your best on and off the field.

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Paul Reddick

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Ep. 4 - Shonda Stanton: The Hidden Habits That Separate Good Players From Great Ones 05.07.2026 54:41

What does it really take to build championship players? In this episode of What It Takes , Paul Reddick and Coach Marla Townsend sit down with one of the most respected coaches in softball, Shonda Stanton , head coach of the AUSL Chicago team and former longtime head coach at Indiana and Marshall. Coach Stanton shares the habits, mindset, and leadership principles that have shaped her career and t...

Ep. 3 - Jessica Mendoza On What It Takes To Win, Lead, And Grow The Game 26.06.2026 47:57

In this episode of What It Takes , Paul Reddick and Coach Marla Townsend sit down with Jessica Mendoza, Olympic gold medalist, Stanford All-American, ESPN MLB analyst, and one of the most important voices in softball. Jessica talks about the growth of professional softball, the pressure young athletes face today, what nerves really mean, the difference between winning gold and receiving silver, th...

Ep.2 - Becoming the Player You’re Meant to Be with Morgan Stuart 18.06.2026 1:02:54

In this powerful conversation, Coach Marla Townsend and Paul Reddick sit down with one of the most respected voices in softball, Coach Morgan Stuart. Morgan shares her journey from late-start softball player to national champion at the University of Washington, and opens up about the mental struggles that followed one of the biggest successes of her career. After winning a national title, she foun...

Ep. 1 - "Dream. Determination. Drive. — What It Really Takes to Play at the Next Level" | Ep. 1 with Coach Marla Townsend 10.06.2026 57:19

https://marlatownsend.com 0:00 — Welcome to the What It Takes Podcast 0:42 — Dream, Determination & Drive: the three pillars 1:47 — How to know if your dream is real (or just wishful thinking) 3:22 — Why a coach's belief in you is worth more than your own inner voice 6:11 — "A coach writes on a player in permanent marker" — Jessica Mendoza 7:28 — The coaching integrity story: what players reme...