Maya Torres's DISC Profile

Like all DISC Styles, your style has certain traits that can work for you, or might hold you back, depending on how you manage them. Keep in mind that a strength can be "over-done" and become a weakness.

Working For You	Could Hold You Back
Determined: At her best, Maya plays with a steady determination throughout the game, and never gives up on herself or her team.	Determined: Maya's strong determination can sometimes go overboard and lead to trying to force good performance.
Logical & Realistic: Maya's tendency to think in realistic terms can be a strength when she's making decisions on the field.	Logical & Realistic: Maya's tendency to look at things in realistic terms can lead to losing optimism when things aren't going well on the field.
Competitive: Maya is quite competitive and has high expectations for how she performs on the field.	Competitive: Maya is quite competitive and can sometimes become frustrated, and perhaps self-critical, when not playing up to her expectations.

Motivators & Temperament

Blended Temperament Style Maya's softball temperament is a blend of competitive and determined tendencies from the Dominance side of her DISC style, combined with the more relaxed and patient tendencies from the Steady side. She's motivated by both the competitive aspects of softball, and her ongoing desire to make steady improvement in her game.

Competes With Steady Perseverance Maya's determination and persevering nature are at the core of her softball temperament style. At her best, she competes with steady determination throughout the game, and never gives up on herself or her team. While Maya is a strong competitor, her emotions tend to be somewhat less volatile than the ultra-intense style players.

Dealing with Frustration Maya is not as prone to deep and sustained anger as the ultra-intense style players. With that said, she can still become quite frustrated if she and her team are struggling on the field. To be at your best: she would likely benefit by using short positive self-talk phrases to help her quickly turn her frustration back into positive energy.

Playing Style

Balanced Decision-Maker Maya's blended Dominance & Steady DISC Style likely leads to being a fairly flexible decision-maker on the field. At her best, she uses her flexible decision-making style to play situationally – both aggressive and more conservative based on the situation in the game and on the action as it happens on the field.

Needs To Understand Coaches' Expectations Maya is a "task-oriented thinker," and the clearer she understands instructions from her coaches, the more apt she is to follow them on the field. She feels outsmarting opposing teams and making fewer mental mistakes than they do can go a long way towards winning games, even when playing teams with equal or more talent.

Determination Can Go Overboard While Maya's natural determination is a strength in many ways, her instincts are to "try harder" when she's struggling on the field. Trying harder can sometimes hurt her more than it helps, as it can lead to playing "tight" and trying to force good performance. To be at your best: she can take a few deep breaths from time to time to help stay loose, and be ready to respond at her best to the action on the field.

Interaction With Teammates

Leads By Example Maya appreciates teammates who share her desire to work hard and put forth their best efforts towards having a winning team. She's not as much of a "rah-rah" type player as some of her more outgoing teammates. She's more of a "lead by example" type encourager, and her teammates will rarely doubt her desire to win.

Can Be Stubborn When Maya has a strong opinion about something, or thinks she's right about a certain situation, she can be quite stubborn in defending her opinion. She's not necessarily an overly assertive "in your face" type communicator, but she won't easily give up in defending her opinion.

Enjoys Being Part Of The Team Maya enjoys the camaraderie and good-natured ribbing that is part of a team-oriented atmosphere. With that said, she feels everyone needs to be serious and focused during team meetings, practices, and pre-game warm-ups. Overall, her teammates will respect her competitive spirit and dedication to their team.

Approach To Improving Her Game

Expects To Be Challenged Maya will usually respond well when coaches push her to keep developing more of her potential as a softball player. She'll view time and energy spent working on her skills, on-the-field decision-making, and working on her physical conditioning as part of paying the price needed to become a better player.

Practicing On Her Own Maya likes to feel she's competing even when she's practicing with others outside of formal team practices. Simulating game-type competitive situations during informal practice will help capitalize on her competitive nature. The more she feels like she's actually competing when she's practicing, the more likely it will help her keep improving.

Needs Measurable Goals Maya is a results-oriented thinker. She would likely benefit by having clear, specific and measurable goals tied into metrics like – batting, fielding, pitching, and base running stats – depending on what position she plays. Setting these types of goals, and developing specific action steps towards accomplishing them, can be strong motivators towards helping her continue to grow and develop as a softball player.