UNDERKAVA THE PACIFIC ISLAND PLAYERS BI-MONTHLY E-MAGAZINE xxx 2014 PROUDLY SPONSORED BY IN THIS EDITION Welcome 2 Education First, Football Second with Troy Polamanu 3 & 4 The Heart & Soul of the Fijian Warrior- Seremaia Bai 5 & 6 Only the Mentally Tough Thrive - Valarie Adams 7 & 8 PIPA members take up Coaching Levels 9 Life after Rugby - Nicky Little 10 & 11 Herbinia 12 21 Questions 13 & 14 FOLLOW US ON FOR ANY ENQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT ANA ON
[email protected] TALOFA, BULA AND MALO E LELEI challenges in their daily lives that result in a unique set of obstacles to overcome. These challenges are often magnified in an elite sport environment. These can be anything from Talofa, Bula and Malo E Lelei loneliness to lack of social support to stressful life experiences Most of us want to know more about what makes champions to relationship problems to financial strain to alcohol abuse tick, what drives them to achieve, and most importantly what to chronic pain or to loss of contract. If you are struggling or they learn along the way. In this edition we are very proud to know someone who is struggling please reach out and talk have spent a few moments with two undisputed Pacific Island to us here at PIPA or a close friend. Through PIPA we have a world champions. We hope that sharing their thoughts will worldwide network of professionals who we can utilise for help inspire the next generation of Pacific Island sporting stars to no matter where you are located in the world.