Today’s episode focuses on the steps to overcoming failure in the developing young athlete. Failure can be used as a source of motivation and learning. By taking on the challenge of failure and identifying steps to learning, we can use failure as a guide to increasing confidence to help achieve goals.

On today’s Athletes Tip of The Week Friday we bring you a great movie review that we have discussed in the past with several of our guests. The movie has many great teachable moments but I have chosen a scene that teaches us the importance of team unity and trust in the coach and your teammates.

I am excited to introduce today’s guest because he is the essence of a world-class athlete-both on and off the field. On today's show we will discuss his journey to becoming a 2-time Olympic Hurdler.

On Today's Athlete Tip Of The Week Friday we bring you a clip of a motivational speech By Dr. Eric Thomas that he presented to 200 Team USA contenders one hundred days before the 2016 Rio Olympics. Dr Thomas, helps them to stay focused on their dreams and goals by repeating the mantra I can, I will, I must.

Today our guest helps young basketball players develop their basketball skills and their inner belief.

Today’s Athlete Tip of the Week Friday we will talk about how it is OK to be different, not blend in and how five-time  British Formula One World Champion race car driver Lewis Hamilton has learned to be the greatest HE can be.

Today we bring you a special guest who will talk about the importance of weight training for the young athlete. Our guest has been involved in weight training for over thirty years-as a young athlete himself and now as a way of life.

On today’s Athlete Tip of the Week Friday I discuss the importance of balance as a skill-building tool in the developing young athlete.

I am excited to speak with our guest today because he has seen the soccer field from several angles. As a former professional player and the current men's head soccer coach at Army West Point.

Today we bring you a speaker that was on Ted Talks. His name is Dr. David Geier and he shares his perspective as an orthopedic surgeon on how we can decrease the occurrence of a preventable pattern of injuries in young athletes.