Roger Federer played every sport he could before shifting to tennis in his late teens. Tennis wasn't even his favorite!

Experts uniformly recommend that kids try lots of sports. I'm hugely biased, but soccer should be on every parent's list. It is unique among world sports in its universal appeal, how easy it is to get a game going, and how you don't have to win the genetic lottery to play.

Listen to former pro player, Brandon Zimmerman, invite parents to give their kids the gift of a soccer experience!

Show Notes:

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"We are not victims to things like our mood or of our mistakes."

Andrew Schultz is back to lay out the tools and practices coaches and parents can teach themselves and their youth athletes to build true confidence. Learn how our mistakes and failures are TEMPORARY, LIMITED, and NON-REPRESENTATIVE. And how to convince our own brains to believe it.

Show Notes:

Andrew Schultz

Calle⁠ & ⁠Free the Game⁠, Street Soccer Company and Non-Profit

⁠Dadbodsoccer YouTube⁠ channel (please subscribe!)

⁠Street Soccer⁠ on tennis courts event

"My self worth is related to what I'm doing, but it's not dependent upon what I'm doing." Every kid wants to feel confident. Some think that being the starting quarterback is what gives them confidence. Many kids lack confidence because they just don't understand the secret - confidence is a skill not a talent.

Andrew Schultz, a confidence coach and long time youth sports coach, joins me to teach about identity, the stories we tell ourselves, mental filters, and many more powerful concepts that can literally change our kids' lives. Parents and coaches - tune in for real-life tips and tools to help our kids gain TRUE confidence. Part 1 of 2.

SHOW NOTES:

Andrew Schultz

16 Personalities Test (free)

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol Dweck

The Confident Mind, by Dr. Nate Zinsser

99.9% of youth athletes never sign a professional contract. 99.2% never get a college athletic scholarship. And yet they keep playing the sports they love. Why?

Nearly all parents and coaches of youth athletes are just regular people. We have jobs, bills, worries. And we go to great lengths to give our kids opportunities to participate in sports. But what we really want is to help our kids grow and prepare for the real world.

Join me and my guest, Spencer Smith, in kicking off the DadBodSoccer Podcast! Our mission is to help parents and coaches give our kids what they need most - extraordinary life experiences through sports.

New episodes every Wednesday morning!

SHOW NOTES:

Spencer's Podcast about all things self-funding for employee health benefits

Ameritrade Sports Parents Survey (2019)

1 page summary of statistics High School to Pro

Calle & Free the Game, Street Soccer Company and Non-Profit

Dadbodsoccer YouTube channel (please subscribe!)

Street Soccer on tennis courts event

Why do kids play sports if only .00025% of them become professional athletes? Join us while we explore this age old question, and along the way discover that youth sports is all about the heart.

Adults, we can do better for our kids.

Love them, teach them the Heart Lessons, and Win on the 2nd Scoreboard.

That's KidFirst Sports.