King Talk

Joseph talks with our guest, Joe Shumpert, who had a very challenging childhood, losing both parents by the age of 12. Joe openly and honestly shares his experience and teaches us about the power of positivity. You will be motivated by Joe's incredible success story! Thank you for your time, Joe(@happy_24_7_365) Warning: There are a few explicit words, but don't let that stop you from listening to and sharing this amazing podcast!

Part 2: Joseph talks with Coach Sonny Weathersby about his inspirational journey  playing and excelling in multiple sports, becoming an author of  Peregrination: The Journey to Wellness and creating his company,  Wellness on Wheels International. There was so much to talk about that  we needed two shows! Coach Sonny: @theurbanwellnesscoach,  @iamsonnyweathersby, coachsonny.com

Joseph talks with Coach Sonny Weathersby about his inspirational journey playing and excelling in multiple sports, becoming an author of Peregrination: The Journey to Wellness and creating his company, Wellness on Wheels International. There was so much to talk about that we needed two shows! Coach Sonny: @theurbanwellnesscoach, @iamsonnyweathersby, coachsonny.com

On our first show of 2020 Joseph talks with Kohl Adams-Hurd, a former student-athlete from Pierce College and Old Dominion about his journey as a student-athlete and now a successful entrepreneur. Kohl has a successful customized football eye shield company(@2GVisors), as well as developing an algorithm for a recruiting app to rate and rank high school athletes. Nick Moody, former football player at Florida State University and former San Francisco 49ers linebacker shares his athletic journey starting when he told his mom with conviction, when he was 6 or 7 years old, that he was going to play in the NFL. And Gerald Bowman, former football player at USC and Baltimore Ravens talks about the realities of recruiters. There is a lot of wisdom in this podcast as we start the new year. Thank you for listening!

On our 40th show, Joseph and our guests Jeremy Mason and Charles Johnson discuss learning how to allow yourself to make mistakes, seeing the opportunities in making mistakes and how being afraid of making mistakes prevents you from taking chances. Also they discuss holding yourself accountable and so much more. There are so many words of wisdom and lessons to learn in this podcast for parents and student-athletes. 

Be prepared to absorb the wisdom of our guest: Charles Johnson, Doctoral Candidate, Parent of a Collegiate-Level Student-Athlete, Retired Military(thank you for your service!), Successful Business Owner and Motivational Speaker! Joseph and Charles share many ways to motivate student-athletes through adversity in their lives. Charles outlines his program: Goal Orientation Motivation from Ego to Task that will benefit everyone to go further in their lives with purpose. Charles ends this uplifting interview with these words: Take the opportunity to be who you are. Accept and acknowledge how amazing you are. Truly inspiring podcast! Thank you, Charles for your time!

Joseph and our guest Americus Jones, Frosh-Soph Basketball Coach at Grant High School discuss the strategy and thought-process of coaching high school basketball. They talk about the importance of relationships with the players and being a counselor as much as being a coach. They also discuss how some parents want their student-athletes to play more than the student-athletes want to play and how parents hold their children back in school or start school later when they are young to have an advantage over other children. Americus gives us all many words of wisdom and reminds us all that there is more than one way to the finish line and making the journey worth it.

Joseph and our guest, Antonio Flowers share their multiple perspectives on Colin Kaepernick, as well as the importance of not having an emotional attachment to just one perspective. They define the meaning of "You should love who loves you" as it relates to relationships with coaches, teams and who wants the best for your student-athletes. Antonio speaks about the importance of social media and being thoughtful as a parent and a student-athlete about what you post, say and how you act because someone is always watching to make sure you are an appropriate choice for their team, agency or job; no matter how old the post.

Joseph and his former student-athlete, Javarus McConner, discuss the keys to athletic success on the high school and the collegiate level: Having a support structure, good work ethic, as well as love for the daily grind associated with the game. Javarus shares what goes into evaluating an athlete's ability and potential. They both share a lot of words of wisdom for both student-athletes and parents.

Joseph is joined today by West Valley Eagles Youth Track & Field Coach Fidel Burns and his son, John. Coach Fidel also coaches relays and sprints at St. Francis High School. After 16 years of coaching, Fidel shares his perspective on several topics, such as creating the environment in practice to prepare for the field of competition, overworking our kids, teaching life through sports, talking with multi-sport athletes and making sure there is balance, as well as keeping an open line of communication with your child. Coach Fidel tells parents to remember the day you first signed your child up for sports and wanting them just to have fun. He wants parents to make sure your kids are surrounded by positive peers with similar interests.