Picking Teams: A Playbook for Parents

Love Letters with Coach Kirk Wagner


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Today's Play: Coach Kirk Wagner and Amy Bryant explore the challenges of coach-parent relationships in youth sports, with an emphasis on managing emotional parental feedback. Kirk and Amy highlight the importance of coaches preparing for parental involvement while maintaining clear boundaries, and advise parents to be thoughtful in their communication to coaches to avoid negatively impacting their child's future opportunities.  

Today's Coach: Kirk Wagner is the Head Boys Soccer Coach at St. Pius X Catholic High School.  Kirk has extensive playing experience at the collegiate level (NAIA St. Edwards University where he is a member of the Hall of Fame), and professional levels (in Germany). His coaching career, spans over 35 years across high school, club, and collegiate levels.



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Picking Teams: A Playbook for Parents is produced by: Amy Bryant and Sasha Melamud

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Picking Teams: A Playbook for ParentsBy Amy Bryant