Managing the MADness

In the final episode of our 3rd season, Coach Tim sits down with Clinical Assistant Professor Logan Schwartz of the University of Texas. Logan teaches in the Kinesiology Department and has had several coaching positions in college, professional, and the private strength training worlds.

In this interview, we discuss the college students that he works with and the challenges they face in deciding the professional field they wish to enter after graduation. While the education he provides them is extremely important, the bulk of our discussion is centered on helping students develop the softer skills of interpersonal professions like coaching and physical therapy. Recognizing that students need to learn how to communicate effectively and to be able to empathize with others is actually more important than what they learn in books. A great chat that will help incoming freshman and their parents get a better look at how great college professors are teaching these days.

Today you’ll meet Johnny Foss, head swim coach for McNeil High School. He’s held this role for over 20 years and has earned a wonderful reputation for being not only an outstanding coach, but an amazing mentor as well.

We discuss how the power of positive thinking and doing the small, daily tasks add up to achieving the goals that his swimmers set for themselves. It’s a great chat about how following through on goal-setting, despite the hard work required to get there, helps set kids up for fantastic futures.

In today’s interview, we meet Sophia Schevers. Sophia is the Director of Sting Austin FC, a local club soccer team in Austin, TX and has worked in the coaching field for over 15 years.

She played both collegiately and professionally and has earned the reputation as being one of the best youth coaches in the country. In this talk, Sophia discusses how she helps great high school players transition to becoming great college players by teaching them how to sacrifice the small stuff for the greater good that is to come. This philosophy has earned her plenty of praise over the years and is a big reason why so many of her athletes go on to play and succeed at higher levels.

In this episode, Coach Tim sits down with Alex Olivares, the Academy Director of High Performance for Austin FC. Originally from Spain, Alex discusses his move to the US and how he moved his way up to training high level youth soccer players.

He shares his philosophy on how he engages his athletes to think for themselves and take action in developing their own careers as a professional soccer player. His interview offers fantastic insight into how young athletes become better professionals in their sport.

In the first episode of our third season, Coach Tim speaks with John Howie, the head boys basketball coach for Pflugerville Connally High School.

Coming off a fantastic season which saw them unexpectedly go to the state playoffs, Coach Howie talks about how he establishes trust with his athletes and the wisdom he shares in helping kids from a challenging upbringing succeed after high school.