Raising Competitors | A Show for Parents of Youth Athletes

Rodney Webb is the head football coach at Rockwall High School in Texas and president of the Texas High School Coaches Association. This week, he shares tips from his nearly 30 years in coaching.

What You’ll Learn This Week:

• Manage players and the pressures of social media
• Seek mentorship from other coaches
• Establish relationships with players and parents
• Play and practice smarter, not harder
• Keep it real with kids

 

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Show notes: http://bit.ly/rodneywebb_rc

Follow Coach Webb on Twitter at @Jacket4Life

Young athletes perform better when they are given the freedom, encouragement, and support to explore themselves holistically. That’s a key takeaway from this week’s guest, former Olympic swimmer Caroline Burckle, who now works to partner young athletes with Olympians. That message is also at the core of her and her partner’s business model. Giving former …

When leaders do their best, everyone’s better for it. That’s a bit of wisdom from this week’s guest. Adam Bradley is the founder of Lead ‘Em Up, a company that helps coaches develop their athletes into leaders both in sports and everyday life. Leadership is a lifestyle, after all, Bradley says. It can’t just come …

When leaders do their best, everyone’s better for it.

That’s a bit of wisdom from this week’s guest, Adam Bradley who is the founder of Lead ‘Em Up. His company helps coaches develop their athletes into leaders both in sports and everyday life.

Leadership is a lifestyle, after all, Bradley says. It can’t just come out in only one aspect of you or your players’ lives; it has to be present all the time. 

Learn How You Can:

• Build a relationship foundation so players lead one another
• Get to know players and build trust with them
• Be intentional about communication
• Develop better focus on tasks
• Elevate leadership development to the level of skills development

 

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Show notes: http://bit.ly/rc_leademup

Follow Lead Em Up on Twitter at @Lead_Em_Up

Being able to learn new skills is the most important skill to have. That’s the start of the pathway to success for Bobby Stroupe, founder of ATHLETE Performance Enhancement Center, or APEC. Along with a constant drive to learn, this week’s guest says successful people also focus intrinsically on measuring themselves against themselves — not …

Being able to learn new skills is the most important skill to have. That’s the start of the pathway to success for Bobby Stroupe, founder of ATHLETE Performance Enhancement Center, or APEC.

In the end, coaches and mentors are building people, not athletes, he says. That’s why it’s important to learn or encourage the habits and practices that build a solid foundation for a successful life, which can also be used to improve athletic ability.

At an early age, that means building mental and physical flexibility and adaptability, so the potential is limitless as a person grows.

What You’ll Learn:

• Build human connections and communication skills first
• Have a realistic work culture so people gain confidence in themselves and others
• Developing grit means having a plan for the future
• Seek understanding before seeking to be understood
• Encourage resourcefulness and problem solving

 

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Show notes: http://bit.ly/rc_apec

Follow Bobby on Instagram at @stroupebob

Learn more about APEC at APECgo.com

Talking the talk is important, but even more so is walking the walk. That’s the key message from this week’s guest, Arbonne Executive National Vice President Miranda Burcham.

Along with that, she’s a fitness pro, a full-time mother of five who does international mission work, and she teaches classes at a local women’s recovery center.

In all of her endeavors, she’s had her children by her side. They’ve seen her succeed and fall behind and they’ve been with her through her ups and downs. Burcham says she and her husband, Bubba, have made a point of modeling commitment and work ethic for their kids, in order to teach by example how to lead a compassionate life dedicated to helping others.

What You’ll Learn:

• Be interested in the affairs of others, not just your own
• Have a steadfast mind in whatever you do
• Practice healthy competition and healthy recognition with your team
• Disrespect the impossible
• Model the kind of work and life ethic you want your kids to learn

 

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Show notes: http://bit.ly/mirandaburcham

Contact Miranda at: [email protected]

Grit is just one of the many pieces of the success puzzle. Author & Sports Psychologist Dr. Cindra Kamphoff shares how grit is a great starting place for thinking about what it truly takes to be on top of your game or field as an athlete or entrepreneur. 

It's often the most challenging moments that change us the most. If we overcome them and keep persevering, we develop grit and the long-term passion it takes to succeed.

Listen and learn:

• How to use outcome-driven goals to stay focused
• How to use process-driven goals to improve daily
• Develop grit through overcoming difficult moments
• Cultivate passion for something in the long-term
• Support mental toughness and resilience in kids through conversation

 

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Show notes: http://bit.ly/drcindrakamphoff

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Cultivating relationships, both offline and online, is key to achieving long-range goals. That’s one of the messages from this week’s guest, Lauren Teague, a social media pro, podcast host, and full-time mom of three. She previously worked for many years as the person behind the PGA Tour’s social media presence. She shares her philosophy on conversation-driven engagement and talks about how to model a good work and life ethic for kids who look to you for examples.

She credits her parents with teaching her to be both highly driven and dedicated to her pursuits. Her mother gave her the gift of vision, she says, while her dad showed her that hard work breeds success. It’s those skills she’s put to work both in her private and professional lives.

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Show notes: http://bit.ly/laurenteague

Children today are the leaders of tomorrow. That’s why it’s important to foster healthy relationships with kids and help them on the path to positive growth and development.

Matt Sharp is the co-founder of the child development program, KidStrong. KidStrong is dedicated to helping parents raise stronger, smarter, and more athletic children.

Traditionally, education and child development programs have focused on specific pieces of a child’s life, like athletics or the arts or sciences. By bringing every aspect of learning together, he says, children will grow holistically and be better established to succeed in life as they get older.

He follows the 80/20 rule, which argues that 80 percent of the effects come from 20 percent of the causes. By teaching kids those top 20 percent of skills in any area, adults can prime them to get the most out of life and maximize their learning time in the process.

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Show notes: http://bit.ly/matt_kidstrong