Raising Competitors | A Show for Parents of Youth Athletes

Stephen Mackey, founder of 2Words, talks about his journey to becoming a character development speaker and shares ideas for parents, coaches, students, and adults alike to build a depth of character that will carry them forward in the world.

It’s easy to get stuck in the weeds, forgetting to look at the deeper meaning behind your work. But by connecting each small step with a greater vision, you can bring purpose into your work and remember why you’re doing what you’re doing.

Listen and learn how to:

• Reward in children what you want to see repeated
• Merge skill set and passion for your best outcome
• Understand the responsibility that comes with choices
• Connect the overarching vision with the next small step
• Align competition with a greater purpose

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Changing the Game Project founder John O'Sullivan joins the second episode Raising Competitors Podcast to discuss the state of youth sports, how to handle tricky situations with your child's sports' experience, and how

John started the Changing the Game Project in 2012 after two decades as a soccer player and coach on the youth, high school, college and professional level.  He is the author of the #1 bestselling book Changing the Game: The Parents Guide to Raising Happy, High Performing Athletes, and his work has been featured in The Huffington Post, CNN.com, Outside Magazine, ESPN.com, Soccer America and numerous other publications.

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Raising Competitors™ focuses on equipping parents with strategies for raising youth athletes with grit, gratitude, growth mindset, and leadership for success in school, sports, and life.

Compete Every Day founder Jake Thompson shares why this project is so important to him and what you can expect on upcoming episodes. ways to encourage youth athletes to compete every day against their own previous best and excel in life on and off the sports field. You’ll hear his conversations with experts, sports psychologists, parents and coaches on strategies and tactics he wants to instill in his future children.

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Lindsey Smith has always been athletic, including her college career as a three-sport athlete at DePaul. Smith talks about her journey through sports and life and shares tips on transitioning away from being a full-time athlete in a healthy and productive way.

As a coach, she’s fostered positive relationships with her athletes and used the same work ethic to raise two active and hardworking daughters of her own. She shows kids the power of going all in on a dream and working hard to reach a tough goal, and how to bounce back from that even if it doesn’t go as planned.

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