If your child doesn't truly love playing the game, is it time for them to find something else they really love and pursue it?

In today's huddle, Marisa & Vinny Malts, owners of Bloodline Hockey, talk with us about their approach to youth hockey and why their mission is to show kids their true potential on and off the ice and to give them the confidence to reach the goals they strive so hard to achieve.

So let's drop the puck and get this going...

Marisa and Vinny share about...

What Bloodline Hockey focuses on and how they help the players achieve their best in their physical, mental and emotional elements of the game.

Why the development piece is so important and how the system many are stuck in isn't what develops the best athlete.

How unconscious behavior drives us and how we have to teach according to the unconscious.

What Life skills education through sports realy means and why players have to understand who they are as individuals and what they really want and not just what someone wants them to be.

Why communication has to be a top priority.

A misconception that many parents have and why understanding that love is greater than the work in a MUST in the beginning.

How to watch for signs that your child is really loving playing and why noticing those signs is so important.

Why making life and sports FUN is where we, as sports parents, should spend our energy.

Why OUR energy in life is more important to our athletes than our words.

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When you look at the big picture of youth sports, what words immediately come to mind? How about "fun"? How about "integrity"? Are those in the top ten?

In today's huddle, I talk with, Glen Mulcahy, founder of Paradigm Sports and For the Love of the Game. Glen has over 20plus years of coaching experience with men, women, boys, and girls in multiple sports and he is on a mission to bring the game back to the kids...where it belongs.

Glen shares with us...

His journey as a sports parent, a coach, the founding of Paradigm Sports and the founding of For the Love of the Game.

How "For the Love of the Game" became the digital extension of Paradigm Sports and creates a positive solution for coaches and parents.

How is For the Love of the Game focusing on solutions instead of just talking about the problems.

Changing the dialogue from "dealing with parents" to "engaging parents".

What does For the Love of the Game mean for coaches, players, parents and even officials?

How to support the "silent majority" (90% of the parents) instead of giving attention to the (5%

Why there is no such thing as an ELITE athlete at the youth level.

Why developing your BEST ATHLETE is more important than becoming the best hockey player or baseball player (name your sport)?

What is the chocolate cake analogy?

Are your kids really getting better when they play travel sports?

What is a Growth Mindset and how can coaches and parents encourage it.

 

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In today's huddle, I talk with Coach Donnie Bostwick, who has made a remarkable rise in the basketball-coaching world. His track record of winning is truly astounding, but what Donnie tells us is that without God absolutely none of it would have been possible.

If you have questions about how faith and sports can come together, listen in! Coach Bostwick shares his experience with us and why he always puts his faith first.

Donnie shares...

Where he came from, how he was raised and how the example of his father's work ethic impacted him.

How his Mother's faith influenced their family and many others.

His path as an athlete (winning a national championship as senior in college) and his journey as a coach (winning a national championship as a coach).

How his college coaching journey, on a high note, contrasts with his personal loss...several miscarriages.

One principle that he stands on and why.

The moment when Donnie put God first, family second and basketball moved from job to ministry.

How and when Spirit Led Coach started.

How God shows up in the highs and the lows and loves us through it all.

What Spirit Led Coach desires to do through this platform..to teach, to encourage and to empower coaches to create a ripple effect that points to Jesus.

Why serving is the place to start if we want to lead and why community and connection are so important.

 

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If you have a question about today’s episode (or want to ask a question of your own for the podcast), you can email me at [email protected] or head on over to the Sports Moms United Facebook Community

To learn more about the Sports Moms United movement and find resources to support you as you support your athlete, head to our website www.sportsmomsunited.com or follow us on Facebook and Pinterest.

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Let's imagine all the adults involved in youth sports took a big step back and let the kids take the lead. How do you think the current youth sports might change?

On today's episode, I talk with Zac Ludwig, founder of Switching the Field, about trusting our kids and putting aside our adult anxiety and worries to experience the joy of youth sports again.

We go a bit over of 15 mins, but its well worth it.

 

Links & Resources:

https://www.facebook.com/switchingthefield/
https://www.switchingthefield.com/
https://twitter.com/switchingfield

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If you have a question about today’s episode (or want to ask a question of your own for the podcast), you can email me at [email protected] or head on over to the Sports Moms United Facebook Community

To learn more about the Sports Moms United movement and find resources to support you as you support your athlete, head to our website www.sportsmomsunited.com or follow us on Facebook and Pinterest.

WHAT YOU’LL HEAR IN TODAY’S 15-MINUTE HUDDLE:  “You should check your phone for messages, you’ve been missing calls all night,” someone yells from crowd.  

This is one of the more humorous quips heard from the stands, but often what the crowd yells is not so funny and can turn ugly quickly.

 

So in today’s huddle, I talk with Craig Kibbe, High School Basketball and Football Official, about what it’s really like to be an official and how parents can partner with officials to create a great environment for youth sports.

 

Craig and I discuss…

 

• How he got started and why he loves being an official.

 

• What happens when newer officials start out officiating younger athletes.

 

• How to recognize the commonalities between parents and officials.

 

• The process of becoming an official and what they invest in their profession.

 

• The sticky note approach to sports parenting.

 

• How to see the officials as “on your team” and understand that officials love the sport just like we do.

 

• Craig’s advice to sports parents, from his perspective as an official and former coach, to keep perspective on why you are there.

  BIO:

Craig has been officiating football for 11 years and worked postseason playoffs in 9 of those 11. He has been officiating basketball 13 years working postseason the last 10 seasons in a row, including 3 State tournaments. Craig was also a middle school teacher and coached football, basketball, and track.

 

Craig’s day job is Deputy Director of Human Resources, Dept of Administration for the State and has been with the State for 19 years. 

 

He is married to his lovely wife, Shelby, for 24 years and has two daughters, Emma and Claire.

 

  LINKS & REFERENCES:

Follow this link to the article we talk about…

Dear Mom and Dad: Cool It

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What You’ll Hear in Today’s 15-Minute Huddle:

How Jackie became interested in nutrition and why she specializes in nutrition for wrestlers.

How she approaches nutrition/making weight for wrestlers and how her approach is different from the traditional approach.

Why this approach is an easier and more healthy approach to making weight.

Jackie shares how important carbs are to their performance on and off the mat.

Her "hard and fast rule" around what age wrestlers should be cutting weight.

Jackie’s advice/tips for sports moms of a younger wrestler.

Her advice/tips for sports moms of a high school wrestler as they navigate nutrition with their wrestlers.

Links & References:

You can find Jackie’s resources here...

https://www.facebook.com/JackieSlomin/

https://www.jackieslomin.com/

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We love hearing from you!
If you have a question about today’s episode (or want to ask a question of your own for the podcast), you can email me at [email protected] or head on over to the Sports Moms United Facebook Community

To learn more about the Sports Moms United movement and find resources to support you as you support your athlete, head to our website www.sportsmomsunited.com or follow us on Facebook and Pinterest.

What You’ll Hear in Today’s 15-Minute Huddle:

Let’s be honest. Does your athlete stink? No, not at their sport. But do they have a sports bag that you kindly ask them to leave in the garage? The struggle is real, right?!

On today’s episode I take to NBA great, Nate Robinson, who played college basketball for the University of Washington, was the 21st pick in the 2005 NBA draft, played for numerous NBA teams and is a three-time NBA slam dunk champion

Nate and I talk about…

His mental health journey in professional sports and why it’s important to be true to who you are.

What advice he would give his younger self.

The influence his amazing Mom had on him growing up and still to this day.

His new product, Slam It In the Bag, and how important it is to kill bacteria in our sports bags

Links & References:

You can find Nate here…

Nate’s Twitter

SLAM IT THE BAG Kickstarter

Nate's Instagram

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We love hearing from you!
If you have a question about today’s episode (or want to ask a question of your own for the podcast), you can email me at [email protected] or head on over to the Sports Moms United Facebook Community

To learn more about the Sports Moms United movement and find resources to support you as you support your athlete, head to our website www.sportsmomsunited.com or follow us on Facebook and Pinterest.

What You’ll Hear in Today’s 15-Minute Huddle:

Samantha shares how a perfect storm of emotions almost her to almost quit swimming (at just 14 years old) and how a moment in the car with her Mom helped her.

Samanatha takes into the situation that created huge internal conflict for her and how it showed up in her swimming and in her behavior.

She talks candidly about almost losing her daughter and how it cracked her wide open and forced her to look at herself in a very different way.

We talk about why normalizing struggle is important.

We discuss why asking questions, with curiousity instead of an intent to fix, is the best way to communicate with our kiddos.

BIO: 
Samantha Livingstone is an Olympic Gold Medalist, transformational speaker, high-performance coach, recovering perfectionist and mama of four girls. After a traumatic and perspective-shifting experience involving her young daughter, she took a leap into the world of entrepreneurship to live her dream.

Today, Samantha empowers women to cultivate the courage, resilience, and perseverance needed to let go of perfection and other limiting beliefs so they can achieve their own gold medal moments AND live a life filled with freedom, balance and lasting joy – in the athletic arena and in life.

Samantha and her husband, Rob, are the founders and owners of Livingstone High Performance, LLC. and Livingstone Speed Academy, LLC., providing high-performance coaching, sports performance training, and empowerment/mindset training globally.

Samantha was a member of the U.S. National Team, 1999 U.S. Pan Pacific Team and 2000 U.S. Olympic Team. As an 18-year-old, she stood atop the Olympic podium in Sydney, Australia after swimming the lead-off leg of the record-setting 4 x 200 Freestyle Relay. Post- Olympics, Samantha battled an eating disorder, depression and shoulder surgery. With the help of an amazing mentor, she rose from the rubble stronger, happier and healthier, ending her career as a 7 x NCAA All-American. To close out her career, Samantha led her teammates to the 2005 National Championship title as the co-captain of the Georgia Bulldogs.

Links & References:

You can find Samantha in all these places...

Website: https://www.samanthalivingstone.com/
Email: [email protected]
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slivingstn/

Free Resource to help you CONTROL THE CONTROLABLES
https://www.samanthalivingstone.com/control

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If you have a question about today’s episode (or want to ask a question of your own for the podcast), you can email me at [email protected] or head on over to the Sports Moms United Facebook Community

To learn more about the Sports Moms United movement and find resources to support you as you support your athlete, head to our website www.sportsmomsunited.com or follow us on Facebook and Pinterest.

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We love hearing from you!

If you have a question about today’s episode (or want to ask a question of your own for the podcast), you can email me at [email protected] or head on over to the Sports Moms United Facebook Community

To learn more about the Sports Moms United movement and find resources to support you as you support your athlete, head to our website www.sportsmomsunited.com or follow us on Facebook and Pinterest.

What You’ll Hear in Today’s 15-Minute Huddle:

Today's Topic: How much do you really know about your athlete's coach?

What if there was a social media platform that empowered you to understand more about who is coaching your athlete and be able to give and get feedback in real time?

Here's what we Bill Kerig, founder of Great Coach, shares with us on today's episode:

Bill shares his background in sports, business and coaching and how his background led to the creation of Great Coach

We talk about what Great Coach, how to use it and why it's so important.

Bill discusses how Great Coach addresses the need for transparency in coaching so that abuse can't be hidden anymore.

We talk about how we can't wait on other agencies, the government, the organizations, to protect our kids, we have to take action too.

Bio:

Bill is an entrepreneur, author, journalist, filmmaker, athlete, coach and father. Bill created (and later sold to NBC) the RallyMe online fundraising platform for He also served as a producer for CBS at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan.

More bio at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Kerig

Links & References:

Check out the website/app here: https://app.greatcoach.com/

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We love hearing from you!

If you have a question about today’s episode (or want to ask a question of your own for the podcast), you can email me at [email protected] or head on over to the Sports Moms United Facebook Community

To learn more about the Sports Moms United movement and find resources to support you as you support your athlete, head to our website www.sportsmomsunited.com or follow us on Facebook and Pinterest.