Youth $ports

Episode 4 Guest: Betsy Huckaby (Current collegiate athlete, Univ. of Louisville)

- Slow and steady wins the race: A blueprint for what youth sports CAN look like... A late bloomer turned Division 1 athlete (University of Louisville)

- The value of growing up as a multi-sport athlete and being a good teammate. 

- How adversity can change the trajectory of an athlete's career. 

- Not everyone has the same drive... and that's okay. 

- The quandary of athletes being encouraged to skip out on high school sports 

- Does Division 1 college athletics feel more like a job or can you still find joy?

- More HOT TAKES

Episode 3 Guest: Drew Watts (Performance Coach)

- We broach the topic no one wants to talk about... Injuries

-The impact of over-scheduling at a young age

- Is the emphasis on GAMES, GAMES and more GAMES coming at the cost of free play, creativity and recovery?

- At some point, will level headed adults start to say no?

- A concerning increase in overuse injuries

- Variety isn't a bad thing and recovery time is important

- The ACL epidemic 

Episode 2 Guest: Katie Wells (Youth sports parent)

- Has the current generation of youth sports parents been gaslit as the "participation trophy generation" and as a result, raised exceptional overachievers?

- Analogizing youth sports to the "Promposal"

- Have we replaced participation trophies with participation national champions?

- A lack of quality recreation leagues

- An alarming statistic about the # of athletes who quit by high school

- Advice for the all important post-game car ride

- More HOT TAKES

Episode 1 Guest: Jordan Parker (Youth soccer coach)

-Has youth sports broken you?

- The commitment (both time and money) to youth sports is happening faster than ever and at a younger age than ever. And a Double Dutch analogy for the ages.

- Expectations vs. Reality. If the parents are the customer, are we giving them what they want?

- Maybe we are all taking ourselves a little too seriously...

- Youth sports parents and their presence on social media. 

- Hot Takes

This episode is a brief trailer, introducing the Youth $ports Podcast, the story behind it and previewing some of the upcoming content. 

Stay tuned for the 1st official episode, dropping Wednesday, June 19th.