Bill Hoopes: Parents Are Losing Themselves in Youth Sports
Episode Description Parents spend years driving to practices, sitting through tournaments, paying for lessons, rearranging weekends, and hel...
Bill Hoopes: Parents Are Losing Themselves in Youth Sports
Parents spend years driving to practices, sitting through tournaments, paying for lessons, and helping their kids chase their dreams. But somewhere along the way, how many parents start losing themselves in the process? Bill Hoopes, longtime softball coach, tournament director, author, and founder o...
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Morgan Schill: Expectations Can Steal the Joy of Youth Sports
Episode Description Expectations can inspire young athletes. They can also quietly steal the joy that made them fall in love with sports in ...
Craig Bishop: What Parents Say They Want vs. What They Actually Chase
Episode Date August 12, 2026 Episode Description “There was a time when I thought I had it all figured out. None of us ever do.” What do par...
Breanne Smedley: The Pressure of Being a Girl in Sports
Why are girls leaving sports at twice the rate of boys by the age of 13? In this episode of Surviving Youth Sports , Rhett Parker sits down ...
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