Frank Decembrino: How Adults Ruin Youth Sports
Episode Description Youth sports are supposed to belong to the kids. But somewhere between travel teams, rankings, private training, recruit...
Frank Decembrino: How Adults Ruin Youth Sports
Youth sports are supposed to be about the kids. But somewhere between travel teams, private training, exposure, money, playing time, and adult expectations, it can become hard to tell whose experience it really is. Frank Decembrino, founder of Clubhouse Baseball Academy and longtime leader of the Bo...
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David Durand: Your Kid Isn’t Going D1
Episode Description What if the goal of youth sports was never supposed to be D1? David Durand, mental performance consultant and founder of...
Eddie Smith: You Can’t Buy Your Kid Opportunities
Episode Description Youth sports can make parents feel like every decision matters. The right team. The right tournament. The right trainer....
Alyson Stemas: Parents Aren’t Crazy. They’re Uninformed.
Episode Description Parents get called crazy in youth sports all the time. But Alyson Stemas believes that label misses something important....
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