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...
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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....
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...
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 ...
Jonathan Carone: Are Your Kid’s Sports Really About Them?
What if the pressure we feel in youth sports has less to do with our kids and more to do with ourselves? In this episode, Rhett Parker sits ...
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...
David Durand: Expectations can Steal The Joy of Youth Sports
Expectations Can Steal the Joy of Youth Sports When does “I want to get better” become “I have to get better or I’m falling behind”? Mental performance consultant David Durand joins Rhett Parker to talk about the pressure surrounding young athletes and how quickly sports can become tied to identity,...
Eddie Smith: You Can’t Buy Your Kid Opportunities
What does a Division I head coach actually look for when recruiting your kid? University of Washington Head Baseball Coach Eddie Smith has recruited and coached players across nearly every level of college baseball, including stops at LSU, Notre Dame, Virginia, Tulane, Utah Valley, and Lower Columbi...