Devon Brown on Youth Sports Burnout, Rankings, and Letting Kids Own Their Journey
What happens when youth sports starts feeling more like survival mode than childhood? This week, Rhett sits down with coach, parent, and en...
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Matt Dumouchelle on Why Winning Too Early Can Hurt Development
What happens when winning becomes the only vision? Matt Dumouchelle joins Surviving Youth Sports to unpack early specialization, youth hock...
Alonzo & Logwone Mitz: Discipline, Legacy, and Letting Kids Find Their Own Path
This episode is less about football and more about what gets passed down. Discipline, consistency, and perspective don’t just shape athletes...
Derek Bingham: The Hard Part of Coaching Other People’s Kids While Raising Your Own
Episode Description Derek Bingham joins Surviving Youth Sports for a personal conversation about what it really looks like to coach, parent,...
Jason Collinsworth: When Youth Sports Stops Being Fun
When did youth sports stop being fun?.. This conversation goes beyond wins and losses. It gets into what kids actually experience, how paren...
Drew Reiners: We Paid for Perfection — The Reality Behind Youth Sports Tournaments
Episode Description Drew Reiners, founder of West Coast Premier Tournaments , joins Rhett Parker to unpack a side of youth sports that rarel...
Brandon Harmon: The Youth Sports Blender
“You’re in the blender of youth sports.” Something every day. Practices. Games. Car rides. Repeat. But in the middle of all that… you’re a...
Andrew Walling: Who Are You Without the Game?
Episode Description Andrew Walling’s journey doesn’t follow the typical path people imagine when they think about elite baseball players. He...
Marc Wiese: The Game Ends, The Relationships Don’t
Episode Date March 25, 2026 Episode Description Rhett sits down with longtime coach and mentor Marc Wiese, a respected leader in youth baseb...
Devon Brown on Burnout, Rankings, and Letting Kids Own Their Journey
This week on Surviving Youth Sports, Rhett sits down with coach, parent, endurance athlete, and fitness business owner Devon Brown for an honest conversation about burnout, pressure, rankings, recruiting, and what happens when youth sports starts taking over family life. Devon shares what it’s like ...
Matt Dumouchelle on Why Winning Too Early Can Hurt Development
Matt Dumouchelle joins Surviving Youth Sports to talk about youth hockey, athlete development, parenting, and the pressure surrounding modern youth sports culture. Matt is a contributor for The Coaches Site, host of Coaching Crossover, and someone deeply involved in helping youth sports organization...
Alonzo & Logwone Mitz: Discipline, Legacy, and Letting Kids Find Their Own Path
Alonzo Mitz and Logwone Mitz join Surviving Youth Sports as the show’s first father-son duo, bringing two different generations of football, parenting, and perspective into one conversation. Alonzo shares his journey from Florida to the University of Florida and the Seattle Seahawks, while Logwone r...