Healthy Sports Parent Podcast
Honest Conversations About Youth Sports
From Hall of Famers and coaches to doctors, psychologists, and everyday parents, the podcast explores how sports can help shape healthier humans and stronger families.
Most Popular Episodes
The honest realities of youth sports today
The Ten Commandments of Healthy Sports Parenting
Seven Things Your Athlete Needs to Hear From You
Reinforcing behaviors to develop hard workers
Redefining the win in youth sports
How does ADHD actually show up in kids + what does it mean for youth athletes?
The Line Between Support and Pressure in Youth Sports
Most Recent Episodes
What If We’ve Gotten Toughness Wrong in Youth Sports?
It’s Okay If Your Kid’s Not Good At Sports Yet
Are We Making Youth Sports Too Hard for Kids to Play?
Why Sports Parenting Is So Dang Hard
Youth Sports Need a Place For Every Kid
What 32 years in coaching taught me about youth sports
Every kid is on their own timeline
How to raise confident kids through youth sports
What kids actually need from youth sports
Could this be the future of youth sports?
BONUS: 7 Things That Feel Like Bad Sports Parenting But Aren’t
Fun and Hard Can Both Exist in Youth Sports
BONUS: Let Kids Play Act
Why Your Kid Needs Sports To Be Bigger Than Sports
Raising Healthy Humans Through Youth Sports
Weekly Reminders
The Weekend Playbook
The Weekend Playbook is a short Friday morning email with simple reminders and practical encouragement to help you show up well before, during, and after your kid’s games.
Join the movement
There’s a growing group of parents, coaches, and administrators who are starting to push back on what youth sports has become.
They’re choosing a different way to lead their kids through this experience – one that prioritizes people over pressure and long-term growth over short-term wins.
We call it the Youth Sports Resistance.
There’s no official group. No meetings. No membership dues.
There’s simply a shared belief that youth sports can be better and a set of values we all commit to.
And t-shirts. Because everyone loves t-shirts.
(PS – and hats! and hoodies! and stickers!)