Youth Sports Done Right
23 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 6 ratingsWe unpack current trends in youth sports as well as best practices for administering programs. Content is offered to help administrators, coaches, officials and parents run sports efficiently and get the most from their time and effort. Educational and entertaining, we offer ideas and stories that will help you learn and maximize the bang for your buck!
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Episodes
ACL Injury Prevention
March 31, 2020 05:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MB65% of Athletes who suffer a torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament in the knee (ACL)never return to the level they were at prior to the injury. If you could reduce your athlete's likelihood of ACL injury by as much as 85%, would you like to know how? Listen in on this conversation I have with Brianna Bren of the Institute of Athletic Medicine. Bri is an expert on the prevention of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries and she shares ways to modify what you are doing to protect athletes from t...
Parent Meetings
March 24, 2020 16:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBMark Arjes of Youth First shares his thoughts on setting up the season for success by having a pre-season parent and player meeting. We lay out some ideas for preparing for the meeting and how to give the parents some resources to have their most enjoyable season, and help their youth athlete to achieve their goals. Youth First Contact 612.968.9192 [email protected]
Swimming Champion
March 17, 2020 17:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBLynn Newton was a seven time state champion swimmer and an All-American at the University of Minnesota, as well as being ranked in the world; not too shabby eh? Rather than rest on her laurels, she went on to become an amazing high school coach and for 26 years she has been helping athletes learn the physical and mental skills necessary to reach their maximum potential. Lynn shares how she learned, used and has evolved with these skills and tools, to become the best she can herself and prov...
Lea B. Olsen
March 10, 2020 07:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBSports broadcaster and former Minnesota Gopher Basketball player Lea B. Olsen shares wisdom she has earned playing, coaching and broadcasting basketball from youth to professional. Lea shares a wonderful perspective on youth sports and the lessons that she has used to build an amazing career in sports entertainment. Lea has experienced some of the Minnesota Lynx chemistry and culture that has helped to develop our own Minnesota Sports Dynasty. We talk about her experience as a mom and a coac...
Third Generation
March 03, 2020 05:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBCoach Matt McDonald is a 3rd generation coach, it's in his family bloodlines and he's really good at building young men into great people and baseball players. Coach shares his story and talks about the importance of building team culture and how he has continued to incorporate new ideas into his program, while keeping true to timeless baseball strategies.
A player's view of it all
February 18, 2020 08:00 - 23 minutes - 15.8 MBEvery want to know how what we say as parents and coaches has been received? How do the kids see what we are teaching? How do our players and kids want to be coached? In this episode, I sit down with a young man I have coached and who is an amazing player and young man. Will is a junior in High School and he sits down and talks about what it is like to be on the other side of all this coaching and how he prefers to be coached. He also shares his thoughts on the mental game and how he stays ...
Keith Bateman Augsburg Head Coach
February 09, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBOur conversation here is LOADED with great examples of parenting and coaching as well as things to smile at. Coach Bateman shares his story and the influences he has had on his life as well as how he has shared these with his son and the young men he helps to develop in his professional role as the Augsburg head Baseball Coach. We met at the World Headquarters of Augsburg Baseball in Coach Bateman's office on campus.
Treasure these days
February 04, 2020 09:00 - 22 minutes - 15.1 MBWatching our children compete can give us butterflies and just plain stress us out. We talk in this episode about some of the things we have learned...the hard way in some cases about how to prepare ourselves and our child for a more enjoyable experience when they are taking on new challenges.
Hamline AD- Jason Verdugo
January 28, 2020 05:00 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBPerspective from someone who has experience at every level of sports. Jason is the athletic director for Hamline University in St. Paul Minnesota. He Pitched at ASU and as a professional baseball player as well with the San Francisco Giants. Jason was a 3 sport star in high school and played baseball and football at Arizona State University, in Tempe AZ. He pitched for the St.Paul Saints pitching in their championship earning a complete game win. Jason was the head coach at Hamline for 11 ye...
Quick Hit- Opening the optimal performance coaching toolbox
January 21, 2020 12:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBWe breakout some specific tools for developing the mindful performance athlete. Journaling, goal setting, as well as several other tools you can implement to create the optimal performance environment. We partner in this episode with Travis Rogers of Mindrite Training, in Arden Hills Minnesota, providing practical tools.
Division 1 to Youth
January 14, 2020 05:00 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MBIn this episode Coach Frost of the University of Minnesota Women's Hockey shares what he has learned as a coach of a Division 1 program while simultaneously coaching his son's through youth sports, He offers some excellent thoughts on how you his athletes improve their performance as well as sharing what he's learned himself watching his own children play. Coach Frost really hits the nail on the head as he talks about how you feel as a parent when your child is competing and how that can beg...
WANTED-Optimal performance
January 07, 2020 21:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBDoes it matter what you say as a coach or leader? Does our approach to coaching affect how hard someone will work to get better? What can we do to create an optimum performance environment? In this episode we offer a quick hit to begin to provide an environment where our players will push themselves to grow continually and avoid the pitfalls that can come from fearing failure. As we dig into this topic we offer ways for you to help your players embrace growth by being mindful of how we fram...
How much is too much?
December 31, 2019 05:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBOur first listener question: How do we teach mechanics without talking too much and losing their attention? We discuss this topic between two coaches and thrown out some thoughts for you to chew on. One of the most challenging skills as a coach is finding the right mix between talking and doing. Our players are exposed to so many stimulating technologies it makes it even harder to keep their attention. We debate the most effective way to work with players, teaching in an effective way and...
How much is too much?
December 31, 2019 05:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBOur first listener question: How do we teach mechanics without talking too much and losing their attention? We discuss this topic between two coaches and thrown out some thoughts for you to chew on. One of the most challenging skills as a coach is finding the right mix between talking and doing. Our players are exposed to so many stimulating technologies it makes it even harder to keep their attention. We debate the most effective way to work with players, teaching in an effective way and...
Mindset for Youth
December 23, 2019 18:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBControl the controllable, embrace failure, processed based; these are all catch phrases you hear in sports and performance psychology. Where do these come from? Carol Dweck, Stanford University, has drawn attention to the benefits of the Growth Mindset, which simplified says that all skills are learned and rewarding hard work over innate talent results in higher performing students, athletes and workers. In this episode, I work with Travis Rogers of Mindrite Training. We introduce our Qui...
Building intrinsic motivation
December 17, 2019 02:00 - 1 hour - 47.7 MBI sit down with Will Short, coach of Simley High School Wrestling, and we discuss what is working with today's athletes and how it has changed since he was competing. Will discusses how he came to understand that building love for the sport creates the intrinsic motivation his athletes need to succeed at the highest level they possibly can. Every wonder about how to motivate youth athletes? What are the parents role? How do you keep your passion as a coach? Answers to all these questions and...
Building intrinsic motivation
December 17, 2019 02:00 - 1 hour - 47.7 MBI sit down with Will Short, coach of Simley High School Wrestling, and we discuss what is working with today's athletes and how it has changed since he was competing. Will discusses how he came to understand that building love for the sport creates the intrinsic motivation his athletes need to succeed at the highest level they possibly can. Every wonder about how to motivate youth athletes? What are the parents role? How do you keep your passion as a coach? Answers to all these questions and...
Protecting youth throwers
December 10, 2019 05:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBErika Sandell-Savor joins us this episode to share some thoughts on how to protect your players and create a plan to prevent damage to their arms. By working on proper mechanics, you not only protect the health of their arm, but increase their maximum performance and endurance. We discuss best practices as well as introduce a new coaches arm training certification coming to Minnesota coaches in early 2020. Erika is a DPT and SCS with the Institute for Athletic Medicine, a division of M-Healt...
Get Your Mindrite
December 03, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 50.4 MBI have a conversation with Travis Rogers of Mindrite Training (www.mindritetraining.com) regarding performance psychology in youth sports, as well as how coaches and parents can improve the experience everyone has with youth sports while improving the performance of athletes. Travis shares some secrets for relating to young athletes, and shares a gift that will allow parents and coaches to enjoy watching their players perform. We are not able to be perfect, but Travis explains how failure ca...
Wisdom Hard Earned
November 25, 2019 03:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBEavesdropping on a conversation I had with Coach Bambenek (we both were aware) about our experiences with coaching youth baseball. We talk about how our perspective has changed over the years and how we are getting better results, both developing young men and creating an environment where players can perform at their highest potential.
State of baseball: Clubs?
November 07, 2019 02:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBIn this episode, I sit down with Brian Bambenek, owner of Great Lakes Baseball Academy in Woodbury, Minnesota. We talk about Brian's background in education and take a look at the dynamics of youth baseball from a club owner's perspective. Brian partners with several youth organizations and shares some of what he sees working well and some of the struggles we are currently facing, as well as what the future appears to be bringing. Brian shares what has made his club successful, and offers in...
Perspective: youth tryouts
October 11, 2019 02:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBIn this episode we talk with Clarence Fields about tryouts and how we can keep them in perspective. We discuss what tryout results mean and how parents and athletes can use this feedback to improve. We also discuss common feedback about tryouts and what it is like to be a tryout evaluator.
Introduction to YSDR
September 24, 2019 02:00 - 3 minutes - 2.63 MBOur introductory episode describing what we hope to accomplish with our podcast. Take a listen and see how we can be right for you.