#92 - Winning at Parenting: The Sports Edition

A Dad's Path

Will Braunstein

Parenting, Kids & Family

5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Dive into an enlightening conversation with Kirsten Jones, renowned peak performance and sports parenting coach, as she shares her expertise on raising empowered athletes.

Key Takeaways:

Emphasizing fun, friends, and fundamentals in youth sports.
The role of sports in teaching valuable life skills beyond physical abilities.
Strategies for parents to balance competition with enjoyment.
How sports can serve as a tool for personal growth and development.

Why Listen? Discover how to nurture your child's athletic journey with a focus on personal growth, lifelong activity, and the joy of sports. Whether your kids want to start playing a sport, are in competitive leagues, or play for fun, this episode offers practical advice for fostering a healthy, balanced approach to sports parenting.

Kirsten is the author of ⁠Raising Empowered Athletes⁠ and the co-host of the ⁠Raising Athletes Podcast⁠.

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to a Dad's Path podcast. We're real Dad solving everyday problems.
0:06.0	Each week we tackle issues that dads everywhere face and deliver actions you can take right away.
0:11.0	Subscribe so you don't miss an episode and go to a Dad's Path.com to get our free newsletter exclusively
0:16.6	for dads.
0:18.0	Our goal is to help you make fatherhood count.
0:20.6	Dad all. Hello and welcome.
0:23.0	Hello and
0:25.0	and
0:27.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of a Dad's Path Podcast. I'm Will Brodstein.
0:37.0	Today we're here with Kirsten Jones. She's a peak performance in sports parenting coach.
0:41.0	She's the co-host of the Raising Athletes Podcast with
0:43.7	Susie Walton and a motivational speaker. In addition, she has a book
0:47.7	called Raising Empowered Athletes, which is fantastic. You can find it on Amazon,
0:52.0	Barge Noble,, books are sold.
0:53.7	We're going to talk about that.
0:54.7	We're going to talk about a lot of things.
0:56.7	But I want to talk a little bit more about Kirsten First.
0:59.2	Over the past five years, she's spoken to thousands of middle school, high school and college
1:03.6	athletes, parents, coaches, sports administrators about the increasing pressure
1:08.7	to compete both on and off the court and how to thrive both as an athlete and a human being most importantly
1:15.5	while effectively coping with all that pressure.
1:18.1	Kirsten is a Hall of Fame D1 volleyball player from William and Mary, a 15-year Nike executive.
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