Going Deeper: A New Way to Teach Sports | Mike Schroder
Clear Intentions with Diane Boden
Diane Boden
4.8 • 952 Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Going Deeper episodes will be less structured with a more conversational tone. These conversations will focus on interesting people I've come across that share similar values, perspectives and intentions expressed on the Minimalist Moms Podcast.
Today, I’m thrilled to be joined by Mike Schroder, the founder of Future Fans—a brand focused on helping kids connect with and enjoy sports. Mike’s journey started with a simple goal: he wanted to bond with his kids over sports but found that teaching them about football wasn’t as easy as he’d hoped. So, he created Future Fans to make learning about sports fun and engaging for kids. In our conversation, Mike opens up about the ups and downs of that journey, the power of intentional parenting, and how sports can bring families closer together. Plus, he shares the unique way Future Fans makes sports education accessible and enjoyable for young learners.
Previous Going Deeper Episodes:
Building a Business: Navigating Friendship, Challenges & Growth in Podcasting
Choosing Quality Over Quantity (In Most Things) Can Improve Wellbeing
Leaving Corporate for a More Intentional Career
About Mike |
Mike is dad to three young kids living in Columbus, Ohio with his wife Sara. Originally from Cincinnati, Mike is a long time Bengals and Reds fan, as well as the Columbus Crew and Blue Jackets, and Indiana Hoosiers. He has spent over 10 years in management consulting, including five years at McKinsey & Co. He started his career at Target Corp. Mike is a graduate of Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business and has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern.
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- www.futurefans.com
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| 0:00.0 | There really aren't that many things that kids and adults do together that they both enjoy. |
| 0:04.3 | There's nothing like sports. |
| 0:05.5 | It's that rare thing that brings people together across political lines, socioeconomic divides, and can span generations. |
| 0:12.4 | What makes us unique is how we teach, right? |
| 0:14.5 | Like, we don't explain the rules of a sport directly. |
| 0:17.3 | We embed them into parallel games and activities that makes sense to kids. |
| 0:22.6 | Hello and welcome to the minimalist moms podcast. This episode is part of the Going Deeper series. |
| 0:28.3 | These conversations will focus on interesting people that I've come across that share similar |
| 0:32.3 | values, perspectives, and intentions that are expressed here on the Minimalist Mom's podcast. |
| 0:37.4 | So joining me for this episode of Going Deeper is Mike Schroeder, the founder of and intentions that are expressed here on the Minimalist BOMbs podcast. |
| 0:42.4 | So joining me for this episode of Going Deeper is Mike Schroeder, the founder of future fans, |
| 0:45.6 | a brand focused on helping kids connect with and enjoy sports. |
| 0:48.0 | Mike's journey started with a simple goal. |
| 0:52.3 | He wanted to bond with his kids over sports, but found that teaching them about football wasn't as easy as he'd hoped. |
| 0:55.0 | So he created future fans to make learning about sports fun and engaging for kids. In today's conversation, |
| 0:59.8 | Mike opens up about the ups and downs of that journey, the power of intentional parenting, |
| 1:04.1 | and how sports can bring families closer together. Again, these going deeper episodes are more |
| 1:09.7 | of a conversation as opposed to a specific strategic |
| 1:12.5 | interview. I'll be sure to link the other ones in the show notes. I have topics such as unschooling, |
| 1:17.4 | my parent is a hoarder, an Iron Man battling brain cancer. These have been some of my favorite |
| 1:22.4 | interviews to record. I love your feedback in my DMs about how you're liking these Going |
| 1:26.6 | Deeper episodes. And be sure to subscribe to the podcast so you can catch the other going deeper episodes along with all the other content, still to come before the years end. |
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