Here’s Why Playing Sports Actually Matters Way More Than You Think

Chicks on The Right Show w Mock & Daisy

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🗓️ 9 February 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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🏈 SUPER BOWL SUNDAY CHAT! 🏈 The Chicks and Zach are taking a quick break from crunching numbers to dive into the world of youth sports! We’re breaking down why so many teens are calling it quits on club sports, the role competition and drive play in keeping them engaged, and how sports teach life lessons that last forever. Plus, we’re diving into the social perks of being on a team and the bonding moments sports create for families. It’s a fun, honest convo about balance, burnout, and why sports are more than just games.

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0:00.0	Welcome to another Chicks on the Right podcast episode where we have our friend and sponsor of the show, Zach Abraham, with us from Bullwork Capital Management.
0:08.2	And we're going to do things a little different today.
0:10.7	We're not actually going to talk about the money world or the economy or anything like that.
0:15.7	We want to talk because we've all got kids and we've all got kids that have participated in sports.
0:20.8	We want to talk about club sports.
0:22.4	There's an interesting article from last year from the Federalist talking about how 70% of
0:28.6	teenagers and youth are dropping out of organized sports by age 13 just because of the burnout
0:35.0	and the injuries.
0:36.8	What's been your experience with club sports?
0:39.9	Yeah.
0:40.4	So I've got some interesting experience with this because, you know, I played in college.
0:46.9	So I grew up really, you know, I was doing sports year-round.
0:52.1	Yeah, football.
0:52.7	Yeah.
0:53.4	Yeah, played football. And now I coach it. And so my two Yeah, football. Yeah, play football.
0:54.8	And now I coach it.
0:55.9	And so my two sons, 10 and 12, both play youth football.
0:59.4	And I recoil at the way that club sports are working right now.
1:06.5	Just because what you see is you see a business coming into it.
1:10.4	And I remember the first year,
1:12.7	my wife and I were just married and I was asked to help a friend who was coaching a football team,
1:18.2	a high school football team. And I coached for a year to help him out. And I remember a parent came up
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