Hustle and Pro - Frisco's Sports Podcast

Guest: Michael Barham What are 5 characteristics coaches love that don’t require skill? Find out in episode 118 of Hustle and Pro. Get your free e-book about these characteristics at: https://www.michaelbarhamelevates.com

Guest: Jay Thooft Director of Mental Performance at Performance Excellence and Recovery Consulting

Besides working at one of our nonprofits partners, Vogel Alcove, Sammy Gonzalez and Greg Brinkley also have the love of sports in common. Many of the themes and guests featured on their project, The Pursuit of Growth, have a sports tie. Enjoy episode #116 as […]

For the first time ever, a Frisco ISD Boys Track & Field team has won a state championship. Girls’ teams won (2A) in 1981, 1984, and (3A) in 2013, and now the boys are on the board! Chris Johnson, a rising Senior at Liberty High […]

Frisco’s got a new football team! The Frisco Fighters have landed and the Indoor Football League season has begun at Comerica Center. Coach Clint Dolezel won an AFL championship with the Grand Rapids Rampage in 2001 and in 2008, became the first professional quarterback to […]

Paxton Pomykal is a local favorite. An explosive FC Dallas midfielder, he’s fun to watch on the field and entertaining off the field, too. Paxton talks to Hustle and Pro about his return from hip surgery in the fall of 2020, and how he’s managing […]

Jen Contreras is the Director of the Texas Legends Dancers. Her resume is full of impressive dance team accomplishments, including national titles and dancing for the Dallas Mavericks. In this episode, we learn about the Legends’ Spirit Squad, what they’re made of, and the (typical) […]

In this episode, we’re talking to a young, local dancer, Hannah. In 2019, Hannah had a life-changing car accident that took her away from the dance floor. Also joining us is Holly Nieman, MS, an athletic trainer at Children’s Health Andrews Institute, and part of […]

Imagine a round field larger than a football or soccer field. You score by kicking via punch passing and ruckman and forward pockets. These are just a few of the things we learn about Australian Rules Football in this episode. Our guests, James Henderson and […]

We’re geeking out on baseball. Nathan Bliss sits down with Hustle & Pro to talk about youth baseball: the coaching, the tournaments, the umpires, and more. In this episode, we discuss the importance of learning the proper technique and how […]

Episode 107: Frisco is home to the National Soccer Hall of Fame, an interactive experience filled with 400 artifacts telling the story of soccer. HOF Executive Director, Djorn Buchholz, talks to Hustle and Pro about the experience and the upcoming class of Hall of Fame inductees. The […]

Episode 106: When school sports and recreational sports hit the pause button in 2020, young athletes were faced with the challenges of staying in shape and being ready to perform once play resumed. In this episode, we talk to Brittany Wehrle, a performance Dietitian with Children’s Health […]

Episode 105: We’ve loved getting to know the Texas Legends team and players over the years, celebrating team and personal milestones, networking, and enjoying basketball with our families. Now, we sit down with Legends’ President and General Manager, Malcolm Farmer, to hear about his personal journey to […]

Episode 104: Student of the Year is a Frisco fundraising competition between high schools. Wakeland High School student-athlete, Ryen Stover, competes in the competition and introduced us to Max Hinojosa, the person who inspires her team to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Max was […]

Episode 103: You can’t talk about all the things Frisco has to offer without talking about sports. Our guests for this episode know first-hand how sports weave into the shopping, arts, dining, and entertainment options in Frisco. Cori Powers and Wesley Lucas with Visit Frisco sit down […]

Episode 102: In this episode, we have a discussion with Kaanji Irby about parenting and specifically, the bias and racial isolation in youth sports. Do we have bias that impacts kids’ experiences in youth sports? Do we (knowingly or not) segregate young athletes? The discussion isn’t an […]

Episode 101: We’re kicking off SEASON 3 of Hustle and Pro! THREE. So let’s talk about 3s – our favorite players who’ve donned the #3 jersey, our not-so-favorites, too. Who comes to mind when you think of famous #3s in sports? Enjoy this episode and other episodes […]

Episode 100: How do we celebrate hitting 100 episodes of Hustle and Pro? It’s gotta be big, right? Sure does. That’s why we invited Mayor Jeff Cheney to the show to learn about his sports allegiances and his childhood sports journey. We’ve punched our ticket on this […]

Episode 99: Victor Rojas, the new President and General Manager of the Frisco RoughRiders, sat down with Hustle and Pro for a chat. We explored his journey so far in baseball, touching teams like our Texas Rangers, the Marlins, Diamondbacks, Newark Bears, and most recently, eleven years […]

Episode 98: Chess is having a moment. There are more people at home learning and playing online, and more people loving The Queen’s Gambit on TV — and that means we’re talking about it on Hustle and Pro. Frisco resident Suad Bejtovic enlightens us on the calculated, intriguing […]

Episode 97: Monday morning quarterbacking is easy. Winning the highest trophy in the NFL is not. In this episode, we sit down with Frisco resident Angie Corley — who also happens to be an avid Kansas City Chiefs fan — to review the big game. We’ll talk through […]

Subscribe on iTunes! Subscribe on Google Play Podcast RSS Feed Former UFC Title Contender and MMA Hall of Famer, Chris Brennan, joins Hustle and Pro to talk about his career, his business, and his kids following in his footsteps. We learn about The Westside Strangler nickname, and how Brennan got inspired by watching a UFC fight, […]

Subscribe on iTunes! Subscribe on Google Play Podcast RSS Feed There’s a thing about sports — you learn from those who inspire you to play, and later you take that knowledge to inspire the next generation. In this episode, we talk to our guest, Katie Rudd, about her time as a player and how she used […]

Subscribe on iTunes! Subscribe on Google Play Podcast RSS Feed Our guest for Hustle and Pro episode #94 fought through a life-changing sickness and now spends time helping others stay focused and motivated to reach their goals. Mariele Landrom, or Coach Landrom to many of our Frisco ISD middle schoolers, is a decorated D1 Track and […]

Subscribe on iTunes! Subscribe on Google Play Podcast RSS Feed Anything that was predicted or planned in 2020 went out the window, so why not let my 10-year-old predict what’s going to happen in sports in 2021? I also enlisted the help of two past Hustle and Pro guests, Tony Graham and Eddie Munjoma. Tony, Eddie, […]