Dave Vassilaros

KidFirst Sports

Sports EN ↓ 55 episodes

70% of kids quit youth sports by age 13. Too often because the adults suck the fun out of it by having a WinFirst mentality. The mission of this podcast is to convert WinFirst adults into KidFirst adults. Listen to powerful conversations with KidFirst coaches and parents around the world, and see if it works.

Be sure to visit the podcast's website and support the creator: www.kidfirstsports.com

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Dave Vassilaros

Episodes

Ep 3: Should my kid try soccer? 31.05.2023 38:01

Roger Federer played every sport he could before shifting to tennis in his late teens. Tennis wasn't even his favorite! Experts uniformly recommend that kids try lots of sports. I'm hugely biased, but soccer should be on every parent's list. It is unique among world sports in its universal appeal, how easy it is to get a game going, and how you don't have to win the genetic lottery...

Ep 2.5: The tools of true confidence 24.05.2023 38:20

"We are not victims to things like our mood or of our mistakes." Andrew Schultz is back to lay out the tools and practices coaches and parents can teach themselves and their youth athletes to build true confidence. Learn how our mistakes and failures are TEMPORARY, LIMITED, and NON-REPRESENTATIVE. And how to convince our own brains to believe it. Show Notes: Andrew Schultz Calle⁠ & ⁠...

Ep 2: Teaching youth athletes true confidence, Part 1 17.05.2023 47:48

" My self worth is related to what I'm doing, but it's not dependent upon what I'm doing ." Every kid wants to feel confident. Some think that being the starting quarterback is what gives them confidence. Many kids lack confidence because they just don't understand the secret - confidence is a skill not a talent. Andrew Schultz, a confidence coach and long time youth spor...

Ep 1: The 99% - Why kids play sports even if they don't go pro 10.05.2023 49:36

99.9% of youth athletes never sign a professional contract. 99.2% never get a college athletic scholarship. And yet they keep playing the sports they love. Why? Nearly all parents and coaches of youth athletes are just regular people. We have jobs, bills, worries. And we go to great lengths to give our kids opportunities to participate in sports. But what we really want is to help our kids grow an...

Trailer for KidFirst Sports! 21.04.2023 1:08

Why do kids play sports if only .00025% of them become professional athletes? Join us while we explore this age old question, and along the way discover that youth sports is all about the heart. Adults, we can do better for our kids. Love them, teach them the Heart Lessons, and Win on the 2nd Scoreboard. That's KidFirst Sports.