Marina Villatoro Kuperman
Raising Pro Athletes
Your kid wants to be a pro athlete. Now what? Behind every pro athlete is a parent who believed first, who showed up, adapted, and refused to quit. Nobody talks about them. Until now. Raising Pro Athletes decodes what the parents of today's top athletes actually did. Host Marina Kuperman Villatoro moved her family across the world for her son's rock climbing career and learned the hard truth: the parent is the hidden variable. Richard Williams drove Serena and Venus to cracked Compton courts at 5 AM, filmed training videos, and mailed them to coaches who laughed. Everyone called him crazy. We...
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Marina Villatoro Kuperman
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Sep 10, 2026
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Episodes
Accountability in Sport: A Better Way to Level Up Your Kid's Athletic Training and Discipline 06.09.2022 5:12
What is accountability and why is it so important for your kids to know how to do it and someone to do it with. What exactly is accountability? Once you know what it is, you can start applying it better. Tips on how to give your kids a concrete wake up call from their delusional overachieving minds as in are they really doing all that they say they are doing? Without accountability and tracking it...
The Pros and Cons of Becoming Your Child's Manager (or Avoid the Trap of the Parent Manager) 06.09.2022 4:59
So you want to manage your kids? That sounds like a great idea, but let’s see what it really is all about. What makes a parent manager successful? Breaking down all the goes with becoming a manager. What are the cons? What are the pros? What are alternatives do you have that can still allow you to manage, but also not destroy your relationship with your child. There are many options, don't pi...
How Your Words Affect Your Child: Change the Vernacular to Have a Positive Impact on Your Kids 06.09.2022 5:02
Are you using the words sacrifice and compromise when you talk about supporting your kid and their sport? In this episode, I talk about how those words can feel like a burden on your child and how it can backfire. Changing your vernacular, the wording, will make all the difference. There are very easy ways to make this tiny change that can be all the difference. __________________________________...
It's Time to Change the Conversation Around College and Sports Training 06.09.2022 4:40
Changing the conversation about sending your kid to college vs. investing in their athletic training. Once it is evident that your child not only has the goods, but passion, commitment and readiness maybe it's time to focus on those attributes. And instead of saving for your kid's college education - why not save up for your kids training? How about taking that money and putting it into...
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