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Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Vincenzo Pepe sits down with Mental Skills Coach Connor Rogotske to discuss all things mental skills and faith. As a mental skills coach, Connor actively helps athletes unleash their potential beyond the physical component of their sport. Connor gives excellent examples of how mental skills and areas of faith intersect and elevate our game on and off the field.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Locker Room, Justin sits down with Isaiah Lewis. Isaiah is a current basketball pro with a story to tell. Join us as we discuss how "adversity introduces a man to himself" and other topics that involve our faith walk and living out what we believe.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Vincenzo sits down with Upstate NY FCA Lacrosse Director Sol Bliss and discusses the coach-parent dynamic. The two discuss their approach to handling the parent relationships that come with youth sports and ways to direct those relationships best to build a positive team culture that the whole family can buy into.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Justin Hamm chats with Austin Johns about how to purify the mind and allow a life of surrender to be the goal. Austin is a freshman soccer player on the Regent University Men's Soccer Team. Austin shares some of his backstory, but we also dig in to what does it mean to pursue Jesus in the highs and lows of life. Join us for a real life conversation around the...

Send us Fan Mail Join us as we chat with Eric Lewis of FCA Rochester. As a former D2 basketball player we discuss his journey of finding out the calling God had on his life, and the role of surrounding yourself with people who challenged and grew him in his faith. 

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Justin talks with Gavin Hill and they take a look at how we see ourselves versus how God see us. Many of us as athletes tend to find our value in how we perform and the validation we receive from that. We care what our peers, teammates, coaches and others think about us. But what happens when we are injured or struggle to come back from injury and the one thing we...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Vincenzo speaks with Cody Massey on the topic of coaching boys to men. Cody and his family live in the Metro St. Louis area where he has coached national level club baseball teams, high school players, college players, and pro level guys. The discussion goes deep into how coaches have an opportunity to not only have successful athletes, but successful young men co...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we dive into the locker room culture for athletes and how coaches can set standards. For many, the locker room is supposed to be a safe place for athletes to bond with athletes, but for a Christian athlete, there may be some challenges that contradict their faith. We discuss some of these challenges and offer advice for how to combat them, as well as discuss the c...

Send us Fan Mail In this Episode Hudson Valley Director, Vincenzo Pepe, speaks with Kathy Santiago from Grace Community Church in Orange County. Kathy is the Grace Buddies Director, a program that serves families with children with disabilities. They discuss some of the challenges faced, high points, and how the focus is on individual discipleship for each family

Send us Fan Mail FCA NY staff Justin interviews running phenom Noah Tindale.  They cover it all.  Isolation, p#rn, cell phones, success and the desperate need to be successful.  Encouraging coaches and leaders to help us all get our of our own heads. 

Send us Fan Mail OUR FIRST EPISODE! Listen to Greg and Vincenzo chat about creating a space for special needs athletes. FCA and 12th Rock discuss the multi dimensional outreach for families of these athletes. 

Send us Fan Mail A quick intro into what we have coming in media and education for FCA NY with Hudson Valley Director Vincenzo Pepe.  Subscribe now to make sure you don't miss a thing.