Surviving Youth Sports is a podcast and platform where athletes, parents, and coaches share real stories and honest perspectives from every level of the game. Our guests include the influential voices behind the superstars, parents, mentors, coaches, and former athletes who have lived the experiences that shape today’s sports culture. Expect real conversations about the journey behind the scenes, mental health, motivation, recruiting, parenting, and personal growth. Subscribe for weekly episodes that reveal the truth about what it really takes to survive youth sports.
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Signup to Generate a PitchSurviving Youth Sports is a podcast and platform where athletes, parents, and coaches share real stories and honest perspectives from every level of the game. Our guests include the influential voices behind the superstars, parents, mentors, coaches, and former athletes who have lived the experiences that shape today’s sports culture.
Recent episodes include "Rachi Wortham: College Coaches Are Recruiting the Parents Too" (21 October 2026, 50 minutes), "Lorraine Eloms: Your Kid Doesn’t Need to Keep Up With the Joneses" (14 October 2026, 39 minutes), and "Frank Decembrino: How Adults Ruin Youth Sports" (30 September 2026, 43 minutes).
Surviving Youth Sports publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 43 minutes across 39 episodes.
Booking probability for Surviving Youth Sports is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Surviving Youth Sports requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Surviving Youth Sports's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Surviving Youth Sports are Fitness, Golf & Recreation. Surviving Youth Sports has a health audience.
Surviving Youth Sports is a health podcast with 39 episodes published.
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Surviving Youth Sports
College basketball has changed. NIL, the transfer portal, AAU circuits, trainers, and money have made recruiting more complicated and, in many ways, more transactional. Montana basketball coach Rachi Wortham joins the...
Surviving Youth Sports
Youth sports can make families feel like they’re constantly falling behind. Another athlete is training more, playing on a bigger stage, getting more attention, or seemingly moving faster toward the next level. Lorraine...
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Youth sports are supposed to be about the kids. But somewhere between travel teams, private training, exposure, money, playing time, and adult expectations, it can become hard to tell whose experience it really is...
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Expectations Can Steal the Joy of Youth Sports When does “I want to get better” become “I have to get better or I’m falling behind”? Mental performance consultant David Durand joins Rhett Parker to talk about the...
Surviving Youth Sports
Parents get called “crazy” in youth sports all the time. But what if a lot of that behavior comes from parents trying to navigate a system they don’t fully understand? Former competitive figure skater and youth sports...
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Parents spend years driving to practices, sitting through tournaments, paying for lessons, and helping their kids chase their dreams. But somewhere along the way, how many parents start losing themselves in the process...
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Craig Bishop: What Parents Say They Want vs. What They Actually Chase What do parents really want from youth sports? Most of us would say development. But when the pressure of competition sets in, do our decisions tell...
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Girls are quitting sports at twice the rate of boys by age 13 , and it’s not because they don’t love the game. In this episode of Surviving Youth Sports , Rhett Parker sits down with Coach Breanne Smedley , former...
Surviving Youth Sports
What if the pressure we feel in youth sports has less to do with our kids and more to do with ourselves? In this episode, Rhett Parker sits down with Jonathan Carone, founder of Healthy Sports Parents, for an honest...
Surviving Youth Sports
Lindsey Nadler knows what it’s like when sports become your entire identity. A former Division I softball player turned mental performance coach, Lindsey joins Rhett Parker for a conversation about the pressures facing...
Surviving Youth Sports
Justin Furtado, founder of BTG Basketball and host of Beyond the Scoreboard , joins Rhett for an honest conversation about one of the most uncomfortable parts of youth sports: not playing. From playing time battles to...
Surviving Youth Sports
<p>Justin Furtado, founder of BTG Basketball and host of Beyond the Scoreboard, joins Rhett for an honest conversation about one of the most uncomfortable parts of youth sports: not playing.</p><p></p><p>From playing...
Surviving Youth Sports
Former MLB All-Star Michael Saunders knows what it’s like to chase the dream. From representing Canada in the Little League World Series to spending nearly a decade in the Major Leagues, baseball has been a huge part of...
Surviving Youth Sports
<p>Former MLB All-Star Michael Saunders knows what it’s like to chase the dream. From representing Canada in the Little League World Series to spending nearly a decade in the Major Leagues, baseball has been a huge part...
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<p>What if the biggest threat to youth baseball isn't a lack of talent, but the system surrounding the game?</p><p>This week, Rhett sits down with Deven Morgan, Director of Youth Baseball at Driveline Baseball, for a...
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<p>What if the biggest youth sports decision isn't which team your child joins, but whether they ever had the chance to choose for themselves?</p><p>This week, Rhett Parker sits down with Jason D'Rocha, Vice President...
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<p>This episode is one of the most important conversations we’ve had on Surviving Youth Sports.</p><p></p><p>Rhett sits down with Carson Leiden from A World Free of Suicide, Corey and Kelly Widman from Widdy’s Work, and...
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<p>This week on Surviving Youth Sports, Rhett sits down with coach, parent, endurance athlete, and fitness business owner Devon Brown for an honest conversation about burnout, pressure, rankings, recruiting, and what...
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<p>Matt Dumouchelle joins Surviving Youth Sports to talk about youth hockey, athlete development, parenting, and the pressure surrounding modern youth sports culture.</p><p></p><p>Matt is a contributor for The Coaches...
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<p>Alonzo Mitz and Logwone Mitz join Surviving Youth Sports as the show’s first father-son duo, bringing two different generations of football, parenting, and perspective into one conversation. Alonzo shares his journey...
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