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The pressures placed on young athletes and their parents have never been greater. Peak performance and sports parenting coach Kirsten Jones explains how best to navigate these turbulent youth sports waters. This is a must listen episode for those with kids playing sports. Plus, don't you want to know how Kirsten wins over the Russian Red Army at age 24? Enjoy sports fans!
 
Time-Stamped Show Notes
1:30      -    Young Kirsten
2:37      -    College Recruiting Saga
5:51      -    William & Mary's Debbie Hill
8:33      -    The Tide Turns
10:39    -    Baseball Buddies: Eli & Dan
11:15    -    Fun, Friends & Fundamentals
14:22    -    A Good Word Goes a Long Way
15:44    -    Coach Baseball
16:42    -    Never Too Late
17:27    -    Pyramid Scheme
19:39    -    It Ain't Easy
20:26    -    Mom? Dad?
21:42    -    Make it or Break it
22:15    -    Flip the Fries!
24:34    -    Give me a Break
28:20    -    Just Do It
29:39    -    Moscow Madness
34:32    -    Lightning Round

Raising Empowered Athletes: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/raising-empowered-athletes-kirsten-jones/1143087145?ean=9781637276167

Kirsten Jones Inc: https://www.kirstenjonesinc.com/

#RaisingAthletes Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/raisingathletes/id1340521140

Kirsten Jones LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirsten-jones-coach/

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Welcome to a brand-new episode of Your Sports Resource! Today, we have a fascinating discussion in store for you as we dive into the world of clubs and college programs. Joining me is Matt, and together, we're unpacking the complex dynamic between parents and sports.

Host Mark Hochgesang speaks with Ivan Tchatchouwo, the co-founder of The Zone, a company focused on student athlete mental wellness. Ivan reveals how his personal challenges inspired him to help other young athletes overcome their own mental hurdles. 

A wide variety of mental health issues confronting today’s sports world and beyond are addressed, including identity crisis, eating disorders, anxiety and depression and the even the new-found pressures brought about by NIL fame. 

Ivan discusses his transition from Cameroon to New York, his stellar but injury-ridden basketball career and the trials and triumphs of being a tech entrepreneur. 

Ivan & Mark also have fun along the way and give shout outs to Simone Biles, Ohio State’s Ryan Day, Denzel Washington, Jay-Z, and even Napoleon and the Batman villain Bane.

* The Zone Website: https://www.itsthezone.com/
* The Zone's partnership with Morgan Stanley: https://www.itsthezone.com/
* Ivan's Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivan-tchatchouwo-78292195/

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Myles Wheeler, a former walk-on for The University of Oklahoma's Track & Field team, sits down and discusses his journey as a walk-on as a track and field athlete and his current journey in dental school!

Myles touches on:
- What events he had to run to make the team
- What a track walk-on is like
- The fulfillment being on the team gave him
- Balancing track & pre-dental
- Reading 25 books in 2021

Only a 30 minute run time here with Myles and he offered so much great perspective on his journey from track to dental school and the importance of taking advantage of being in your 20's! 

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Machaela "Mac" Simmons, was a 3 year walk-on for the Duquesne University Women's Basketball team in the A10 from 2018-2020.

After many hardships, constant struggle, unfair treatment and uncontrollable situations thrown at her, she decided to step away from the program.

Mac & Noah discuss:
- Coaching staff being weird from the start
- The lack of respect given to her
- Her mental health: wanting to cry all day everyday
- Going from validation seeking to believing in herself
- Coaches lying to her and leading her on
- How she got through it / what she took away from it

Mac is currently finishing up her degree in Physical Therapy & runs a newsletter & fitness account called 'GetMactive'. which focuses on connecting people to mindfulness through fitness; which she explains more about in the show.

Link to GetMactive pages: https://linktr.ee/getmactive 

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7 footer Braden Burke, joins the pod to talk about his college basketball journey. 

Braden started on scholarship at Robert Morris University for his freshmen year in 2017 before transferring to Michigan St. University to be a walk-on under Head Coach Tom Izzo the next 3 years. 

After MSU, Braden enrolled in Central Michigan & then Oakland on scholarship each of the last two years for post grad years before extenuating circumstances forced him to opt out of playing at both schools

The conversation between Braden & Noah is only 60 minutes in length and the breakdown is as follows: 

-Why he left RMU & his scholarship after 1 year to be a walk-on at MSU

-Entire journey at MSU / scholarship to walk-on dynamic / what changed for him 

-Friendship with Jaren Jackson Jr.

-Relationship with Coach Izzo / MSU Family atmosphere 

-2019 Final Four run

-Enrolling @ CMU in 2020 & having to opt out 

-Enrolling @ Oakland in 2021 & having to opt out 

..... and so much more in between!

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Shavar Reynolds was a former walk-on at Seton Hall University in 2017, before earning himself a scholarship after his freshman year in the program.

Each year he slowly climbed the ladder at Seton Hall; going from freshmen walk-on, to sophomore year on scholarship, to 6th man and main defensive stopper junior year, to starting point guard senior year.

Shavar speaks with charisma, confidence and the ultimate belief in himself throughout the episode about his journey from the underdog walk-on to the scholarship player who showed he really belonged there and how it all unfolded for him.

Shavar talks about:

• The differences between being a walk-on & a scholarship player and what changed
• Hitting the buzzer beater vs. St. John's
• How much being around Myles Powell helped his game
• His decision to transfer to Monmouth University
• His goal to play in the NBA & what NBA player he models his game after the most!

Make sure to listen to the intro so you can hear the story be tied together in the outro to hear how Shavar's lone season with Monmouth came to a close, by host, Noah Buono.

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