Worth Repeating: Steve Kindel on Choosing Multisport in a Sport Specialized System

About this episode

Steve Kindel discusses the benefits of multisport participation for youth athletes and the importance of family values in a sport specialized system.

Steve Kindel is a former professional soccer player, the Technical Director of a youth soccer club (North Van FC), and the father of NHL forward, Ben Kindel. Steve not only had a front row seat to watch his son grow in various ways through multisport participation, but he also witnessed how NHL stars Connor Bedard and Macklin Celebrini benefited from playing soccer into their teens. In this segment, Steve describes the reality of year-round opportunities in so many youth sports, but advocates for families to hold firm to their beliefs and values with respect to multisport participation. Listen to the full episode here: Spotify Apple Watch on YouTube

People in this episode

Host: Scott Rintoul

Guest: Steve Kindel

Topics covered

• multisport participation
• youth sports
• parenting
• athlete development
• soccer

Keywords

• multisport
• youth sports
• parenting
• soccer
• athlete development
• NHL
• sports specialization

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: North Van FC

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