About this episode

Rob and Shaun discuss the issues in youth sports and explore practical solutions, focusing on the role of parents and coaching.

Rob continues his conversation with coach and youth-sport observer Shaun Reid, moving from diagnosing what’s broken to exploring practical solutions. Shaun argues the core issue in youth sports is a lack of parent education. Most parents don’t know what healthy support looks like, which leads to over-involvement, pressure, and confusion. Topics covered include how parents unintentionally make things harder for their kids, what healthy involvement looks like, why youth coaching has almost no barrier to entry, how to navigate pay-to-play without burnout, what the U.S. can learn from countries like Norway, and why the youth-sport dropout rate (around 70 percent by age 13) continues to rise. Shaun closes with rapid-fire reflections on formative books, failure, coaching success, and how his faith has shaped his life. Shaun can be reached at sfrsales76@gmail.com. About the Impactful Coaching Project The Impactful Coaching Project exists to help coaches lead with competence, care, and constancy through research-backed frameworks, practical tools, and ongoing conversations about holistic coaching. Listen and explore ICP resources: impactfulcoachingproject.com…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Rob Ramseyer

Guest: Shaun Reid

Topics covered

• youth sports
• parent education
• coaching
• support
• youth sport dropout rate
• practical solutions

Keywords

• youth sports
• parent involvement
• coaching
• dropout rate
• Norway
• support
• education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Impactful Coaching Project

Places: Norway

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