Why Youth Sports Needs Less Chaos and Better Tools | EP200

About this episode

Dave Yoo discusses the challenges in youth sports and how Onsides aims to simplify the experience for parents.

Why youth sports are chaotic, why parents carry the load, and how Onsides is trying to make it easier. Youth sports is not just practices, games, and tournaments anymore. It is schedules, apps, travel, training, equipment, group chats, recruiting pressure, and a lot of parents trying to keep up. Dave Yoo, founder and CEO of Onsides, joins Eric Kasimov to talk about the problem his company is trying to solve. Onsides is built for parents of youth athletes who are tired of jumping between platforms and trying to make sense of scattered information. The goal is simple: reduce the cognitive load. Eric and Dave also get into the bigger youth sports ecosystem, including AI, private coaching, NIL, parent behavior, social media, startup life, and what it means to build something useful in a noisy market. Key Takeaways Why youth sports feels broken, but may be better described as underserved How parents became the collateral damage of fragmented sports platforms Why Onsides starts with scheduling but points toward something bigger How AI can help parents without guessing on the details that matter Why every feature should reduce cognitive load The rise of private coaching, travel needs…

People in this episode

Host: Eric Kasimov

Guest: Dave Yoo

Topics covered

• youth sports
• parent involvement
• sports technology
• cognitive load
• AI in sports
• startup challenges

Keywords

• youth sports
• Onsides
• parenting
• sports tech
• AI
• cognitive load
• private coaching

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Onsides

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