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Denny and Rob discuss handling post-game conversations between parents and children after a high school baseball team's loss in a national tournament.

Send us Fan Mail On this week's "Swing Hard," Denny called Rob after his high school baseball team's 1-0 loss to De La Salle in the national tournament semifinals, where they were ranked 22nd in the state. Denny and Rob then discussed how parents should handle post-game conversations with their children about sports coaching decisions. Denny advised against venting to children about perceived coaching mistakes, suggesting instead to focus on appreciating the game and using positiv...

People in this episode

Host: Denny Barrett

Guest: Rob

Topics covered

• team tournaments
• post-game conversations
• sports coaching
• parenting in sports
• high school baseball

Keywords

• team tournaments
• high school baseball
• coaching decisions
• post-game discussions
• parenting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: De La Salle

Places: state

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