About this episode

David Pollack shares insights on sports parenting and personal challenges in this episode of The Pure Athlete Podcast.

In this powerful return episode of The Pure Athlete Podcast, we welcome back former CFB Hall of Fame and the host of the popular podcast See Ball. Get Ball, David Pollack , three and a half years after his first appearance. Now raising a 17-year-old son who just committed to Clemson football and a 16-year-old daughter who’s a standout basketball player, David delivers raw, honest, and deeply practical insight into how sports parenting evolves as kids move through high school. From shifting roles — moving from “commander” to “coach” to eventually “friend” — to learning how to give your children true ownership of their journey, David explores the challenges, failures, and wins that come with raising athletes. He also opens up about the realities of the modern recruiting process in a transactional, NIL-influenced world, how to support your child without taking over, and why surrounding them with the right people and culture matters more than ever. Finally, David shares candidly about his wife Lindsay’s major brain surgery and ongoing battle with cancer, how their family has grown stronger through adversity, and the powerful lessons in resilience, faith, and perspective they’ve…

People in this episode

Host: Jeff Francoeur

Guest: David Pollack

Topics covered

• sports parenting
• youth athletics
• recruiting process
• family resilience
• personal growth

Keywords

• sports parenting
• youth sports

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Clemson football, See Ball. Get Ball

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