About this episode

The episode features a discussion among coaches about their experiences in youth sports, sharing stories and insights on various challenges and lessons learned.

What happens when four coaches sit down and start sharing youth sports stories?In this episode of SoapBox Lex, Eric Green and Paul Ross are joined by Gabe Dadi and Ryan Tenges to discuss coaching youth soccer, track, and cross-country. The conversation covers sports parent nightmares, youth athletics, leadership lessons, accountability, volunteer coaching, childhood adventures, engineering projects, and the challenges of keeping hundreds of kids organized.Whether you're a coach, parent, athlete, or just someone who survived youth sports, you'll probably recognize at least one of these stories.

People in this episode

Hosts: Eric Green, Paul Ross

Guests: Gabe Dadi, Ryan Tenges

Topics covered

• youth sports
• coaching
• parenting
• athletics
• leadership
• organization

Keywords

• youth sports
• coaching
• soccer
• track
• cross-country
• sports parents
• leadership lessons

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