Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Brendan Kitson, co-founder of the City Schools Sports Association of New York City, a sports league in its first year serving the city's schools, primarily located in under-served areas. He describes the challenges of young athletes in these areas with fewer opportunities.

It’s still possible for kids to stay involved in sports during COVID-19 isolation, says Spencer Gordon, partnership manager for the Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) Portland in this podcast episode. PCA, which aims to create better athletes and people, has launched a “Life as a Team Sport” campaign, which includes many online resources for helping young athletes tune up their mental game skills. It includes Zoom meetings and Facebook Live events that feature well-known athletes. Gordon gives

Jeff Long, founder of Healthy Kids Running Series and a former Division 1 runner, launches an online version of his program. Kids do races individually in safe places and share videos, statistics and photos online. He tells Ultimate Sports Parent Radio about the benefits of kids continuing to move during the COVID-19 crisis.

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The world of media has changed significantly over the last ten years. Many classic series are experiencing reboots, spin-offs, or continuations. It happened on television with Will and Grace, American Idol and Better Call Saul. In movies, entire studios are built around sequels and spin-offs. Radio, with the mandolin player who replaced Garrison Keilor.This renewal phenomenon has yet to occur in the podcast world. Most shows have not been around long enough to be retired and then

Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Brad Donohue, a psychology professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and expert on sports psychology and wellness. He describes why athletes should break certain "mental game" guidelines and shares information about a study during which coaches and peers said a series of motivational phrases to athletes during practice.

In this Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interview, Christian Lavers, president, Elite Clubs National League (ECNL), says that for all athletes, confidence comes and goes. He gives tips about how young athletes can build up their confidence when it drops.

Mark Greenburg, a youth sports coach, former physical education teacher and author of "Elevated Leadership, a Pitch-By-Pitch Guide to Business, Life, and Baseball' describes how parents can help their kids develop emotional intelligence and empathy through sports. He gives tips for helping kids communicate with coaches.

Elizabeth Pecsok, a coach for Oregon Gymnastics Academy, says she coaches special needs kids by helping them overcome fears and feel successful.

The words parents and coaches choose when communicating with young athletes can boost kids’ confidence or deflate it, says Ganon Baker, a sports development coach who has worked with teams internationally and also played basketball in Iceland. He gives tips for communicating with sports kids.

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Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Nancy Lough, professor at University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), who focuses on gender equity in sports, explains why more girls drop out of sports than boys. It's due, in part, to stereotypes about what boys and girls should be doing.She also describes how girls are becoming more actively involved in pushing for equal pay in professional sports.

Caroline Maguire, author of "Why Will No One Play with Me?" and a professional certified coach who has worked with Olympic and other athletes, gives tips for helping young athletes read others' cues. Being better able to respond to social cues improves players' experience, helps them avoid getting into trouble and allows them to listen to direction, she says. She addresses other mental game topics, including fear of failure and perfectionism.

The pressures of modern youth sports are creating stress related mental health issues in young athletes. But there’s a non-traditional way of addressing this stress. That’s what we learned during our interview with Bradley Donohue, a psychology professor at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), and director of The Optimum Performance Program in Sports (TOPPS), a mental health program for athletes.

Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Alex Molden, former NFL player, motivational speaker, high school football coach and sports parent. He says the biggest challenge for parents is being patient and letting kids develop at their own pace.

Tricia Roos, Bishop Lynch High School’s head women’s volleyball coach, talks about how social media in youth sports affects communication--and what she does about it on her high school teams.

Brooks Elms, a youth sports coach and former Division 3 player for NYU, says he's spent countless hours thinking about whether winning is important in sports. He brings that background to his coaching, helping kids focus on staying in the moment. In this interview, he gives tips for coaching and communicating with kids.