Send us a text In this episode Coach Keri and Coach Jim reflect on the influential previous episode about suicide prevention and how this will impact they way they coach, parent, and run leagues they are involved in. Email: keri@thefieldhouseri.com Web: www.thefieldhouseri.comBy Coach Jim and Coach Keri

Send us a text In this powerful episode Coach Jim and Coach Keri talk with Rob Thorsen of the HT40 Foundation about his experience in the wake of his son's death by suicide, their Shoulder Check initiative, and youth suicide prevention. Email: keri@thefieldhouseri.com Web: www.thefieldhouseri.comBy Coach Jim and Coach Keri

Send us a text In this episode Coach Jim and Coach Keri talk about burnout in youth sports-- its causes, their own experience, and things we can do to combat it. Email: keri@thefieldhouseri.com Web: www.thefieldhouseri.comBy Coach Jim and Coach Keri

Send us a text In this episode Coach Jim and Coach Keri sit down with Kristyn Gontarek to talk about social emotional learning, meeting kids where they are, coaching and parenting strategies to maximize engagement, ideas to connect with athletes that are on the spectrum or have behavior disorders, and Kristyn's own experience as a new youth sport p…

Send us a text In this episode Coach Jim and Coach Keri talk about toxic adults. They talk about the roles adults play in youth sports, traits that make certain roles toxic, a root cause of the toxicity, and what we can do to solve it. Email: keri@thefieldhouseri.com Web: www.thefieldhouseri.comBy Coach Jim and Coach Keri

Send us a text In this episode Coach Jim and Coach Keri give their hot takes on youth sports and sports in general-- ranging from Caitlin Clark to whether coaching has become to "soft" today. Email: keri@thefieldhouseri.com Web: www.thefieldhouseri.comBy Coach Jim and Coach Keri

Send us a text In this episode Coach Jim and Coach Keri sit down with Scott McDermott. Scott has been a youth soccer coach for 15+ years, a board member of a local soccer organization, and is now the recreation director for the statewide agency Soccer Rhode Island. They discuss how youth sports has changed over time, the difference between how the …

Send us a text Coach Jim and Coach Keri sit down with Jess Ruhle, a former D1 field hockey player, coach, and official as well as a current sports parent. They discuss the role that officials play in youth sports, what it's like to officiate games, why so many officials are quitting, and what we can do to make things better. Email: keri@thefieldhou…

Send us a text In this episode Coach Jim and Coach Keri talk about talk about coaching in youth sports-- basic demographics, ways coaches negatively impact kids, and things we can do, as coaches, to improve ourselves and our kids. Email: keri@thefieldhouseri.com Web: www.thefieldhouseri.comBy Coach Jim and Coach Keri

Send us a text In this episode, Coach Jim and Coach Keri talk about money in youth sports. They talk through typical costs that families face, hidden organizational costs, inequality due to income, and the cold hard facts about college scholarships. They end with some ideas to ease the burden. Links from episode: https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-c…

Send us a text In this episode, hosts Coach Jim and Coach Keri outline the problem with youth sports today and its effect on our kids. Links from the show: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2024/01/22/70-of-kids-drop-out-of-youth-sports-by-13-new-aap-study-reveals-why/72310189007/ https://health.ucdavis.edu/sports-medicine/resources/youth-injur…

Send us a text In this episode, Coach Keri and Coach Jim talk about parents in youth sports-- the good, the bad, and the ugly. Most importantly they talk about how they can improve as sports parents to help kids grow. Links from show: https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/northwest/3-due-in-court-next-week-for-fight-at-youth-basketball-game/ https:/…

Send us a text In this episode, hosts Jim and Keri introduce themselves and the podcast. Email: keri@thefieldhouseri.com Web: www.thefieldhouseri.comBy Coach Jim and Coach Keri