Speaker 1: And we've made the connection with Steve Young. Why don't
Speaker 1: we start the Steve Young Show? No Timmy out of
Speaker 1: the open? Okay, nevermind fall off a cliff. Well, Steve Young,
Speaker 1: Stevens what's up? Steve joins us on the UMA guest line, Steve,
Speaker 1: what's going on? Bro Hari Man, Steve, Yeah, there we go.
Speaker 1: We got to going. We've got a guest with us today.
Speaker 1: As we always for the the Steve Young Hero of
Speaker 1: the Week. Every week, camb Are and Steve Young's for
Speaker 1: every Young Foundation honor a Hero of the week. So
Speaker 1: many individuals and organizations go above and beyond and have
Speaker 1: done so much to help so many, so we like
Speaker 1: to honor these individuals as the Forever Young Hero of
Speaker 1: the Week. And this week we salute First Tea. Austin
Speaker 1: Smotherman joins us. He's a First TA Ambassador. First Tea
Speaker 1: helps kids and teens build confidence, resilience, and strong character
Speaker 1: by combining the game of golf with meaningful life skills
Speaker 1: they can use on and off the course. Since nineteen
Speaker 1: ninety seven, the organization has grown into a nationwide youth
Speaker 1: development program, reaching more than three million young people each
Speaker 1: year through schools, Golf facilities and community centers across all
Speaker 1: fifty states. Austin sputherman from first, he joins us, Austin,
Speaker 1: how's it going, Man.
Speaker 2: Going? Well? Quite an introduction way to uh, way to
Speaker 2: lay the groundwork for what the first he does.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Man, so, so tell us tell us about first
Speaker 1: t just beyond what it was that I read in
Speaker 1: the synopsis of what it is you guys do, give
Speaker 1: us an idea of how did you help these kids
Speaker 1: where you do it and what role golf plays in
Speaker 1: that building of some of these life skills.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt. I mean, I'm I'm fortunate enough that
Speaker 2: you know, before my golf skills became what they were,
Speaker 2: you know, the First Tea was a place for me
Speaker 2: that I was. I was one of those kids in
Speaker 2: the program learning life skills through the game of golf,
Speaker 2: which once you are exposed to it is enough enough.
Speaker 2: As I was, which I grew up in the First
Speaker 2: t of Greater Sacramento, which I'm a proud, proud alumni,
Speaker 2: and currently reside in Dallas where my home course, Trinity Forest.
Speaker 2: You know, we host the First Tea of Dallas out
Speaker 2: there and to see it nationwide, to travel and I'll
Speaker 2: be able to play the game at a high level
Speaker 2: and to be able to give back is is pretty
Speaker 2: special to me. So yeah, maybe I'm I learned learned
Speaker 2: the game through the first team.
Speaker 3: And you know he's you're talking to a pro here
Speaker 3: at him and UH and he was born and bred
Speaker 3: in the first Tea program and the first tea If
Speaker 3: you think about when I grew up, it was a
Speaker 3: boys and girls club and a lot of times the
Speaker 3: y m C. A or other other. It's like a
Speaker 3: place for kids to come together. And it's really i
Speaker 3: mean it's inner city, it's out in the farmland. It's
Speaker 3: like they do a great job with the first team
Speaker 3: and trying to gather kids, give them life skills in
Speaker 3: the name of golf, and UH introduced them to the game.
Speaker 3: So that's what first he's done nationwide and and and
Speaker 3: then every once in a while there's a kid that
Speaker 3: comes to the program and turns pro and here you go.
Speaker 2: It's it's it's pretty it's it's pretty special. But I
Speaker 2: mean to yeah, I mean, we've i mean, I'm assuming
Speaker 2: all of this here of you know, played played golf
Speaker 2: in some capacity, and you know, to to have the
Speaker 2: patients the confidence, the the ability to be around the
Speaker 2: game at a young age, which is what the first
Speaker 2: T tries to introduce. You know, you know it's kind
Speaker 2: of maybe an intimidating arena to go play in, you know,
Speaker 2: go to a golf course much more older people, adults.
Speaker 2: You got to interact with you know, you've got to
Speaker 2: be able to you know, speak confidently, you got to
Speaker 2: be able to hold your own you got to be
Speaker 2: able to do all these things that you know are
Speaker 2: going to serve you well, you know later into life.
Speaker 2: And whether whether the official golf talent comes there or not.
Speaker 2: You know, that's that's not the main outcome. You know,
Speaker 2: I was fortunate enough to have that aspect, but you know, others,
Speaker 2: you know, it's the way to go to college, way
Speaker 2: to form your resume, way to just grow as a person,
Speaker 2: and to uh the way to make impact in the community. Yeah.
Speaker 3: The way you can help is there's for you know,
Speaker 3: First T Channels, a First Tea shims, just go Oakland, Sacramento,
Speaker 3: as you said, so like in the in your area.
Speaker 2: There's opposed to if you've got if.
Speaker 3: You've got a young kid that you know, get them
Speaker 3: off the phone, get them out and they'll learn skills.
Speaker 3: And you know, golf is just the is the is
Speaker 3: the gateway for it and and it really is about
Speaker 3: getting kids together, getting them off their phones and getting
Speaker 3: them some of the life skills and are really important.
Speaker 3: So I appreciate First T for what they've trying to
Speaker 3: do in the communities, and I'm sure they could take
Speaker 3: some of the nations. If you've got kids that could
Speaker 3: be involved. The first tea I encourage you to kind
Speaker 3: of kind of jump in and another a small little
Speaker 3: bit of a small little bit that that you know,
Speaker 3: groups like first TA are doing to have kids learn
Speaker 3: real skills out away from the computer. So yeah, anything
Speaker 3: you'd add well.
Speaker 1: Real quick to the website is first T dot org
Speaker 1: and there, as you said, many chapters and represented in
Speaker 1: all fifty states. First T Silicon Valley dot org is
Speaker 1: the one that I have right in front of me,
Speaker 1: and first T dot org for the main website, and
Speaker 1: I assume you can navigate from there to find the
Speaker 1: local chapter wherever you want to help, and you can
Speaker 1: donate and you can support first T First T dot
Speaker 1: org slash donate to support the efforts. They say. Many
Speaker 1: chapters are also seeking coaches and Steve, I know, a
Speaker 1: couple of years ago, you cracked the code when it
Speaker 1: came to golf.
Speaker 2: So I've cracked the coach crack.
Speaker 3: I actually, I actually thought i'd cracked the code.
Speaker 2: Now I have. I was confused. Wait can you can
Speaker 2: you can you share some of this wisdom with me?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 3: Swing in a circle, bro. I've had so many people
Speaker 3: tell me a bunch of bowl like, oh, you know
Speaker 3: Tonate your lyrist, Oh you've got it. Like it's just
Speaker 3: not that complicated once you really break it down, and
Speaker 3: the fields are all by the way, whatever you think
Speaker 3: you're doing with a golf club, it's not what you
Speaker 3: think is happening.
Speaker 2: And uh oh, I thought field feel versus real, real
Speaker 2: versus real. It's so true.
Speaker 3: And and you think you're this athlete. He's like, it doesn't.
Speaker 3: It's just just so confusing. So you thought you I
Speaker 3: thought I broke the code.
Speaker 2: I did.
Speaker 3: I thought it, and then I didn't. But now now
Speaker 3: I have.
Speaker 1: At one point Steve and Steve switched from left to
Speaker 1: right handed. I mean, that's how hard he was trying
Speaker 1: to break the good figured out.
Speaker 2: So Austin, you don't, you don't, you don't know until
Speaker 2: you try it, all right, you.
Speaker 1: Gotta do it.
Speaker 3: You gotta figure it out, dude, this man, good luck.
Speaker 2: On dot org.
Speaker 1: Good luck Austin.
Speaker 2: Thank you guys. Check check them out. I'm I'm, I'm
Speaker 2: so gracious to them. And yeah, the first He is
Speaker 2: an unbelievable program all over the country.
Speaker 1: Awesome, great deal, Auston, some mother than first Ambassador First
Speaker 1: t dot org and check it out to help and
Speaker 1: support and donate to your local chapter.