1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:05,880 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fitness Disrupted, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:17,760 Speaker 1: I am Tom Holland and this is Fitness Disrupted. Alright. 3 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: So the Winter Games just came to a close, the 4 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: Olympic Games in Beijing. I loved watching it. Curling. Not 5 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 1: a fan. Maybe too much curling. I know it's getting 6 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:35,200 Speaker 1: more and more popular. Tried it on my backyard rink. 7 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 1: Put a video up on the on my Instagram account. 8 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 1: Fooling around. But there's such a great topic for Fitness 9 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:47,240 Speaker 1: Disrupted based on what just happened and has been happening 10 00:00:47,479 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: in the Olympics. Who won the most medals? Anyone? Anyone? Norway? 11 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 1: Norway one thirty seven total medals the most sixteen gold, 12 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:24,199 Speaker 1: eight silver, bronze, United States twelve less, eight gold, ten silver, 13 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 1: seven bronze. And you may say, well, Norway's colder, and 14 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 1: you you wouldn't be wrong, But that's not the answer. 15 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 1: It's not the answer. Let's look at the numbers, the 16 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: other numbers. So thirty seven total medals for Norway, twenty 17 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 1: five for US. And by the way, China and Germany 18 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: were ahead of us. What's the population size? Do you 19 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 1: have any idea? Norway little over five million, United States, 20 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:02,559 Speaker 1: three hundred and thirty one million people. I'm not great 21 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 1: at statistics, did much better in statistics. Took it twice 22 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: undergrad and then grad school did a lot better when 23 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: it was associated with exercise. This is pretty simple, pretty simple. 24 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: One million people to choose from for sports nor ras 25 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 1: five just over, there's something going on. There's something going on. 26 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 1: I'm going to talk about one really interesting potential reason 27 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 1: why this could be. They have the most competitive athletes 28 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: in the world on a per capita basis. Now, let 29 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:50,640 Speaker 1: me just give you other numbers, because like bad research 30 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 1: often leave out important things. What's what's the summer numbers? Well, 31 00:02:55,480 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: we crushed them. We crushed them. Okay, last Summer Empics 32 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 1: we had a hundred and thirteen total medals or we 33 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 1: had eight, But that doesn't discount what happened, what just 34 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: happened in the winter and what has been happening in 35 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 1: the Winter Olympics Norway versus the US. And let's say 36 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 1: this too, what are the most popular sports in Norway? Well, 37 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: according to research, I looked at cross country, by athalon's 38 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 1: key jumping, ice hockey, harness racing, and yes, their football 39 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 1: are soccer? Okay, winter sports and cross country are the 40 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: most enjoyed activities, followed by football in Norway according to 41 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: this research I looked at, so those sports are much 42 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 1: more popular, five million versus three one million. Something's going on? 43 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: What is it? All right? When we come back from 44 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: the break, I'm gonna get into it, all right. Why 45 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: is Norway crushing us in the Winter Olympics? Really interesting? 46 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: Be right back, all right, talking about Norway, talking about 47 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 1: the Olympics, talking about medals and talking about drumroll please, 48 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 1: kids sports? Wow? Is this a popular topic, especially where 49 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: I am in life right now with my two boys. 50 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 1: Gonna try not to get into that too much at all, 51 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 1: but I'd like to give you personal experience as well. 52 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: It's really important, right. I just had a bunch of 53 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: experiences with deep breath people in the fitness world who 54 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 1: are not fitness people. That's a problem, But I digress. 55 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 1: Uh So, let's just go one more Olympics. By the way, 56 00:04:56,360 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: South Korea Olympics. Norway's already nine total medals, most in 57 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 1: the history of the Winter Games, and in that Olympics, 58 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 1: the US we had twenty three, almost half. So let's 59 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 1: look at kids sports in Norway. It's truly amazing, and 60 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:28,480 Speaker 1: it is, for the most part, the exact opposite of 61 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: sports for kids here in the US, exact opposite. So interesting, 62 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: And I'm gonna read from you in a second the 63 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 1: Children's Rights in Sports, which is an eight page document 64 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 1: in Norway, and it's what they follow and the rules 65 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 1: and the goals and the philosophy of sport in Norway. 66 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: You know what, let me start with the US first, 67 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: and I'm gonna go back. So what's the US numbers 68 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 1: as far as sports and involvement? And when I was 69 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: a trainer, how often I heard people's stories about horrible coaches, 70 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 1: horrible gym teachers, always being picked last, and just negative 71 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 1: experiences with sports from a young age. And so what 72 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:29,280 Speaker 1: are the stats? These are not surprising, but we need 73 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 1: to hear them. Okay, the number of kids playing sports 74 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 1: keeps decreasing in the US. According to new data released 75 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:39,480 Speaker 1: by the Aspen Institute Sports and Society Program, only thirty 76 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 1: six point nine percent of children age six to twelve 77 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:45,160 Speaker 1: played team sports on a regular basis. This is back 78 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: in two thousand sixteen, and it was decreasing. It was 79 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 1: down from thirty eight point six percent in two thousand fifteen. 80 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 1: Four point five in two thousand eight, and I would 81 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:58,919 Speaker 1: love to see what they consider team sports. But we 82 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,159 Speaker 1: know how bad it is in the U s and 83 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 1: it's getting worse. According to the Sports and Fitness Industry Association, 84 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 1: the average US child plays fewer than two sports, and 85 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: that statistic is now again decreasing due to what it's 86 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: a huge part of the problem, sports specialization and other factors, 87 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 1: including the fun factor. And that's what the National Alliance 88 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 1: for Youth Sports did a poll and found seventy of 89 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: kids in the United States stopped playing organized sport by 90 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 1: the age of thirteen because it's just not fun anymore. 91 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 1: That is so sad. That is so sad. It's not 92 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:54,239 Speaker 1: surprising many of you who are parents or participated in sports, 93 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: and most often both, exactly what I'm talking about. You know, 94 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: someone moved into our neighborhood too long ago and we're 95 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: having a discussion along these lines, and they asked me 96 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 1: what sports in this town is not competitive, and I 97 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 1: said there's none. Parents and coaches have essentially ruined them all. 98 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 1: So let's look at Norway and compare and contrast their 99 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 1: approach towards youth sports. Okay, And what's interesting is that 100 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 1: number thirteen. It's gonna come up again. So we stopped 101 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 1: playing by the kids because it's just not fun anymore. 102 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: God forbid, it's fun, right, And I'm gonna really try 103 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 1: to hold back on talking about coaches here. We're gonna 104 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:46,560 Speaker 1: talk about a little bit because it's it's intricately connected, 105 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 1: and I'll finish up by talking about you know, in 106 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 1: my master's work sports psychology exercise science, my final thesis 107 00:08:56,000 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 1: was along these lines that enjoy, meant and performance are 108 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 1: not mutually exclusive people, regardless of what those horrible coaches 109 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:18,439 Speaker 1: tell your kids. All right, let's go look at Norway. Okay, 110 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 1: of Norwegian kids grow up playing organized sports. There's some difference, 111 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 1: some differentiating factors. They're inexpensive. Now, there's a bunch of 112 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: factors going on there, but by and large, they're inexpensive. 113 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 1: Anyone who has participated or had their kids participate in 114 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 1: travel teams and other insanity, it is ludicrous. And again 115 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 1: pick your sport, swimming, hockey, baseball, soccer, Travel teams expensive 116 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 1: beyond belief. Now here we go, here's where it gets 117 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 1: really fun. There are travel teams. Let me let me 118 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:04,680 Speaker 1: save that. There are no regional championships before age eleven 119 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 1: or even publication of scores or rankings. They don't keep 120 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 1: score the way we do. They don't publicize the scores, 121 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:19,199 Speaker 1: they don't have the championships. It's not about winning. And 122 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 1: I'm gonna read again directly from that document, the Children's 123 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 1: Rights in Sports in Norway. But no regional championships before 124 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 1: age eleven or even publication of scores or rankings. There's 125 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:38,840 Speaker 1: no national championships before drum will please age thirteen? Right 126 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:41,960 Speaker 1: when seven out of ten kids in the US are done, 127 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 1: that's when they're gonna start competing. We're already done. And 128 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:51,839 Speaker 1: I love this because this is counterintuitive. But it's not. 129 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: If trophies or awards are given to kids, everyone gets them. 130 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:02,560 Speaker 1: Wait a minute, those are participating trophies. Yeah, but not 131 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:07,720 Speaker 1: the same way. It's not for the reasons we do 132 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 1: it and don't do it. It's not competition the way 133 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 1: we do it in the wrong way at the wrong age. 134 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 1: One of the great topics I so vividly remember from 135 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 1: one of my greatest sports psychology professors. We're talking about 136 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 1: and the course was youth in Sport, and he asked, 137 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:38,199 Speaker 1: what happens when kids are playing pick up sports. Right, 138 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 1: they're outdoors, they're playing pick your sport touch football, and 139 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 1: they divide up the teams and suddenly, you know, a 140 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 1: couple of minutes into the game, they realize it's really unbalanced. 141 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 1: What do kids do? They trade players to make it 142 00:11:56,840 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 1: more even because they wanted to be on and they 143 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 1: wanted to be competitive. What do you parents do? They 144 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 1: load the team. I remember vividly. I didn't even have 145 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 1: this in my notes. Just came back to me. Baseball 146 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 1: was not my sport, but I played it. And one 147 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 1: of the reasons I didn't play it as long as 148 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 1: I probably should have was it wasn't fun. And we 149 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 1: had tryouts and one of the parents and a couple 150 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:30,320 Speaker 1: of the parents loaded up a team and we would 151 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 1: literally lose games. I have my journal from I think 152 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 1: it was fifth and sixth grade one. We didn't have 153 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:42,959 Speaker 1: the mercy rule back then, and in my journal I 154 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: would say, you know, this game was called again due 155 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 1: to darkness, but parents loaded up a team at that age. 156 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: And this is decades ago and it's gotten worse. It's 157 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 1: so sad. Okay, So Norway, they're not doing it that way. 158 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:14,840 Speaker 1: They do what they prioritize participation until age thirteen, and 159 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 1: I love that that number keeps coming up. And the 160 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 1: proof is in the pudding people. You know, I love alliteration. 161 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 1: When you have a country of five million people and 162 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:31,080 Speaker 1: you have a country of three thirty one million people, 163 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 1: and they're beating us in the sports they enjoyed, they're 164 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 1: doing something right. And I would argue, is a huge 165 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 1: part of it? Is it the only part? Absolutely not. 166 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 1: It is an enormous part of their their success. Absolutely 167 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 1: And again, not only do they prioritize participation until teenage years, 168 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:57,120 Speaker 1: then they have great coaches topic for another time. But 169 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:03,839 Speaker 1: when you don't prioritize participation in sports, I would argue, 170 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:06,959 Speaker 1: and my experience has been and I'm sure yours, you're 171 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 1: gonna get a certain type of coach. Great Santini comes 172 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 1: to mind, because it's not about enjoyment, it's about winning. 173 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 1: And let me say once, I'm not gonna say it again, 174 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 1: hopefully don't get me wrong. I am competitive as competitive 175 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 1: can be when the time is right. At eight, time 176 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 1: is not right. All right, let's take one more quick 177 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:39,440 Speaker 1: break and when we come back and get into the 178 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 1: really interesting document, the Children's right in Sports. Pulled a 179 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 1: bunch of it out for you. It's an eight page 180 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 1: document and give you about a page because it's really 181 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 1: really interesting, and we're gonna wrap it all up. All right, 182 00:14:50,960 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 1: quick break, We'll be right back, and we are back 183 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 1: talking about Norway, talking about the Olympics, talking about kids sports. 184 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 1: What are they doing right? What are they doing right? 185 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 1: And this is a topic again that comes up over 186 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 1: and over for me at parties and with friends, because 187 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 1: I do have kids at that age who are competing. 188 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 1: But let me just say this, my kids don't do 189 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 1: the vast majority of what those other kids are doing. 190 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 1: And I'm not training them, and they're not going out 191 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 1: and getting trained at eight, nine, ten years old, unqualified 192 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 1: coaches at best, trainers at best, and things like that. 193 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 1: All right, enough, I don't even have to go there. Uh, 194 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:51,440 Speaker 1: but let's get into this document, the Children's Right in 195 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 1: Sports Norway, and I quote this is the opening two 196 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 1: paragraphs are opening a couple of paragraphs. In Norway, eight 197 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:01,560 Speaker 1: out of ten chill drin between the ages of six 198 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 1: and twelve years participate in one or more sporting activities. 199 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 1: Participation in sporting activities create intrinsic values within people and 200 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 1: when this is achieved within children, the foundation for lifelong 201 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:18,680 Speaker 1: sports enjoyment is created. You know, I got to stop there, 202 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 1: because what what what is it? What is it always 203 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 1: said in the US about team sports. It builds you know, 204 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 1: camaraderie and all this, you know, stuff like that, which 205 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 1: is true. But I would argue the negative aspect of 206 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 1: winning at all costs that we have fostered in the US. 207 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: And I experienced this myself. Football not a great experience 208 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 1: hockey as a kid. You know, there were some coaches 209 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 1: along the way, but they were few and far between. 210 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 1: We shouldn't have you know that memory, remember that one 211 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 1: great coach ahead. It should be much more than that, Okay, 212 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 1: And it's not lost on me that later in life 213 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 1: I turned to what individual sport worts with myself as 214 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:08,359 Speaker 1: the coach, I found that much more enjoyable. Now that's 215 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: again personality type. Some people are drawn towards team sports 216 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 1: more than individual sports, and there's you know, pros and 217 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:17,919 Speaker 1: cons of both. But my point is that much of 218 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:21,400 Speaker 1: the values we're supposedly teaching and team sports were not 219 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 1: actually I don't want to say we don't. I don't 220 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:27,640 Speaker 1: even want connection to that. They are not change that pronoun. 221 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 1: Let's continue children's rates in sports and the Provisions on 222 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,439 Speaker 1: Children's Sports are adopted by the General Assembly of the 223 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: n i F and clarifies the recommendations on how to 224 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:43,120 Speaker 1: develop positive activities for every child as an individual. Children's 225 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:46,520 Speaker 1: sports is defined as sporting activities for children up to 226 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 1: twelve years of age and including so again thirteen, that's 227 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 1: when they start to start to get competitive. Children should 228 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 1: receive a positive experience every time they participate in sport. 229 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 1: Children should have a social environment around sports, feel safe, 230 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 1: want to try new things, and not be afraid to 231 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: make mistakes. Let me just give one example of my 232 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:14,760 Speaker 1: personal experience. I told the story before, I will tell 233 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:18,880 Speaker 1: it again a lot of podcast. So so my young son, 234 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:24,760 Speaker 1: older son, but he was young at the time, playing lacrosse. Okay, 235 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 1: playing lacrosse, and he was probably ten somewhere around there. 236 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:34,440 Speaker 1: Maybe younger got the ball in front of the net, 237 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 1: tried to behind the head, shot behind the head, missed, 238 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 1: and he missed big, and a bunch of the parents 239 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:49,680 Speaker 1: were like catatonic, yelling and whose kid is that? I said, 240 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 1: that's my kid. I teach him to go big, to 241 00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:58,160 Speaker 1: miss big, to make mistakes. Guess what, you don't get 242 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:03,960 Speaker 1: good without make a lot of mistakes, and they're not mistakes, 243 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 1: especially at eight, nine, ten years old. How do you 244 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: think all those incredible sports stars develop the ability to 245 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 1: do what they do and make those moves and shots 246 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:19,920 Speaker 1: and do whatever they're really good at? Many different things, 247 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:25,280 Speaker 1: including missing big and I continue. All sporting activities should 248 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 1: be available to any child wishing to participate, and as 249 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:36,040 Speaker 1: far as possible, occur within the child's immediate location. Now, yeah, 250 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 1: I'm guilty. Well it's more my wife. You know. One 251 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 1: thing I'll end with is how do we stop this? 252 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:49,879 Speaker 1: It's it's really hard, but we travel like crazy for 253 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:54,880 Speaker 1: these sports. And you can wait a minute. I'm traveling 254 00:19:54,880 --> 00:20:00,479 Speaker 1: to Canada to play teams from my immediate area. I've 255 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 1: been a tournament four hours, five hours, ten hours from 256 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:08,680 Speaker 1: home to play teams that I could play. Do play 257 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,440 Speaker 1: at home? And even if you don't, is that time 258 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 1: well spent? One more story? Yes, I remember being in 259 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 1: Canada for kid hockey crazy and we got killed and 260 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:27,400 Speaker 1: the parents were catatonic, and he said, why are we 261 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:30,320 Speaker 1: coming here if not to play teams that are better 262 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:32,680 Speaker 1: than us? Are you coming here? And spending the time 263 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:35,760 Speaker 1: and the money and the resources to win tend to 264 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 1: nothing against teams that aren't good. Do you want to 265 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 1: get better? But that's the problem. Parents don't focus on development, 266 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:47,919 Speaker 1: Coaches don't focus on development. They focus on winning. And 267 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 1: it's so cliche to save it feels gross, but it's 268 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 1: true short term gains. It's the true sprint, not a 269 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:02,200 Speaker 1: mary a thon. And life is a marathon, not a sprint. 270 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 1: And it's the parents ego and I couldn't care less, 271 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 1: I really couldn't. All right, let's continue, uh back to 272 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 1: the child's immediate location. This saves both time and resources 273 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:20,440 Speaker 1: and helps develop the local community development plan. The development 274 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 1: plan for children's sport aims to give children the greatest 275 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:29,640 Speaker 1: possible variation and activities and the opportunity to develop basic 276 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 1: movement skills. Hello, people, you get good by variation. How 277 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 1: how often do I talk about variation on the show? 278 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:42,160 Speaker 1: With what we eat, with our exercise? It is essential, 279 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:46,400 Speaker 1: two kids, you get to be a great athlete by 280 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 1: playing a bunch of sports. That's how great athletes are made. 281 00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:58,119 Speaker 1: You learn different things, you create different movement patterns, and 282 00:21:58,160 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 1: if you're not going to do it as a child, 283 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 1: When are you going to do it? Let me read 284 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:05,919 Speaker 1: it one more time. So important aims to give the 285 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 1: children the greatest possible variation and activities and the opportunity 286 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:14,280 Speaker 1: to develop basic movement skills. So important. We'll come back 287 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:17,560 Speaker 1: to that. Educational plans within the individual federations and the 288 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:22,240 Speaker 1: practical implementation from coaches should follow this development plan. Okay, 289 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 1: So where we're gonna end up. They just break it 290 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 1: down into age groups. Okay, from six uh. At age 291 00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:33,000 Speaker 1: six play play and varied activities to stimulate the child's 292 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:38,120 Speaker 1: development and strengthen the basic movement skills. Again, development of 293 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:41,359 Speaker 1: many different movements and skills. From seven to nine years, 294 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 1: this age group has good opportunities to explore and practice 295 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:49,879 Speaker 1: various physical activities or sporting exercises with different movement patterns 296 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 1: so that they get a broad experience of motion. This 297 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:56,240 Speaker 1: creates a good foundation to develop a range of skills 298 00:22:56,359 --> 00:23:00,200 Speaker 1: at a later stage. Activities can be within one or 299 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 1: more sporting disciplines, but each sport has the responsibility to 300 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 1: offer a very program that is applicable to the child's 301 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:09,120 Speaker 1: level of development. So there's not just variation in sports, 302 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 1: but there's variation within the sports let me give you 303 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:17,359 Speaker 1: a quick aside. I took a coaching certification years ago 304 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 1: for hockey, taught by one of the greatest guys I've 305 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:26,680 Speaker 1: ever heard speak in relation to these concepts, I wish 306 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 1: I had recorded the whole thing. Amazing, amazing, And one 307 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 1: of the concepts he brought up, which is so relevant, 308 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 1: is that when we specialize within that sport at a 309 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,359 Speaker 1: young age. Let's take football, for example, your kids the 310 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:46,679 Speaker 1: bigger kid, right, So what do they do? What does 311 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 1: the coach do? And it makes sense at the time, right, 312 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:55,040 Speaker 1: but he makes him alignment? And so at age eight nine, 313 00:23:55,680 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 1: your kids blocking, right, and that's they do. They don't 314 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 1: catch the ball, they don't run with the ball, they 315 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 1: don't develop other skills. Then what happens at they have 316 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 1: a growth spur. And now your kids six too, and 317 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 1: they're athletic, and they've never really run the ball, touched 318 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 1: the ball, caught the ball in those football practices which 319 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,920 Speaker 1: are often two three four hours even at age ten. 320 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:31,920 Speaker 1: See what I'm talking about here, we think short term, 321 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 1: we don't develop skills and movement and and and psychological 322 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 1: There's so much going on there all right. Varied program 323 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 1: within the sports as well, okay, when you're only trying 324 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 1: to win. Sure, if Joey is the heaviest kid on 325 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 1: the team, we're gonna put him at nose guard or center. 326 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 1: But Kenny do other things within practice. Not in the US, 327 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 1: all right, ten to twelve years within this age group, 328 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 1: sports sty will be planned to offer a variety of 329 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:07,960 Speaker 1: activities with a high intensity to ensure good basic skills. 330 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:11,679 Speaker 1: Specialization in one or more sports should ensure a strong 331 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 1: tech technical FUNDAMENTU fundament which can be developed later within 332 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:21,080 Speaker 1: the child's chosen sport. Okay, so now they're starting to 333 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:24,959 Speaker 1: get a little more focused, but it's not till thirteen 334 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 1: that they really start looking at scores and caring and 335 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 1: having those championships. Let me give you one quote from 336 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:37,120 Speaker 1: the former secretary of the Norwegian Federation. She says, uh 337 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 1: ingay Anderson, we're a small country and can't afford to 338 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:46,160 Speaker 1: lose them, referring to the kids, because sport is not fun. Now, 339 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:49,920 Speaker 1: this goes to a point that I talked about frequently. 340 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 1: You know, played for some coaches and no of others 341 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:58,640 Speaker 1: who are the great Santini, and they're not doing any 342 00:25:58,680 --> 00:25:59,959 Speaker 1: of the stuff that we're talking about. But they win, 343 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:04,760 Speaker 1: but they win and people go, so they're winning. When 344 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,040 Speaker 1: you have three one million people in the country, you 345 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,920 Speaker 1: can afford to lose people. And we do seven out 346 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:13,159 Speaker 1: of ten by age thirteen, okay, And then you go 347 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 1: those three out of ten, how many of those stars 348 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 1: at eight years old? And saying this to my wife 349 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 1: for many years is the star at fifteen? And at 350 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:33,720 Speaker 1: what cost? And at what cost? Okay? And so we 351 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 1: can't afford to lose them In certain sports when you 352 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:38,919 Speaker 1: when you have a hockey team or whatever team it is, 353 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 1: with player, sure you could find and and they do. 354 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,560 Speaker 1: Twenty parents do totally look past what's going on with 355 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:51,399 Speaker 1: the coaching and with the wind at all costs mentality 356 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:55,560 Speaker 1: and what are you doing to your kid down the 357 00:26:55,600 --> 00:27:03,160 Speaker 1: road physically and psychologically? All right? And final point on this, 358 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:05,639 Speaker 1: I say so often it's that the coach who was 359 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 1: good at all, they're actually oftentimes not good. It's the 360 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:13,200 Speaker 1: kids that are good. It's the numbers too. There's enough 361 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 1: numbers and enough kids the coach if they just got 362 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 1: out of the way half the time, more more than half, 363 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:24,520 Speaker 1: I'd argue, they do even better. All right, Well, getting 364 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:26,440 Speaker 1: not worked up and say I know you like that. 365 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:30,000 Speaker 1: I said I wasn't going to go too deep here, 366 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:37,360 Speaker 1: and I haven't just enough, all right, So yeah, there's 367 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:39,720 Speaker 1: just part of the Children's Rights and sports and if 368 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:42,440 Speaker 1: you're into it, just downloaded the Children's Right in Sports 369 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:46,080 Speaker 1: document Norway really interesting, but I gave you the gist 370 00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:49,760 Speaker 1: of it. Okay, we can afford to lose them, and 371 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:53,840 Speaker 1: that's the problem. That's the numbers issue. But my gosh, 372 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:56,960 Speaker 1: five million people and the success they've had. You can't 373 00:27:57,040 --> 00:28:01,439 Speaker 1: look past the way they approach kids sports. My opinion, 374 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:05,199 Speaker 1: you're nuts if you do. All right, And one of 375 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:08,880 Speaker 1: the biggest things we're talking about here, that is my 376 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:12,359 Speaker 1: favorite topic, one of my favorite I always say my favorite. 377 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:16,400 Speaker 1: Then I realized every single show I love, but it's 378 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:20,119 Speaker 1: performance and enjoyment are not mutually exclusive. You can have 379 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:22,240 Speaker 1: a smile on your face and win a race, and 380 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:24,800 Speaker 1: some of the best do it frequently, and that's when 381 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:27,679 Speaker 1: it's really fun. And guess what, When you put in 382 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:32,520 Speaker 1: the work and you put in the the practice, the games, 383 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:36,960 Speaker 1: the events, those are easy. It's the practice that's hard. 384 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:43,360 Speaker 1: Another topic for another day, but I've experienced this myself incredibly. 385 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:48,680 Speaker 1: All right, let's wrap it up with this. You want 386 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:51,120 Speaker 1: to watch a great documentary kind of good, well not 387 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:54,480 Speaker 1: kind of but in Search of Greatness two eighteen documentary 388 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:57,760 Speaker 1: Wayne Gretzky, Jerry Rice, Pale and they talk about what 389 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:02,360 Speaker 1: I'm talking about here, playing multiple sports and unstructured practice, 390 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:07,120 Speaker 1: unstructured fun, unstructured play the kids should be doing. That's 391 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 1: when you get good, when you go outside on the 392 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:13,400 Speaker 1: pond and you play hockey for fun and you try 393 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:16,080 Speaker 1: things and you miss big without a coach or parents 394 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 1: yelling at you for trying to take this crazy shot. Now, 395 00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:24,640 Speaker 1: I know many of you are saying, well, those are outliers. Yes, 396 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:29,040 Speaker 1: of course they are. But look at Wayne Gretzky. Watched that. 397 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 1: I mean, you see what's going on in his head 398 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 1: or like the thought process. Amazing. He He's on a 399 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,720 Speaker 1: whole another level obviously. But you look at like Jerry Rice, 400 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:47,240 Speaker 1: and you look at like others, right Tom Brady who 401 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:49,360 Speaker 1: didn't do well in the combine, And that's that's talked 402 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:52,640 Speaker 1: about there. So all these things that we measure, are 403 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:54,800 Speaker 1: they important because we measure them, or do we measure 404 00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:58,239 Speaker 1: them because they're important? But there's a lot going on, 405 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:05,680 Speaker 1: and they really hit home on variation and fun and 406 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:08,240 Speaker 1: how important it is. Now you can talk about ten 407 00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:12,000 Speaker 1: thousand hours, right, Malcolm glad Well, I gotta put in 408 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,640 Speaker 1: ten thousand hours. Yeah, okay, let's make that Let's let's 409 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:16,800 Speaker 1: say that argument is true. Does it have to be 410 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:20,280 Speaker 1: or should it be the same ten thousand hours? Should 411 00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:23,240 Speaker 1: be you'd be shooting three thousand pucks a day at 412 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:26,680 Speaker 1: age eight, or should you be playing a bunch of 413 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:31,360 Speaker 1: different sports and developing all these different movement patterns and 414 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:37,360 Speaker 1: skills and concepts. You know, when hockey kids go play 415 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:39,600 Speaker 1: across the at a young age, the coaches go, oh, 416 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:41,520 Speaker 1: your kid plays hockey because they can see that they 417 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:45,680 Speaker 1: understand concepts in a different way, and then they're developing 418 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:53,600 Speaker 1: different skills that are beneficial to everything. Okay, so you 419 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:59,080 Speaker 1: want ten thousand hours, Okay, how about thousand soccer, a 420 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:04,360 Speaker 1: thousand swimming, a thousand flag football, a thousand out playing 421 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:09,320 Speaker 1: for fun? And that's the final little tidbit I'm gonna 422 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:12,479 Speaker 1: give you. I coached for a couple of years and 423 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:19,640 Speaker 1: stopped for these reasons, and then when my kids started 424 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:21,960 Speaker 1: grade school and stuff, I said, you know what great 425 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:24,440 Speaker 1: way for me to spend time with my kids and 426 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:26,640 Speaker 1: kind of give back and help kids. I started something 427 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:29,240 Speaker 1: called Fit Kids after school program, a couple days a 428 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:32,760 Speaker 1: week for kids kindergarten through second grade. I stopped the 429 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:38,360 Speaker 1: second year because parents complained. Yes, not all, but a 430 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:41,280 Speaker 1: couple of parents complained that it wasn't strict enough. They 431 00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 1: came in, they watched what I did with kindergarteners through 432 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:49,040 Speaker 1: second graders, and they wanted it to be, in their words, 433 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:56,440 Speaker 1: a boot camp, superstructured, superstructured. I just did you know 434 00:31:56,600 --> 00:32:06,640 Speaker 1: podcast on being outside the biophilia hypothesis of our time 435 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:09,800 Speaker 1: is spent indoors, not mine. But that's the average for 436 00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:15,280 Speaker 1: Americans in your house or in a building, six percent 437 00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:20,240 Speaker 1: in cars. So we don't need at kindergarten age to 438 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:23,560 Speaker 1: be in boot camps. That's my take on it. So 439 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:27,120 Speaker 1: I stopped. It can be better, It will be better, 440 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,400 Speaker 1: but we can only start with ourselves. And it's hard 441 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:34,320 Speaker 1: because you're going against the grain. I've I've I've been 442 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:39,520 Speaker 1: experiencing it, and it's been really hard. It can be 443 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:41,280 Speaker 1: really hard. I get it for those of you who 444 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:45,240 Speaker 1: are in the mix of it right now, because everyone's 445 00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:48,880 Speaker 1: doing it at a certain level in a certain way 446 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:53,440 Speaker 1: for certain sports. But just think big picture. My first 447 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:55,800 Speaker 1: goal for my kids is to have them be happy, 448 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:59,920 Speaker 1: good people. Everything else is secondary, especially when it comes 449 00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:04,080 Speaker 1: to sports. All right, so much more could talk about. 450 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:09,840 Speaker 1: We're gonna cut it there though. Ah I started. I started. 451 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:15,120 Speaker 1: I started to go dark, dark places with kids, sports 452 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:19,080 Speaker 1: and coaches, because gosh knows, I have a strong opinion 453 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:20,800 Speaker 1: on this and it will come out. Don't get me wrong, 454 00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:27,160 Speaker 1: but I'm a positive person. Focus on what we can change, 455 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:31,000 Speaker 1: focus on our attitude, focus on our kids, and just remember, 456 00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:37,520 Speaker 1: you know, that's what it's about, the long term happiness 457 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:42,560 Speaker 1: and well being of our children. And there's no one 458 00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:46,880 Speaker 1: who's more uh, you know, can crush a kid than 459 00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:50,880 Speaker 1: a coach. We all know that. We all remember vividly 460 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:54,800 Speaker 1: every single person. I would argue almost because yeah, Jim, class, 461 00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:57,800 Speaker 1: you had, you know, sports that you were thrown into 462 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:00,600 Speaker 1: whether you wanted to or not, But that line or 463 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:06,360 Speaker 1: lines that crushed you. And that's why when I did coach, 464 00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:10,920 Speaker 1: I realized how important every single word that came out 465 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:17,960 Speaker 1: of my mouth was to these kids. All right, enough, Norway, 466 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:22,880 Speaker 1: good job. Let's try to slowly weave that into sports. 467 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:26,560 Speaker 1: Here can we do it? Some are trying, but we 468 00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:29,560 Speaker 1: can only do what we can do on our own 469 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:33,719 Speaker 1: because yes, we control three things, how much we move, 470 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:36,280 Speaker 1: what we put into our mouths, and our attitudes. That's awesome. 471 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:38,840 Speaker 1: If you want to reach out, please do Tom h 472 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:42,000 Speaker 1: Fit is Instagram and Twitter. You can go to Fitness 473 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,720 Speaker 1: disrupted dot com email me through the site. My recent 474 00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:47,440 Speaker 1: book is The Micro Workout Plan. If you want my 475 00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:54,160 Speaker 1: kind of philosophy and way to truly make exercise and 476 00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:58,640 Speaker 1: a healthy lifestyle eight lifestyle. That's it, Micro Workout Plan. 477 00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:02,600 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening. I have one goal say this 478 00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:06,560 Speaker 1: at the end of the Show's about helping you live 479 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:09,080 Speaker 1: your best life. And that includes if you have kids, 480 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:13,120 Speaker 1: helping them live their best lives. All right, because it's 481 00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:17,240 Speaker 1: all connected. Thank you for listening. I'm Tom Holland, exercise physiologists, 482 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:25,839 Speaker 1: certified sports nutritionist, Believe in yourself. Fitness Disrupted is a 483 00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:29,080 Speaker 1: production of I Heart Radio. For more podcasts from My 484 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:32,759 Speaker 1: Heart Radio, visit the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, 485 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,160 Speaker 1: or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.