What if there is a better way to run a coaching clinic? What if you can get your coaches involved more and that they become better coaches? Well, there might just be a way.

Mike and I discuss how you can make your neighborhood more engaging and fun for your kids.

I discuss the transtheoretical model of change with Dr. Kym Fasczewski from Appalachian State University.

Travis Dorsch, PhD from the Families in Sport Lab at Utah State U and I discuss the recent survey it conducted for Project Play; the survey data is being used in Project Play's #Dontretirekids campaign.

Ron and I discuss youth sports and the landscape of youth sports coaching.

Doug Ingram discusses his mountaineering exploits in Antarctica and Everest along with his history working at the United States Olympic Committee.

Jeff Richardson is a middle school teacher and baseball coach in tiny Houston, Missouri who has been able to implement the concepts of long-term athlete development in his community’s parks and rec department. He is also working to integrate LTAD into the schools.We discuss his background as a baseball coach and how his views on developing pitchers has evolved from looking at “mechanics” to “movement”.Jeff shares his discovery of LTAD and how it resonated with him.We discuss how he went about getting stakeholders in the community to buy into the LTAD concept.The interview serves as a primer for those who want to move past talking about LTAD and start “doing” LTAD.We also discuss small town life and go off on a few tangents.Jeff’s efforts were profiled in his local newspaper.You can follow Jeff on Twitter @J_Richardson12.

Let's talk sleep with Amy Bender! Why we sleep; what happens when we sleep; what happens when we do not get good sleep. Great sleep tips!!!

Due to some conference and workshop I need to skip a pod. Sorry!

Glenn Young is a former Vancouver, BC PE teacher and district coordinator who is an advocate for physical literacy although he is not a huge fan of the term “physical literacy” (PL). We discuss Glenn’s background and he became an evangelist including his being involved in the early discussions in Canada. We get into the history of the term “physical literacy” starting around 2000 with the obesity and inactivity crises in Canada. Glenn shares his definition and explains why getting hung up on a definition can be detrimental to implementing PL. Glenn reminds us that the kids in the PE class are the clients and a stakeholder. We discuss how physical activity, education and literacy differ and how he worked with non-PE teachers in schools to get kids physically active. He shares his thoughts on Teaching Games for Understanding. You can follow Glenn on Twitter @ glennyoung_PE and is email is [email protected]. Here is an article I reference in the show from LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/developing-physical-literacy-glenn-young/