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Raising Pro Athletes - Decoding What Parents of Pro Athletes do DIFFERENT
Your kid wants to be a pro athlete. Now what?
Behind every pro athlete is a parent who believed first, who showed up, adapted, and refused to quit. Nobody talks about them. Until now.
Raising Pro Athletes decodes what the parents of today's top athletes did DIFFERENT.
Host Marina Kuperman Villatoro moved her family across the world for her son's rock climbing career and learned the hard truth: the parent is the hidden variable.
Richard Williams drove Serena and Venus to cracked Compton courts at 5 AM, filmed training videos, and mailed them to coaches who laughed. Everyone called him crazy.
We know how that story ended.
Real talk. No playbook. Just parents figuring it out, one episode at a time.
It takes a Strategic Village to Raise an Athlete. This is your village.
Raising Pro Athletes - Decoding What Parents of Pro Athletes do DIFFERENT
Latest Episodes
Before the Olympic Gold: What Toby Roberts' Dad Did Unwatched for 10 Years
When the world shut down, Toby Roberts’ dad built a backyard climbing wall. Years later, Toby won Olympic Gold. A global shutdown wipes out climbing gyms and competitions, so we look at what actually keeps a young athlete mov...
How Haley Langland’s Parents Built A Pro Snowboarder
What does it really take to raise an X Games champion? Discover how Hailey Langland’s parents nurtured her wild side to make snowboarding history.Haley Langland’s X Games moment shows what can happen when talent meets a family wil...
Oriane Bertone: How Non-Climbing Parents Built An Olympic Rock Climber
How do teachers with zero climbing experience raise an Olympian? Discover the unconventional sports parenting behind Oriane Bertone's massive success.In this episode of Raising Pro Athletes, I'm exploring the incredible true story...
What If Grit Is Just Unseen Harm? Abuse is never the Training Plan
We challenge the way people glorify “grit” in elite athletes when that grit may come from abusive homes and toxic pressure. We argue that survivorship bias makes harmful parenting and coaching look like a winning formula, even when most kids pa...
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What Michael Jordan's Biography Revealed About Toxic Sports Parenting and Hypocrisy
Suprising reaction to Michael Jordan's biography that left me physically shaken, not by his talent but by the family dynamics behind the legend. Wrestling with what it means to study athlete molding and parental support when the pub...