The Reformed Sports Parent | Nick Buonocore
Episode 63, Jul 20, 2020, 12:19 AM
This episode of the Love What You Play podcast features Nick Buonocore, founder of The Reformed Sports Parent. Nick played baseball and won a national championship at N.C. Wesleyan and also played professionally in Europe. Today his vision is to restore healthy balance and perspective in youth sports through education and advocacy. You can learn more about Nick and The Reformed Sports Parent here: https://reformedsportsparent.com/about-us
Table of Contents
0:00 - Introduction
1:30 - Growing up playing sports
5:30 - Issues facing youth sports
13:00 - Early sport specialization
16:00 - Connecting with industry experts
25:00 - Popular quotes
31:00 - The problems with competitive sports teams
39:00 - How we create progress
48:00 - Making sports fun again
51:00 - Encouraging mistakes
53:00 - Book recommendations
54:00 - Conclusion/where to find Nick
The interview featured on this episode of the Love What You Play podcast originally debuted on the For the Love of the Game free spring Virtual Summit 2020. To learn more about our upcoming summits and events with featured speakers, head to fortheloveofthegame.ca/events