Healthy Sports Parents

Jonathan Carone
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Healthy Sports Parents is a podcast for youth sports parents who care more about the kid than the outcome. Hosted by Jonathan Carone, the show explores how youth sports can be used to raise great humans and strengthen families. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 1d ago

    How To Support Your Kid's Dreams Without Pushing Too Hard (with C.J. Watson; 10-year NBA veteran + D1 Dad)

    How do you know when you're helping your kid chase their dreams and when you're pushing them too hard? Former NBA player C.J. Watson knows what it takes to compete at the highest level but when he became a sports parent, he wasn't sure he wanted his daughters to play sports at all. He'd seen firsthand how pressure, expectations, and demanding parents could take the joy out of the game. Now, as the father of three daughters, including a standout volleyball player, C.J. has learned how challenging it can be to support a kid with big dreams while making sure those dreams remain their own. In this episode of Healthy Sports Parents, C.J. joins Jonathan Carone to talk about finding the line between encouragement and pressure, why kids have to want success for themselves, and how parents can help their athletes navigate difficult moments without taking over their journey. They also discuss the role C.J.'s parents played in helping him through some of the hardest moments of his basketball career, what he wishes he'd done differently as a sports dad, and why being present for his daughters matters more than anything they accomplish on the court. Whether your kid dreams of playing professionally or simply loves being part of a team, this conversation is a reminder that our job as parents is to help them pursue their goals while protecting the relationship that matters most. -------- FROM OUR SPONSOR: Get a free sample pack with any LMNT purchase DrinkLMNT.com/HSP Pre-order The Pivot 2.0 or get 15% off your Escape insoles Andiem.com Code: HSP15OFF -------- HEALTHY SPORTS PARENTING COURSE Get access at HealthySportsParenting.com. -------- MORE FROM C.J.: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quietstorm_32 C.J's books: https://cjpens.com Quiet Storm Foundation: https://quietstormfoundation.org -------- Get your Healthy Sports Parents shirts or hat: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/shop --------- Get your Weekend Playbook: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/playbook ----------- Follow us on social: https://www.instagram.com/healthysportsparents https://www.tiktok.com/@healthysportsparents https://www.facebook.com/healthysportsparents https://www.threads.net/healthysportsparents New episodes every Wednesday. --------- Get your Healthy Sports Parents gear: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/shop --------- Get your Weekend Playbook: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/playbook ----------- Follow us on social: https://www.instagram.com/healthysportsparents https://www.tiktok.com/@healthysportsparents https://www.facebook.com/healthysportsparents https://www.threads.net/healthysportsparents Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    How To Support Your Kid's Dreams Without Pushing Too Hard (with C.J. Watson; 10-year NBA veteran + D1 Dad)

  2. Nov 4

    The Hardest Balance To Find As a Sports Parent (with 4x Olympic Gold Medalist Libby Trickett)

    How do you know when your kid needs a break and when they need encouragement to work through something uncomfortable? Finding that balance is one of the hardest parts of being a sports parent. We want our kids to develop resilience, learn to do hard things, and discover what they're capable of but we also want to make sure they're not overwhelmed by schedules, expectations, and activities they no longer enjoy. In this episode of Healthy Sports Parents, Jonathan Carone talks with Libby Trickett, four-time Olympic gold medalist and mother of five, about navigating that balance. Jonathan shares two very different situations from his own family: a daughter who loves soccer but needs a break from doing so much, and a son who's hesitant to try something new that he might really enjoy. Together, Jonathan and Libby explore how parents can recognize what their kids need without making every decision for them. Libby also shares how her own parents approached her swimming career, why she didn't specialize until after high school, and what she's learning about helping her own children navigate challenges, disappointment, and discomfort. Ultimately, sometimes our kids need us to encourage them to keep going while other times they need us to recognize they've had enough. Knowing that difference is one of the hardest parts of being a sport parent. -------- FROM OUR SPONSOR: Get a free sample pack with any LMNT purchase DrinkLMNT.com/HSP -------- HEALTHY SPORTS PARENTING COURSE Get access at HealthySportsParenting.com. -------- MORE FROM LIBBY: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/libby_trickett Sportish: https://www.sportish.com.au/ -------- Get your Healthy Sports Parents shirts or hat: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/shop --------- Get your Weekend Playbook: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/playbook ----------- Follow us on social: https://www.instagram.com/healthysportsparents https://www.tiktok.com/@healthysportsparents https://www.facebook.com/healthysportsparents https://www.threads.net/healthysportsparents New episodes every Wednesday. --------- Get your Healthy Sports Parents gear: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/shop --------- Get your Weekend Playbook: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/playbook ----------- Follow us on social: https://www.instagram.com/healthysportsparents https://www.tiktok.com/@healthysportsparents https://www.facebook.com/healthysportsparents https://www.threads.net/healthysportsparents Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The Hardest Balance To Find As a Sports Parent (with 4x Olympic Gold Medalist Libby Trickett)

  3. Oct 28

    Kids Need Connection Before Correct (with award winning principal Amen Rahh)

    How do we hold kids accountable while making sure they know we care about them? In this episode of Healthy Sports Parents, Jonathan Carone sits down with Amen “Principal Rahh” Rahh, an award-winning principal and founder of Knowlej, to talk about why kids need connection before correction. Drawing from his experience as a principal in Compton, California, Amen explains why understanding what’s happening beneath a child’s behavior can change the way we parent, coach, and lead. Jonathan and Amen discuss how to balance accountability with connection, why adults need to spend more time catching kids doing things right, and how recognizing progress can build confidence in young people. They also explore the importance of investing in opportunities for kids, giving them a voice in decisions that affect them, and creating communities where every child has a chance to succeed. Whether you're a parent, coach, or educator, this conversation will challenge you to think about how your reactions, expectations, and relationships shape the kids in your care. -------- HEALTHY SPORTS PARENTING COURSE Get access at HealthySportsParenting.com. -------- MORE FROM PRINCIPAL RAHH: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/principalrahh Website: https://www.knowlej.io/ -------- Get your Healthy Sports Parents shirts or hat: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/shop --------- Get your Weekend Playbook: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/playbook ----------- Follow us on social: https://www.instagram.com/healthysportsparents https://www.tiktok.com/@healthysportsparents https://www.facebook.com/healthysportsparents https://www.threads.net/healthysportsparents New episodes every Wednesday. --------- Get your Healthy Sports Parents gear: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/shop --------- Get your Weekend Playbook: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/playbook ----------- Follow us on social: https://www.instagram.com/healthysportsparents https://www.tiktok.com/@healthysportsparents https://www.facebook.com/healthysportsparents https://www.threads.net/healthysportsparents Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Kids Need Connection Before Correct (with award winning principal Amen Rahh)

  4. Oct 21

    Your Kid Needs Time To Fall In Love With Their Sport (with Natasha Watley, 2X Olympic Medalist)

    Kids need time to figure out what they love. But in a youth sports culture that pushes kids toward travel teams, year-round training, and specialization earlier and earlier, it can feel like there’s no time to wait. Natasha Watley became one of the best softball players in the world, winning an NCAA National Championship at UCLA, an Olympic gold medal, and an Olympic silver medal. But her journey didn’t start with dreams of becoming an Olympian. She played recreational softball until middle school, played only in the spring, and says she didn’t realize how far softball could take her until high school. In this episode of Healthy Sports Parents, Natasha talks with Jonathan Carone about how her parents gave her the space to fall in love with softball on her own timeline, the difference between guiding a talented kid and pushing them, why the desire to pursue something has to come from the child, and how unconditional love gave her the freedom to fail. They also talk about the growing cost of youth sports, why recreational opportunities matter for older kids, what sports can teach kids about failure and confidence, and why the entire journey of parenting and development is a slow burn. For sports parents wondering how much to push, when to step in, or whether their kid is falling behind, this conversation is a reminder that kids need time to fall in love with their sport. -------- HEALTHY SPORTS PARENTING COURSE Get access at HealthySportsParenting.com. -------- MORE FROM NATASHA: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natashawatley29 Website: https://natashawatley.com/ -------- FROM OUR SPONSORS: JAX Athletics Coupon Code: HSP15 for 15% off https://jaxathletics.com/ -------- Get your Healthy Sports Parents shirts or hat: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/shop --------- Get your Weekend Playbook: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/playbook ----------- Follow us on social: https://www.instagram.com/healthysportsparents https://www.tiktok.com/@healthysportsparents https://www.facebook.com/healthysportsparents https://www.threads.net/healthysportsparents New episodes every Wednesday. --------- Get your Healthy Sports Parents gear: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/shop --------- Get your Weekend Playbook: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/playbook ----------- Follow us on social: https://www.instagram.com/healthysportsparents https://www.tiktok.com/@healthysportsparents https://www.facebook.com/healthysportsparents https://www.threads.net/healthysportsparents Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Your Kid Needs Time To Fall In Love With Their Sport (with Natasha Watley, 2X Olympic Medalist)

  5. Oct 14

    Your Relationship With Your Kid Matters More Than Their Potential (with Craig Young, family therapist + Bryce Young's father)

    What happens when helping your kid reach their potential starts hurting your relationship with them? Craig Young is the father of Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young, but he’s also spent more than 25 years working in mental health and family systems. Even with all that training, Craig admits he got it wrong with Bryce. At times, he became so focused on helping his son reach his potential that he pushed him to the point where Bryce didn’t want to be around him anymore. In this conversation with Jonathan Carone, Craig shares how that moment changed the way he parented, why our kids need to know their value isn’t tied to their performance, how families can support talented athletes without making sports their entire identity, and why giving kids room to fail can actually help them play with more freedom. No matter how much potential our kids have, reaching it should never cost us our relationship with them. -------- HEALTHY SPORTS PARENTING COURSE Get access at HealthySportsParenting.com. -------- MORE FROM CRAIG: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cjbyoung Growing Up Young book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H2BBQ6ZK -------- FROM OUR SPONSORS: JAX Athletics Coupon Code: HSP15 for 15% off https://jaxathletics.com/ -------- Get your Healthy Sports Parents shirts or hat: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/shop --------- Get your Weekend Playbook: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/playbook ----------- Follow us on social: https://www.instagram.com/healthysportsparents https://www.tiktok.com/@healthysportsparents https://www.facebook.com/healthysportsparents https://www.threads.net/healthysportsparents New episodes every Wednesday. --------- Get your Healthy Sports Parents gear: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/shop --------- Get your Weekend Playbook: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/playbook ----------- Follow us on social: https://www.instagram.com/healthysportsparents https://www.tiktok.com/@healthysportsparents https://www.facebook.com/healthysportsparents https://www.threads.net/healthysportsparents Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Your Relationship With Your Kid Matters More Than Their Potential (with Craig Young, family therapist + Bryce Young's father)

  6. Oct 7

    What If We've Gotten Toughness Wrong in Youth Sports? (with Megan Bartlett; CHJS)

    What if the way we’ve been trying to build toughness in young athletes is actually making it harder for them to grow? Megan Bartlett, Founder of the Center for Healing and Justice Through Sport, joins Jonathan Carone to talk about what kids actually need to handle pressure, take risks, recover from mistakes, and become more resilient. They talk about why feeling safe doesn’t mean lowering standards, how resilience is actually built, why different kids may need different paths to reach the same expectations, and how the emotions of parents and coaches affect the athletes around them. They also get into what regulation really means, why repair matters when we get it wrong, and why play, laughter, and connection still belong in competitive youth sports. If we want to raise kids who can handle hard things, maybe the answer isn’t simply making things harder. -------- HEALTHY SPORTS PARENTING COURSE Get access at HealthySportsParenting.com. -------- MORE FROM MEGAN: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chjsorg/ Website: https://chjs.org -------- Get your Healthy Sports Parents shirts or hat: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/shop --------- Get your Weekend Playbook: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/playbook ----------- Follow us on social: https://www.instagram.com/healthysportsparents https://www.tiktok.com/@healthysportsparents https://www.facebook.com/healthysportsparents https://www.threads.net/healthysportsparents New episodes every Wednesday. --------- Get your Healthy Sports Parents gear: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/shop --------- Get your Weekend Playbook: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/playbook ----------- Follow us on social: https://www.instagram.com/healthysportsparents https://www.tiktok.com/@healthysportsparents https://www.facebook.com/healthysportsparents https://www.threads.net/healthysportsparents Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    What If We've Gotten Toughness Wrong in Youth Sports? (with Megan Bartlett; CHJS)

  7. Sep 30

    It's Okay If Your Kid's Not Good At Sports Yet (with 2x MLB All-Star Carlos Quentin)

    Two-time MLB All-Star Carlos Quentin joins Healthy Sports Parents for a conversation about youth sports parenting, athlete development and why kids don’t need to be great at sports right now. After nine seasons in Major League Baseball, Carlos is now experiencing youth sports as a parent and coach. He shares how being an elite athlete affected the way he initially approached coaching his own kids, why he learned to give them more space to develop, and why parents shouldn’t be in such a hurry to find out how good their young athlete can be. Carlos and Jonathan also talk about failure and rejection in sports, handling pressure and expectations, helping young athletes build mental skills, allowing kids to struggle, and how parents can support their child’s development without taking ownership of their sports experience. Carlos Quentin is a two-time MLB All-Star who played for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago White Sox and San Diego Padres. He is also the founder of Before The Field, which helps athletes develop the mental skills needed to navigate competition, pressure and adversity. -------- HEALTHY SPORTS PARENTING COURSE Get access at HealthySportsParenting.com. -------- MORE FROM CARLOS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beforethefield Website: https://www.beforethefield.com/ PROMO CODE: BTFHEALTHY3 - Free 3 months -------- FROM OUR SPONSORS: JAX Athletics Coupon Code: HSP15 for 15% off https://jaxathletics.com/ -------- Get your Healthy Sports Parents shirts or hat: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/shop --------- Get your Weekend Playbook: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/playbook ----------- Follow us on social: https://www.instagram.com/healthysportsparents https://www.tiktok.com/@healthysportsparents https://www.facebook.com/healthysportsparents https://www.threads.net/healthysportsparents New episodes every Wednesday. --------- Get your Healthy Sports Parents gear: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/shop --------- Get your Weekend Playbook: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/playbook ----------- Follow us on social: https://www.instagram.com/healthysportsparents https://www.tiktok.com/@healthysportsparents https://www.facebook.com/healthysportsparents https://www.threads.net/healthysportsparents Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    It's Okay If Your Kid's Not Good At Sports Yet (with 2x MLB All-Star Carlos Quentin)

  8. Sep 23

    Are We Making Youth Sports Too Hard for Kids to Play? (with Zechariah Thomas, retired pro hockey + founder of Swift Hockey)

    Youth sports are getting more expensive, more competitive, and more structured at younger ages. So what happens to the kids and families who simply want a chance to play? In this episode, Healthy Sports Parents founder Jonathan Carone talks with retired professional hockey player and Swift Hockey founder Zechariah Thomas about the growing barriers to youth sports. They discuss kids entering travel hockey as early as kindergarten, why taking a summer off can make it harder to make a winter team, the difference between formal training and simply playing, the rising cost of ice time, and why accessibility has become such an important part of Zechariah’s work. Zechariah also shares what his own parents did to make hockey possible for him, why roller hockey could help more kids discover the sport, and the lesson he believes every sports parent needs to hear: let your kid be the one pulling you toward the game. If youth sports are supposed to give kids opportunities to grow, learn, compete, and belong, we have to ask whether the system we’ve built is making those opportunities harder to reach. -------- HEALTHY SPORTS PARENTING COURSE Get access at HealthySportsParenting.com. -------- MORE FROM ZECHARIAH: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zechthomass/ Website: https://swifthockey.com/ -------- FROM OUR SPONSORS: Interested in sponsoring an episode? Hello@HealthySportsParents.com -------- Get your Healthy Sports Parents shirts: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/shop --------- Get your Weekend Playbook: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/playbook ----------- Follow us on social: https://www.instagram.com/healthysportsparents https://www.tiktok.com/@healthysportsparents https://www.facebook.com/healthysportsparents https://www.threads.net/healthysportsparents New episodes every Wednesday. --------- Get your Healthy Sports Parents gear: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/shop --------- Get your Weekend Playbook: https://www.healthysportsparents.com/playbook ----------- Follow us on social: https://www.instagram.com/healthysportsparents https://www.tiktok.com/@healthysportsparents https://www.facebook.com/healthysportsparents https://www.threads.net/healthysportsparents Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Are We Making Youth Sports Too Hard for Kids to Play? (with Zechariah Thomas, retired pro hockey + founder of Swift Hockey)
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Healthy Sports Parents is a podcast for youth sports parents who care more about the kid than the outcome. Hosted by Jonathan Carone, the show explores how youth sports can be used to raise great humans and strengthen families. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Jonathan Carone
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    74
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Jonathan Carone
  • Show Website
    Healthy Sports Parents

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