For this episode I had a great conversation with Dani Gordon.
Dani played travel and high school soccer, youth and high school basketball, summer softball and was a competitive figure skater until she was 12.
She played Division 1 college soccer at the University of Detroit, where she received a degree in mechanical engineering.
Dani also coached travel soccer for over 20 years in Michigan before moving to Cincinnati. She has a 13 year old daughter who plays soccer and basketball and a 10 year old son who plays hockey and soccer.
Full disclosure here, Dani was my daughter’s first club soccer coach. If there’s anything I’ve learned to do right as a sports parent, I likely picked it up from her.
Dani says parent sometimes view their kid’s athletic success as a status symbol.
Here’s some questions I’d love for you think about this week:
Is my pride the reason I need my kid to win?
What do I need to do to make sure my insecurities aren’t bleeding into my kid’s sporting experience?
What steps to do I need to take to make sure I’m mindful of what’s best for their well-being?