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Welcome to Forward.
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I am Kevin Mulhearn, publisher at Hard Knock Press.
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Before we get started, I'd like to introduce myself and explain who we are and what we're about to do.
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This is Forward, a podcast designed to build better athletes and most importantly, better people which is originally derived from our first book, which was just published called "The Long Ride Home: How to Help Your Kids Shine in Youth Sports (Without Driving Them Crazy)" by Joe Clemente, my co-host.
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Joe and I have been talking for months to roll out his book to the public, and we're both baseball nuts.
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Joe was a coach for 25 years.
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I used to coach Little League when my kid was young.
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I've been a baseball parent, for more than 10 years and I'm still very engaged in my son's college baseball career.
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But this book is not for just baseball players or baseball parents or coaches.
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It is a book for parents of any athlete playing a sport.
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And the reason why Joe and I decided to do this podcast is that we realized that there really is a void as far as any kind of guidelines, guidebook, playbook, any kind of reasonable instructions as to how parents need to act, and perhaps more importantly, not act in order to best maximize their kids' performances, and their kids' enjoyment of the sports they play.
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We realized that a lot of parents are getting things horribly wrong as far as how they treat their kids and how they talk to their kids after various games.
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So that was the concept behind Joe's book, "The Long Ride Home," which Hard Knock Press is proud to publish.
00:01:50.989 --> 00:01:59.278
And it's also gonna be the concept that underlines this podcast as we move forward on a weekly basis.
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Better athletes, better people.
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And by far the most important part of that equation is the latter, better people.
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How do we as parents raise our kids in this very complicated and complex world to be better people, to be the best person that he or she can be?
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It's quite a challenge, and the challenge is not made any easier by the burning cauldron of youth sports that exist today.
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It's really hard, and parents go in there all with the best intentions, all trying to help their kids, all thinking that they can be the next Mutt Mantle, or Derrick Jeter, or prominent parent who had a prominent role in making their kid, a very successful athlete.
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The parents are all trying to help their kids be the best version of themselves, the best athlete, and most importantly, the best person.
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But a lot of us really don't know how to do this, and I can tell you as a parent who made a ton of mistakes, and as we go forward with this podcast, you'll hear about these mistakes in great detail but I made a lot of mistakes, as a dad, and it wasn't out of any lack of love.
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I love my child a great deal, and I was supportive as best I could be.
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But at the same time, I was lost because I didn't have anybody to tell me, "Okay, Kevin, this is what you need to do.
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This is what you don't need to do, and this is what you really need to avoid." "The Long Ride Home" by Joe Clemente fills in those gaps.
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It teaches us how to act and how to foster the important and unique bond between parent and child.
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It's an essential book.
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Every person who I've given this book to look at tells me the same thing: "I wish I had this book 10 years ago, 15 years ago, when my kids first started playing sports on a competitive basis.
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This book would've really helped me be a more supportive parent." This book is an essential part of the repertoire for a parent going forward into that deep, dark, cold abyss called youth sports.
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In the weeks ahead, we’ll be talking with coaches, parents, athletes, and others who have spent their lives around youth sports.
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We hope you’ll enjoy the conversations, and we’re looking forward to having you with us.
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Thank you.
00:00:02.190 --> 00:00:02.911
Welcome to Forward.
00:00:02.911 --> 00:00:06.769
I am Kevin Mulhearn, publisher at Hard Knock Press.
00:00:06.769 --> 00:00:12.887
Before we get started, I'd like to introduce myself and explain who we are and what we're about to do.
00:00:12.887 --> 00:00:32.567
This is Forward, a podcast designed to build better athletes and most importantly, better people which is originally derived from our first book, which was just published called "The Long Ride Home: How to Help Your Kids Shine in Youth Sports (Without Driving Them Crazy)" by Joe Clemente, my co-host.
00:00:32.567 --> 00:00:40.008
Joe and I have been talking for months to roll out his book to the public, and we're both baseball nuts.
00:00:40.008 --> 00:00:41.718
Joe was a coach for 25 years.
00:00:41.718 --> 00:00:44.188
I used to coach Little League when my kid was young.
00:00:44.188 --> 00:00:51.301
I've been a baseball parent, for more than 10 years and I'm still very engaged in my son's college baseball career.
00:00:51.301 --> 00:00:57.098
But this book is not for just baseball players or baseball parents or coaches.
00:00:57.098 --> 00:01:01.329
It is a book for parents of any athlete playing a sport.
00:01:01.329 --> 00:01:31.998
And the reason why Joe and I decided to do this podcast is that we realized that there really is a void as far as any kind of guidelines, guidebook, playbook, any kind of reasonable instructions as to how parents need to act, and perhaps more importantly, not act in order to best maximize their kids' performances, and their kids' enjoyment of the sports they play.
00:01:31.998 --> 00:01:43.328
We realized that a lot of parents are getting things horribly wrong as far as how they treat their kids and how they talk to their kids after various games.
00:01:43.328 --> 00:01:50.989
So that was the concept behind Joe's book, "The Long Ride Home," which Hard Knock Press is proud to publish.
00:01:50.989 --> 00:01:59.278
And it's also gonna be the concept that underlines this podcast as we move forward on a weekly basis.
00:01:59.278 --> 00:02:03.159
Better athletes, better people.
00:02:03.159 --> 00:02:09.058
And by far the most important part of that equation is the latter, better people.
00:02:09.058 --> 00:02:19.778
How do we as parents raise our kids in this very complicated and complex world to be better people, to be the best person that he or she can be?
00:02:19.778 --> 00:02:30.468
It's quite a challenge, and the challenge is not made any easier by the burning cauldron of youth sports that exist today.
00:02:30.468 --> 00:02:51.294
It's really hard, and parents go in there all with the best intentions, all trying to help their kids, all thinking that they can be the next Mutt Mantle, or Derrick Jeter, or prominent parent who had a prominent role in making their kid, a very successful athlete.
00:02:51.294 --> 00:02:59.984
The parents are all trying to help their kids be the best version of themselves, the best athlete, and most importantly, the best person.
00:02:59.984 --> 00:03:19.545
But a lot of us really don't know how to do this, and I can tell you as a parent who made a ton of mistakes, and as we go forward with this podcast, you'll hear about these mistakes in great detail but I made a lot of mistakes, as a dad, and it wasn't out of any lack of love.
00:03:19.545 --> 00:03:24.844
I love my child a great deal, and I was supportive as best I could be.
00:03:24.844 --> 00:03:32.051
But at the same time, I was lost because I didn't have anybody to tell me, "Okay, Kevin, this is what you need to do.
00:03:32.051 --> 00:03:40.352
This is what you don't need to do, and this is what you really need to avoid." "The Long Ride Home" by Joe Clemente fills in those gaps.
00:03:40.352 --> 00:03:48.921
It teaches us how to act and how to foster the important and unique bond between parent and child.
00:03:48.921 --> 00:03:50.562
It's an essential book.
00:03:50.562 --> 00:04:01.122
Every person who I've given this book to look at tells me the same thing: "I wish I had this book 10 years ago, 15 years ago, when my kids first started playing sports on a competitive basis.
00:04:01.122 --> 00:04:16.622
This book would've really helped me be a more supportive parent." This book is an essential part of the repertoire for a parent going forward into that deep, dark, cold abyss called youth sports.
00:04:16.622 --> 00:04:26.223
In the weeks ahead, we’ll be talking with coaches, parents, athletes, and others who have spent their lives around youth sports.
00:04:26.223 --> 00:04:31.983
We hope you’ll enjoy the conversations, and we’re looking forward to having you with us.
00:04:31.983 --> 00:04:33.488
Thank you.
