Responsible Sports Podcast Library | Youth Sports Podcasts
Responsible Sports Podcast Series: Jim Thompson chats with sports celebrities
Each episode, Positive Coaching Alliance Founder and Executive Director, Jim Thompson, interviews prominent former athletes, coaches and general managers who share their insights on Responsible Sports from their own sports careers. Listen in as they talk about filling emotional tanks, bouncing back from mistakes, staying motivated through long seasons to continually give 100% effort, and how they translated their sports experience to invaluable life lessons.
Feb 1, 2010
39:04
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Dot Richardson | Teammates
In this episode, Jim talks with USA Softball Olympic Medalist Dot Richardson who shares her insights on how teammates play a pivotal role in helping athletes bounce back from mistakes and stay motivated. Dot reflects on a critical moment in Olympic history when the team had to recover from unexpected losses and how they refocused and rebounded. Dot also talks about how the lessons she learned on the softball field have translated to her professional career as a successful surgeon.
Jan 15, 2010
23:11
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Doc Rivers | Filling Players’ Emotional Tanks
In this episode, Jim catches up with NBA Celtics Head Coach Doc Rivers right after practice and the two discuss how to keep players’ emotional tanks full. Doc shares his strategies for coaching positively from the sidelines, how to involve both starters and bench players, how players can fill each others’ emotional tanks, and even shares some of his techniques used in pre-game and half-time chalk talks. Doc candidly relays real-life experiences with his current players and provides great examples that both coaches and players can use with their youth athletes.
Dec 4, 2009
23:33
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Summer Sanders | Motivation
In this episode, Jim welcomes former Olympic swimmer Summer Sanders. Summer reflects on the coaches who influenced her career, keeping her motivated, positive and focused. She also talks about the important “home-coaching” provided by her mom and how she hopes to support her kids in their athletic careers.
Nov 20, 2009
31:11
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Tony Dorsett | Overcoming Adversity & Mistakes
In this episode, Jim talks with Hall of Fame running back Tony Dorsett, who shares rarely heard stories from professional athletes on how they overcome challenges, how coaches help them bounce back from mistakes, and how parents can help young athletes focus on learning valuable life lessons from youth sports.
Nov 6, 2009
30:13
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Alexi Lalas | Setting Goals
In this episode, Jim talks with former World Cup soccer player Alexi Lalas. Alexi shares with Jim how he set goals for himself as a premiere defenseman and how he stayed motivated to achieve both his goals and his team’s goals.
Oct 23, 2009
30:06
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Ronnie Lott | Emotional Tanks
In this episode, Jim talks with Hall of Fame NFL cornerback and safety Ronnie Lott, about the notion of an Emotional Tank and how, just like a gas tank, when it’s full we can go anywhere we want to, but when it’s empty we can’t go at all. Ronnie shares his thoughts on how his tank was filled by coaches and fellow players, how he fill his son’s tank on and off the football field, and how he even works to fill the tank of his son’s coaches.
Oct 9, 2009
33:08
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Doug Wilson | ELM Tree of Mastery
In this episode, Jim talks about the principle of coaching for mastery with Doug Wilson, former NHL hockey player and current general manager of the NHL San Jose Sharks. You’ll hear Jim and Doug discuss how parents and coaches can encourage youth athletes to focus on three main principles – effort, learning and bouncing back from mistakes – the “ELM Tree of Mastery.”
Recent Podcasts (view)
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February 1, 2010
39:04
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January 15, 2010
23:11
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December 4, 2009
23:33
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November 20, 2009
31:11
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November 6, 2009
30:13
