I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Andy Chitty. His son Sam attends Bucknell University in Pennsylvania. This was a conversation that uncovered several metaphors, ironies, and paradoxes of life. The interview with Andy was open, candid, and very informative. I would suggest any parent of a student-athlete to listen to this episode. We uncovered some valuable gems in this conversation. Some of the highlights of our conversation were:

• Doing things that you don’t like to do…so that you can do the things that you want to do
• Minimizing the pressure on children to succeed
• Sports parents, politics, and perceived iniquities
• Lessons that pay dividends
• Intrinsic motivation
• Attending college 3000 miles away
• The psychology of transitioning from sports to life

The goal here is to share information, experience, stories, and dialogue to better help our student-athletes. Would you be willing to discuss the topics below?

If your new to the Sports Mastery podcast, check out the bullet points below. I’ve been interviewing the parents of student-athletes for the last 3 weeks.

• What is your #1 strategy that you use at home to develop discipline with your student-athlete?

• When you find your student-athlete procrastinating how do you motivate him or her to take action?

• How do you use reflective thinking to support achievement?
  

• What are your student-athlete’s barriers and limitations?