Nobody hands you a manual when your kid starts playing at this level. You find out what you didn't know in real time, usually at the worst possible moment to be learning it, with no quick answers on how to get through it.
I wrote The Home Team after six years inside these gyms building real relationships with these kids and the families raising them, and twenty years raising my own athlete through every bit of it myself.
Twenty-one conversations for the moments nobody warns you about…the ones that actually change how your family gets through a season and stays connected along the way.
$21. A dollar a day.
Sample Conversations Include:
When They Go Down. What to say in the ER waiting room, and what your athlete actually needs to hear once the scan comes back.
The 24-Hour Rule. The rule that keeps you from firing off that text to the coach the second you get home, and why waiting one day changes what you actually end up saying.
You Need a Team Too. Who to call before you call the coach, so you're not carrying this season alone.
Parents Are the Problem. The blunt truth about what turns a supportive parent into the one everyone talks about on the sideline, and how to stay on the right side of it.
Recruiting: When the Clock Starts. The exact date college coaches are legally allowed to contact your athlete, and what needs to be ready before that call comes.
Presence. The one thing that matters more than every gear list, meal plan, and recruiting timeline combined.
I wrote this so that on the night you need it, it's already in your hands.
This is Season One. There's a road ahead longer than these twenty one days, and I'll be walking every bit of it with you.
Nobody hands you a manual when your kid starts playing at this level. You find out what you didn't know in real time, usually at the worst possible moment to be learning it, with no quick answers on how to get through it.
I wrote The Home Team after six years inside these gyms building real relationships with these kids and the families raising them, and twenty years raising my own athlete through every bit of it myself.
Twenty-one conversations for the moments nobody warns you about…the ones that actually change how your family gets through a season and stays connected along the way.
$21. A dollar a day.
Sample Conversations Include:
When They Go Down. What to say in the ER waiting room, and what your athlete actually needs to hear once the scan comes back.
The 24-Hour Rule. The rule that keeps you from firing off that text to the coach the second you get home, and why waiting one day changes what you actually end up saying.
You Need a Team Too. Who to call before you call the coach, so you're not carrying this season alone.
Parents Are the Problem. The blunt truth about what turns a supportive parent into the one everyone talks about on the sideline, and how to stay on the right side of it.
Recruiting: When the Clock Starts. The exact date college coaches are legally allowed to contact your athlete, and what needs to be ready before that call comes.
Presence. The one thing that matters more than every gear list, meal plan, and recruiting timeline combined.
I wrote this so that on the night you need it, it's already in your hands.
This is Season One. There's a road ahead longer than these twenty one days, and I'll be walking every bit of it with you.