An honest, painful, necessary episode about the epidemic of absent fathers in youth sports — and the coaches who silently fill that gap without being asked.
"The greatest threat to youth sports is not bad coaching. It is good men who go silent."
— Bobby Zavala · Ep. 84
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0:00The Stat That Stopped Me Cold
I have had boys — 13, 14 years old — who would literally follow me to my car just to get five more minutes. That is not about basketball. That is about something much deeper...
12:00Stories From the Sideline
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28:30What Coaches Carry That No One Sees
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45:00A Message to the Men in the Room
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1:01:00What We Can Actually Do
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