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What if coaching is about more than building winners? Coach Huddy, Coach Tanner Field of B3rd Athletics, and Coach Tanner Baumann explore how coaches and parents can help young athletes face failure, manage pressure, and grow into resilient adults. Tanner Field shares lessons from his coaching journey and the mission behind B3rd Athletics https://www.b3rdathletics.com: God, Others, Me. The conversation covers how to create a safe place to fail, build a repeatable response to mistakes, prepare athletes mentally as well as physically, and support kids without tying their worth to performance. You'll hear practical ideas for:

• Helping athletes move forward after mistakes
• Using gratitude to steady nerves in high-pressure moments
• Making practices challenging in ways that prepare players for adversity
• Supporting kids after the game with encouragement that isn’t about stats
• Building confidence, character, and faith alongside athletic skill

A thoughtful conversation for coaches, parents, and anyone invested in the next generation—about why the lessons learned through sports can matter long after the final whistle.

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When you sit in the stands as a sports parent, coaching looks different—and so does every sideline complaint, playing-time argument, and postgame conversation. Coach Huddy and Amanda unpack the uncomfortable truth behind a question many coaches avoid: do sports parents actually make better coaches? They start with a quote about parents who don’t want to hear adults bash kids, coaches, or refs, then use it to explore the real issue: empathy. Huddy talks about how becoming a parent changed the way he sees other families, while Amanda challenges the idea that parenting alone should change a coach’s standards. That tension leads to a candid conversation about communication, expectations, sideline behavior, and how to help families understand a player’s role on a team. In this episode, they discuss:

• How setting clear expectations before the season can prevent parent-coach conflict
• Why honest communication about playing time, effort, and roles matters
• How becoming a sports parent can change a coach’s perspective
• When empathy helps—and when it may not resolve the conflict
• The difference between coaching from the sideline and watching from the stands

If you’re a coach, a sports parent, or both, this episode looks at how to see the game through someone else’s eyes without losing your own standards. The episode also features the Idaho Steelheads in the show’s mascot segment, with a look at the team’s history and Boise’s sports culture.

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A 24-hour road trip, a football game, and two couples that somehow stayed friends the whole way through—this episode is the road-trip-in-a-car chaos, Midwest wonder, and sports obsession combo you didn’t know you needed. Coach Huddy and the full crew break down a massive journey across Wyoming, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, and Idaho, with stops that range from Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse to Field of Dreams, Deadwood, Green Bay, and Lake Michigan. Along the way, they compare the beauty of the Black Hills to the endless plains, swap stories about friendly strangers, and unpack what it feels like to cross states that are bigger than some countries. You’ll discover:

• Why Field of Dreams is still one of the coolest sports destinations in America
• What made Green Bay family night feel like a once-in-a-lifetime experience
• How a steak restaurant where you grill your own meal became one of the trip’s biggest highlights
• Why the contrast between tourist expectations and real-world hospitality changed how they saw the country
• What surprised them most about the Midwest, from cornfields to fog to the sheer size of the road trip itself

The crew also gets candid about the cost of attending pro games now, what makes stadium experiences feel less accessible than they used to, and why family-night football in Green Bay still matters to everyday fans. If you’ve ever wondered whether a long road trip is worth it just to watch a kid play and chase a sports memory, this conversation makes the case hard. Then things get competitive. The episode closes with a fast-paced mascot trivia game covering universities across Wyoming, Iowa, Wisconsin, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Illinois, and more—plus a “mascot of the week” deep cut from Gillette, Wyoming, where the Campbell County Camels have a story stranger than you’d expect. Perfect for sports fans, road-trip lovers, and anyone who enjoys family travel stories with a side of trivia, this one is packed with laughs, local color, and plenty of reasons to start planning your own adventure.

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