Coaching the Athletic Mind Podcast - Episode 34 - Generational Wisdom: Coaching Kids in the 90's to Now

In episode 34 of the Coaching the Athletic Mind podcast, host Megan Weaver interviews her dad about his 20-year coaching background and compares coaching youth softball in the 1990s/2000s with today's players Megan now coaches. They discuss his laid-back, encouraging coaching style; strong feeder programs and facilities in Madison; the intensity shift from JV to varsity; Megan’s junior-year bench experience, late-night batting cage work, and creating a VHS highlight reel that helped her get recruited to play at Le Moyne. They explore mindset topics like shaking off mistakes, players spiraling after errors, negativity bias, and the need to practice celebrating “wins,” including examples Megan forgot but her dad remembered, plus her over-the-fence home run. They also cover parent reactions to playing time, team roles, and how sports built family memories.