Youth Coaches

I have a major axe to grind with crappy youth coaches. I had bad experiences growing up that shaped my perception of myself and athletics, but what I experienced was nothing like what Coach Madeline Norris dealt with.It’s actually the first time I’ve heard this story, and it shocked me. Not only because of what happened to her but because of what I see her do with our youth athletes to help inspire the exact opposite effect on them.But this goes on. I see kids subjected to playing through injuries, playing sports year round even when they don’t want to, being yelled and screamed at and worse. I think all of our coaches here have experienced that at some point, so we coach from a positive perspective and an overall view of the intention of the future. For all of that and more, I just appreciate the heck out of Madeline. She’s just an incredible human and we are all lucky to have her here at Sandpoint Strength.*Sorry about the audio, I thought I had it all figured out, but apparently not. https://open.spotify.com/show/5skqhUNSwGGdxmMZNDn5I3 https://podcasts.apple.com/…/sandpoint…/id1773113559