WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:02.919 This is Gary and Shannon and you're listening to KFI 2 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:05.360 A M six forty, the Gary and Shannon Show on 3 00:00:05.440 --> 00:00:07.200 demand on the iHeartRadio app. 4 00:00:08.679 --> 00:00:11.679 You know, we love your show, but you guys are rude. Well, 5 00:00:11.679 --> 00:00:15.119 one of you is off. You should announce that they're 6 00:00:15.199 --> 00:00:18.320 off and what they're doing not their life story, just 7 00:00:18.519 --> 00:00:21.160 what they're doing. So we don't all sit here and 8 00:00:21.239 --> 00:00:22.399 they're thumb you nowhere. 9 00:00:23.199 --> 00:00:25.519 Ah hmm. 10 00:00:26.719 --> 00:00:31.440 I wonder if it's rude for me to say what, No, 11 00:00:32.560 --> 00:00:35.240 I think I'll sit in that. I think maybe I 12 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:39.600 need to learn a lesson about that. Shannon's not here today. There, 13 00:00:39.799 --> 00:00:42.840 that's not her life story. I'll just leave it at that. 14 00:00:43.679 --> 00:00:44.640 What else is going on? 15 00:00:45.880 --> 00:00:49.679 Time for what's happening? 16 00:00:49.719 --> 00:00:52.079 Well, you heard Deva mention it one of the Eaglitz 17 00:00:52.240 --> 00:00:55.799 has flown Jackie in shadow of course, proud parents of 18 00:00:55.880 --> 00:00:58.880 Sonny and Gizmo and Deborah, Am I right, it's Sonny 19 00:00:58.920 --> 00:00:59.640 that took off. 20 00:00:59.799 --> 00:01:02.280 That that's what we're going with. Okay. 21 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:07.400 They have said that this is likely going to come 22 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:12.599 back and forth, that the the young eagle Lets are 23 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:16.120 not ready to venture out on their own completely just yet. 24 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:19.599 But because we have limited coverage of the cameras. We 25 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:26.519 don't know where Sonny went, so they will eagerly anticipate, eagerly, eagerly, 26 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:27.959 eagerly you. 27 00:01:28.040 --> 00:01:28.560 Can get it. 28 00:01:29.079 --> 00:01:32.719 Anticipate the return of said eagle to the nest to 29 00:01:32.719 --> 00:01:37.280 see how things go. There was a terrorist attack in Boulder, 30 00:01:37.359 --> 00:01:40.799 Colorado yesterday. FBI says the guy charged in the attack 31 00:01:41.319 --> 00:01:43.920 that left eight people injured told police that he planned 32 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:48.239 it for an entire year and specifically targeted what he 33 00:01:48.319 --> 00:01:52.719 described as a Zionist group. An FBI fi David that's 34 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:54.879 being used as part of the court case against him 35 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:57.200 said that he confessed to the attack after being taken 36 00:01:57.200 --> 00:01:59.359 into custody yesterday and told the police that he would 37 00:01:59.400 --> 00:02:03.480 do it all again. The affidavit came out in support 38 00:02:03.519 --> 00:02:06.840 of the federal hate crime charges filed by the Justice Department. 39 00:02:07.680 --> 00:02:09.879 The group that was targeted had been gathering in a 40 00:02:09.919 --> 00:02:13.159 popular pedestrian park there in Boulder to draw attention to 41 00:02:13.199 --> 00:02:18.960 the Israeli hostages who remain in Gaza. The firebombing suspect 42 00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:22.560 is due in court and is expected at some point 43 00:02:22.639 --> 00:02:25.960 in the next probably within the hour, to make his 44 00:02:26.199 --> 00:02:30.159 first court appearance. Representatives of Russia and Ukraine met for 45 00:02:30.159 --> 00:02:32.520 their second round of direct peace talks in just over 46 00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:35.000 two for the first time in just two weeks, aside 47 00:02:35.039 --> 00:02:38.680 from agreeing to swap thousands of dead and seriously wounded troops, 48 00:02:38.960 --> 00:02:42.360 no other progress towards ending the war. The talks also 49 00:02:42.479 --> 00:02:45.080 came just a day after a bunch of long range 50 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:51.400 attacks by both sides, where missiles and drones were used 51 00:02:51.520 --> 00:02:55.240 from Russia against Ukraine, but then a more devastating attack 52 00:02:55.360 --> 00:02:58.639 is the Ukrainian drones were used on several air bases 53 00:02:58.680 --> 00:03:01.199 in Russia to take out some of their long range 54 00:03:01.319 --> 00:03:06.919 bombers also internationally and dramatic video, tourists on an expedition 55 00:03:07.039 --> 00:03:10.520 near Mount Etna filmed running for their safety after a 56 00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:13.520 huge ash plume erupted from the volcano. 57 00:03:13.599 --> 00:03:13.919 Today. 58 00:03:14.360 --> 00:03:17.439 Dramatic video showed them scrambling away from the summit as 59 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:21.080 this dark ashes billowed into the sky over the eastern 60 00:03:21.159 --> 00:03:22.360 coast of Sicily. 61 00:03:22.960 --> 00:03:23.599 They said that. 62 00:03:25.240 --> 00:03:27.759 A fountain of lava had also begun to flow from 63 00:03:27.759 --> 00:03:32.400 the volcano's southeast crater, though it hadn't breached the Valley 64 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:35.560 of the Leo, which is kind of a basin natural 65 00:03:35.599 --> 00:03:38.280 basin there that kind of keeps the lava in the 66 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:42.360 Volcanic Ash Advisory Center of Toulouse said activity was also 67 00:03:42.719 --> 00:03:46.840 already decreasing, no reported injuries, but pretty terrifying if you 68 00:03:46.879 --> 00:03:48.759 were up on the if you're up. 69 00:03:48.719 --> 00:03:49.879 On that mountain anywhere near. 70 00:03:50.479 --> 00:03:53.240 Disney has launched a perks program for Disney Plus and 71 00:03:53.280 --> 00:03:57.879 Hulu subscribers. 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Locally, it looks like 83 00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:42.120 recovery dive teams are expected to search for a paddle 84 00:04:42.439 --> 00:04:45.000 boarder who went missing in the lower Lagoon of Castaic. 85 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:48.519 Over the weekend, strong winds knocked over a couple of 86 00:04:48.519 --> 00:04:49.160 paddle boarders. 87 00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:50.360 Two people went into the water. 88 00:04:50.519 --> 00:04:53.040 Just about twelve thirty yesterday afternoon, a woman who was 89 00:04:53.240 --> 00:04:56.079 wearing a life jacket was pulled from the water, but 90 00:04:56.160 --> 00:04:58.879 the man who was with her is still unaccounted for. 91 00:04:59.079 --> 00:05:04.600 He's been identified a sixty one year old a Spirridion Camez. 92 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:07.879 Divers did search for him for several hours yesterday but 93 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:10.959 suspended the search when it got dark. They will continue 94 00:05:11.399 --> 00:05:14.959 their search today and then. You may not have noticed. 95 00:05:15.000 --> 00:05:19.399 This a very high profile weekend at Dodger Stadium. The 96 00:05:20.040 --> 00:05:23.480 games against the Yankees were broadcast by Apple TV on 97 00:05:23.560 --> 00:05:28.600 Friday night, Fox yes Fox on Saturday, and then ESPN yesterday. 98 00:05:29.680 --> 00:05:34.399 On Friday night, a chunk of concrete fell from Dodger 99 00:05:34.439 --> 00:05:37.879 Stadium and hit a guy. Roughly the size of a 100 00:05:37.920 --> 00:05:41.079 softball fell into a Yankees fan, a guy named Richard Akino. 101 00:05:42.079 --> 00:05:44.439 He was struck in a back during the third inning 102 00:05:44.680 --> 00:05:47.680 of that Dodgers win on Friday night. Through a translator, 103 00:05:47.720 --> 00:05:50.319 He's from Mexico City. Through a translator, he said he 104 00:05:50.360 --> 00:05:52.920 was in some pain that the concrete didn't cause any bleeding. 105 00:05:53.240 --> 00:05:55.399 Obviously he's going to stay and watch the game because 106 00:05:55.399 --> 00:05:58.879 it's two of the most impressive teams right now. The 107 00:05:58.920 --> 00:06:03.120 Dodgers did install a small section of protective netting under 108 00:06:03.160 --> 00:06:07.600 the top deck in the Section ten reserve area, located 109 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:10.839 between home plate and first base. The team said in 110 00:06:10.879 --> 00:06:13.279 a statement they have had professionals and experts at Dodger 111 00:06:13.319 --> 00:06:15.680 Stadium to examine the facility make sure it is safety 112 00:06:15.720 --> 00:06:19.879 and they're undertaking a longer term review. Let Us not forget, 113 00:06:20.240 --> 00:06:23.759 as visually stunning as that weekend was, all three of 114 00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:29.040 those games and the coverage that they got nationally, Dodger 115 00:06:29.079 --> 00:06:30.879 Stadium is one of the oldest stadiums in all of 116 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:32.160 Major League Baseball right now. 117 00:06:32.920 --> 00:06:33.959 Think about that. 118 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:39.399 I think it's third behind Fenway Park in Boston and 119 00:06:39.439 --> 00:06:42.319 Wrigley Field in Chicago and then Dodger Stadium. 120 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:43.920 That's how old this place is. 121 00:06:44.360 --> 00:06:46.920 Not that everything that is in it is that old, 122 00:06:47.199 --> 00:06:49.240 but just giving an idea of the infrastructure that they're 123 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:53.079 dealing with. We were talking earlier about changes to youth 124 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:55.600 sports and how an ex Major League Baseball player guy 125 00:06:55.639 --> 00:06:58.920 named Travis Snyder, is trying to change youth sports, trying 126 00:06:58.920 --> 00:07:02.199 to get into the heads of parents and coaches and say, hey, guys, 127 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:06.759 calm down, you're hurting your kids. We'll talk a little 128 00:07:06.759 --> 00:07:08.600 bit more about that and hear from some of your 129 00:07:08.639 --> 00:07:10.360 experiences when it comes to youth sports. 130 00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:11.079 When we come back. 131 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:15.800 You're listening to Gary and Shannon on demand from KFI 132 00:07:16.040 --> 00:07:16.920 AM six forty. 133 00:07:17.920 --> 00:07:20.480 Former I should say, personal assistant to Sean Diddy Combs 134 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:24.519 who says he raped her, has defended the text messages, 135 00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:28.199 the loving text messages she sent him for years after 136 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:32.639 her job ended. She said she was brainwashed. This former 137 00:07:32.680 --> 00:07:36.000 personal assistant is going under a pseudonym. She's testifying under 138 00:07:36.040 --> 00:07:42.319 the name Nia. The testimony said or she testified. Sorry 139 00:07:42.319 --> 00:07:45.720 that this woman is now her third day on the 140 00:07:45.720 --> 00:07:49.120 witness stand. It's fourth week of witness testimony. He has 141 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:51.920 pleaded not guilty to charge us. He's remained jailed without 142 00:07:51.959 --> 00:07:55.639 bail since he was arrested last September. Told you earlier 143 00:07:55.639 --> 00:07:58.720 about Travis Snyder, this former Major League baseball player with 144 00:07:58.879 --> 00:08:02.199 the Blue Jays, Pie Orioles. He was great when he 145 00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:04.439 was in little league up in Washington State, played for 146 00:08:04.519 --> 00:08:08.839 Mill Creek Little League, was on state championship teams. He 147 00:08:08.879 --> 00:08:12.800 was a nationally ranked high school player, drafted fourteenth overall 148 00:08:12.920 --> 00:08:17.079 by the Blue Jays and the MLB Draft, and when 149 00:08:17.160 --> 00:08:20.279 his career was over, he had made his way through 150 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:22.519 the majors spent a couple of years back in the 151 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:26.399 minors before he decided to finally retire. He was diagnosed 152 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:30.160 with complex post traumatic stress disorder that he blamed on 153 00:08:31.360 --> 00:08:34.279 the pressure, not just pressure he put on himself, but 154 00:08:34.279 --> 00:08:39.559 pressure that was put on him by coaches, parents, other players, etc. 155 00:08:40.399 --> 00:08:42.399 And he wanted to put an end to that that 156 00:08:42.480 --> 00:08:44.279 youth sports was kind of getting out of hand, so 157 00:08:44.360 --> 00:08:46.919 he got together with a friend, a life coach named 158 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:50.799 Seth Taylor, and created a company called three A Athletics, 159 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:55.480 and the three a's stand for awareness, activation and achievement. 160 00:08:56.279 --> 00:09:00.399 Awareness of the issues that are facing youth sports, an 161 00:09:00.440 --> 00:09:05.159 activation of an athlete's potential through supportive coaching and parenting practices, 162 00:09:05.240 --> 00:09:08.120 followed by achievement in their chosen field. 163 00:09:08.480 --> 00:09:12.320 And listen, we all know not all sports are for 164 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:13.039 all kids. 165 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:17.080 And when I went through getting my kids involved in 166 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:20.039 sports when they were young, it wasn't because I wanted 167 00:09:20.039 --> 00:09:22.840 them to be a Major League baseball player or find 168 00:09:22.919 --> 00:09:27.159 some sort of Olympic path that they were going to 169 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:30.039 excel at. It's that I wanted them to be involved. 170 00:09:30.279 --> 00:09:33.440 You want them involved in teams, you want them involved 171 00:09:33.519 --> 00:09:36.960 in situations where other people are relying on them and 172 00:09:37.039 --> 00:09:39.639 they are relying on O their people. Great way to 173 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:42.799 make friends, great way for you as a parent to 174 00:09:42.799 --> 00:09:44.879 meet other parents, all of that stuff. I mean, there's 175 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:47.679 all kinds of different reasons why you want your kid 176 00:09:47.799 --> 00:09:52.600 involved in sports, and too many times it becomes a 177 00:09:53.840 --> 00:09:57.039 it becomes a test of your relationship with your kid 178 00:09:57.600 --> 00:10:00.120 because you don't think they're trying hard enough, or you 179 00:10:00.159 --> 00:10:02.799 don't think they're putting their effort into it, or you 180 00:10:02.840 --> 00:10:05.600 think that they're okay with losing or whatever whatever the 181 00:10:05.679 --> 00:10:07.320 term is. And I'm not a guy, by the way, 182 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:10.240 I'm not a guy who's like everybody needs a trophy. 183 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:11.279 That's not what it is. 184 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:15.799 But the idea of sports, especially at that age, being 185 00:10:16.200 --> 00:10:17.000 life and death. 186 00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:19.240 That takes it a little bit too far. 187 00:10:19.279 --> 00:10:19.559 It's up. 188 00:10:19.600 --> 00:10:22.120 Gary Joni Fromscandido Love the Show. 189 00:10:23.200 --> 00:10:25.600 Yeah, I got so stressed out from playing youth soccer 190 00:10:25.840 --> 00:10:29.080 in high school soccer, I started drinking and smoking cigarettes 191 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:30.000 of the age of fourteen. 192 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:32.159 Wow, that'll get you out of shape. 193 00:10:32.159 --> 00:10:37.159 Pretty quick, hey Jerry, and say whatever your names are. No, really, 194 00:10:37.320 --> 00:10:40.080 I'm a youth soccer referee and I've done ayso which 195 00:10:40.120 --> 00:10:43.759 is youthed in developmental years and years and years and 196 00:10:43.840 --> 00:10:46.240 new club and do high school and some of the 197 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:48.279 way some of them, I would say about fifteen to 198 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:51.240 twenty percent of the coaches and all of the parents 199 00:10:51.399 --> 00:10:54.159 constantly put way too much pressure. And I'm talking even 200 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:57.200 most recently six to you, these are five year olds 201 00:10:57.519 --> 00:11:00.399 and there's intensity. We must win, we must get it, 202 00:11:00.519 --> 00:11:01.399 and it's changed. 203 00:11:01.879 --> 00:11:03.360 One of the things that I had a problem with 204 00:11:03.600 --> 00:11:06.679 was when it came to soccer. For example, I never 205 00:11:06.879 --> 00:11:08.799 I mean I played as a kid when I was 206 00:11:08.840 --> 00:11:11.320 in ten. That was probably my career ended when I 207 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:14.200 was ten. But there are some really basic things that 208 00:11:14.200 --> 00:11:16.799 you're supposed to do in soccer that if you aren't 209 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:19.679 a good coach, and I wasn't, you're not going to 210 00:11:19.720 --> 00:11:21.399 be able to communicate that to the kids. And I 211 00:11:21.399 --> 00:11:24.200 remember being so frustrated with I didn't have I didn't 212 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:27.559 have the language to teach the kids what they needed 213 00:11:27.600 --> 00:11:30.279 to know. I could watch a soccer game and enjoy 214 00:11:30.320 --> 00:11:32.679 it and see some of the strategy in it, but 215 00:11:32.720 --> 00:11:35.399 I didn't know how to then translate that into coaching 216 00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:36.360 for the kids. 217 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:38.159 So that was my shortfall. 218 00:11:38.360 --> 00:11:39.360 Yeah, Hi, this is Tony. 219 00:11:39.720 --> 00:11:39.919 Hey. 220 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:41.960 When I was in my early twenties, I coached the 221 00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:44.159 little league team and we had a little guy on 222 00:11:44.279 --> 00:11:47.320 there that wasn't a strong hitter, and I found out 223 00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:50.000 that every time he struck out, his dad would spank 224 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:53.879 ind So knowing that, I spent hours with the kid 225 00:11:54.039 --> 00:11:56.159 and taught him how to bunt, and he became the 226 00:11:56.200 --> 00:11:59.919 best bunner and consequently, you know, his dad left them all. 227 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:01.600 Well, that's a good coach right there. 228 00:12:01.679 --> 00:12:03.240 Hey, Gary, you're doing great today. 229 00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:07.519 So I'm calling about the kids that get pushed too 230 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:08.399 far in sport. 231 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:10.799 I used to be a tutor, and a lot. 232 00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:12.639 Of kids that I tutored would go to college for 233 00:12:12.799 --> 00:12:15.960 their sport, get a scholarship, dedicated their whole life to 234 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:18.360 their sport, and then when they got to college, they 235 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:22.399 hated their coach so and then some of them had burnout. 236 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:25.639 So I don't push my kid. He's twelve now, and 237 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:28.080 I'm just like, go to practice when you feel like it. 238 00:12:28.720 --> 00:12:30.159 Well, I don't know about that. I don't know about 239 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:32.080 go to practice when you feel like it. And one 240 00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:33.840 of the things that I was talking about about why 241 00:12:33.879 --> 00:12:35.840 you would want your kids involved in sports in the 242 00:12:35.840 --> 00:12:41.480 first place, is they make a pledge to be relied upon. 243 00:12:42.039 --> 00:12:45.120 That your team can rely on you being there whenever 244 00:12:45.200 --> 00:12:47.159 you can. And even if you don't want to go 245 00:12:47.200 --> 00:12:50.480 to practice, that's what you told the team you would do, 246 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:53.559 is you would go to practice. And I wonder if 247 00:12:53.600 --> 00:12:56.919 there is a thing Listen, sometimes there is a discussion 248 00:12:56.960 --> 00:13:01.279 about how many pitches any pitcher had in their arm. Right, 249 00:13:01.919 --> 00:13:04.360 if you overdo it when you're a kid, you're not 250 00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:06.600 going to have anything left when you're in your mid twenties. 251 00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:09.759 And I wonder if there's an aspect of that that exists. Also, 252 00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:13.440 if you play in four hundred travel baseball games by 253 00:13:13.480 --> 00:13:16.759 the time you're twenty, do you even love it anymore? 254 00:13:17.200 --> 00:13:19.639 Or are you just doing it because it's out of habit. 255 00:13:19.960 --> 00:13:21.000 I think that's kind of weird. 256 00:13:21.080 --> 00:13:25.120 Good morning, Gary and Shannon. Thank you for always being funny. 257 00:13:25.279 --> 00:13:26.000 I don't know about that. 258 00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:26.559 Well. 259 00:13:26.759 --> 00:13:31.279 My husband was a softball coach for travel ball and 260 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:35.200 the girls were amazing. I want to know something about 261 00:13:36.120 --> 00:13:41.960 youth sports. The parents most of the time, Yep, they suck. 262 00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:43.480 Have a great day. 263 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:43.919 Thank you. 264 00:13:44.480 --> 00:13:46.519 We'll continue this on the other side of the break 265 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:48.480 because there is a few more of these talkbacks that 266 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:53.000 we got specifically about what it is that is positive 267 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:56.080 about youth sports, and you don't nothing has to be 268 00:13:56.159 --> 00:13:58.919 negative all the time, and there are some things that 269 00:13:59.279 --> 00:14:02.960 we can all problem rely on that are positive. 270 00:14:02.559 --> 00:14:04.240 When it comes to getting your kids into sports. That's 271 00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:04.840 coming up next. 272 00:14:06.039 --> 00:14:09.480 You're listening to Gary and Shannon on demand from KFI 273 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:10.240 AM six. 274 00:14:10.320 --> 00:14:14.120 Forty Emmy winning composer whose music was featured on The 275 00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:18.399 Simpsons for twenty seven years, has died. Alf Clawson died 276 00:14:18.440 --> 00:14:20.600 late last week at his home here in LA after 277 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:23.240 struggling with Parkinson's for a long time. At eighty four 278 00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:27.960 years old, Klawson scored other TV series like Moonlighting and Alf. 279 00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:31.879 He was nominated for thirty Emmy Awards. Twenty one of 280 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:35.240 those nominations came for The Simpsons, and he won twice. 281 00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:39.679 In the odd sports where I shouldn't say odd. In 282 00:14:38.799 --> 00:14:46.360 the less spotlighted sports World, Magnus Carlson lost to Gukesh 283 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:52.600 Domraju in chess. It's the first time that Magnus Carlson 284 00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:55.879 has lost in the classical format and in this case, 285 00:14:55.919 --> 00:15:00.799 Gukesh Domraju is nineteen years old, considered to be one 286 00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:03.159 of the brightest young stars in all of sports. 287 00:15:04.080 --> 00:15:05.679 If we're talking sports, we're talking. 288 00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:08.840 About this plan by Travis Snyder, a former Major League 289 00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:12.159 baseball player, and is pushed to kind of take some 290 00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:13.240 of the pressure. 291 00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:14.840 Out of youth sports the way it exists. 292 00:15:15.519 --> 00:15:20.240 And he's put together the three A Athletics. And I 293 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:24.799 told you awareness, activation, achievement, and I wanted to. I 294 00:15:24.840 --> 00:15:27.159 was curious about what other people's experiences are when it 295 00:15:27.200 --> 00:15:28.000 came to youth sports. 296 00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:31.320 Hey, good morning, Gary. Got my son who's now twenty six, 297 00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:33.120 and you know, I was a little older when I 298 00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:36.919 had him, but I did coach soccer and managed his 299 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:41.159 little league teams. But our parents at that time weren't 300 00:15:41.320 --> 00:15:44.120 that critical of the kids making an error or striking 301 00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:47.320 out or doing something weird. It just maybe we're just 302 00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:50.159 on the cusp. But we didn't have those problems where 303 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:52.360 the kids were hanging their heads low and all that 304 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:55.159 kind of stuff after losing or whatever. So hey, maybe 305 00:15:55.200 --> 00:15:55.879 we're just lucky. 306 00:15:55.960 --> 00:15:56.320 Huh. 307 00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:59.360 That's an interesting point that made me think. My dad 308 00:15:59.360 --> 00:16:03.559 didn't play baseball, but I did. My dad played football, 309 00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:08.440 and when I've tried to play football very poorly. Uh, 310 00:16:08.919 --> 00:16:11.120 that was when he was most critical. Not and then 311 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:13.679 not even in a negative way. He just knew what 312 00:16:13.720 --> 00:16:18.200 he was talking. He knew how to be critical of football, 313 00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:22.000 but not necessarily of baseball. So I never and Dad 314 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:23.480 was never overly critical anyway. 315 00:16:23.639 --> 00:16:26.960 Hey, Gary, Mike from him. Yeah, my nephew played ball 316 00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:31.440 since he was eight, travel ball, the whole thing, made 317 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:35.559 it into college, ended up getting Tommy John surgery in college, 318 00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:39.600 but was able to come back and made it to 319 00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:44.120 single a baseball But the wear and tear on his 320 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:48.240 body just took its toll. So it was tough on him. 321 00:16:48.320 --> 00:16:50.000 But he loved it. He loved it. 322 00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:52.879 That's a point. That's a great point. You can love. 323 00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:55.639 You can love a sport or an activity or hobby, 324 00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:59.039 whatever it is, if your body can't handle it. That's 325 00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:03.600 that's part of the process of refining who gets to 326 00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:07.359 play these games at a professional level is your body 327 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:08.799 has to be able to get through it, not just 328 00:17:08.880 --> 00:17:14.000 your mental ability or your natural given ability. Your muscles, 329 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:15.680 your bones, everything's got to work right. 330 00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:20.319 Well, Yeah, I'm a single father, and when my kids 331 00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:24.960 were growing up, my daughter played very high competitive club volleyball, 332 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:31.319 and my son played very high competitive baseball. It takes 333 00:17:31.400 --> 00:17:40.559 a toll on you and financially and time wise, for sure. 334 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:43.400 No kid. I think that's the one thing everybody can 335 00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:43.759 agree on. 336 00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:46.680 Hey, Gary, I could sit and talk to you about 337 00:17:46.720 --> 00:17:48.839 this for quite some time, because right now I'm dealing 338 00:17:48.880 --> 00:17:52.640 with all stars for softball. But the one thing I 339 00:17:52.640 --> 00:17:57.240 would say is encouragement. And that's not between your own 340 00:17:57.359 --> 00:18:01.119 league or even seeing another team, just having that and 341 00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:03.680 because you can see certain things just go on and 342 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:07.440 it's kind of gets ruthless out there when it doesn't 343 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:07.799 need to be. 344 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:10.440 Yeah, and back to Travis Knightder, this former Major League 345 00:18:10.440 --> 00:18:13.799 baseball player said basically, we want the experience to be 346 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:16.960 the kids experience, not the parents, not the coach, not 347 00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:20.200 but the actual people on the field or on the 348 00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:23.319 court playing the sports. Because if you're going to have 349 00:18:23.359 --> 00:18:25.680 a chance to experience and find out what they like 350 00:18:25.759 --> 00:18:27.920 what they don't like, is this what I want to pursue. 351 00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:29.720 Is it just a hobby kind of thing. 352 00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:31.400 They're the ones that are going to have to be 353 00:18:31.440 --> 00:18:34.759 able to make that decision themselves without I mean, with 354 00:18:34.920 --> 00:18:38.759 input perhaps from parents and coaches, but without too much 355 00:18:38.880 --> 00:18:40.160 influence from them. 356 00:18:40.319 --> 00:18:44.039 Yeah, you use sports. I sucked at you sports. That 357 00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:45.079 was the problem. 358 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:48.880 I don't see what everybody's complaining about with men playing 359 00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:50.000 in women's sports. 360 00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:52.720 There was the only people I could beat. 361 00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:54.960 With the girls, you know. 362 00:18:55.599 --> 00:18:59.759 Okay, Besides, women always want to join everything men do. 363 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:00.359 Say. 364 00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:03.680 It's good for the goose is good for the gander. 365 00:19:03.720 --> 00:19:05.000 There you go, There you go. 366 00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:08.960 I appreciate the confession that you sucked at youth sports. 367 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:12.039 Hey, Gary, it's Troy. It sounds to me like you 368 00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:18.640 want to give everybody a trophy. Competition breeds excellent. If 369 00:19:18.640 --> 00:19:22.240 your kids are playing baseball, they need to go out 370 00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:25.039 and succeed. If they fail, you need to tell them, 371 00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:26.799 let's do better next time. 372 00:19:27.079 --> 00:19:31.839 Okay, the ptation of America. All right, that makes perfect sense. 373 00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:33.960 You can also smack them in the back of the 374 00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:35.279 head if they swing and miss. 375 00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:39.440 That would work well. 376 00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:41.640 Before we get to motivation Monday, I need to have 377 00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:44.319 a reason to have motivation. And if you have not 378 00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:50.319 yet heard the greatest talkback of the day, this is the. 379 00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:56.680 Time, ladies and gentlemen. This means I need motivation. 380 00:19:57.000 --> 00:20:00.920 Gary. It's that your ego and low soft team leads 381 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:03.960 through on the show un lessons the quality of it. 382 00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:06.519 Ow you can tell that you were one of those 383 00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:09.279 kids in school that wasn't part of the cool crowd 384 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:13.359 but always wanted to be. And that really shows. Wow, 385 00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:14.599 it's unbecoming. 386 00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:16.799 Oh, stop poking me, sir, that hurts. 387 00:20:17.880 --> 00:20:21.519 All right, Let's spend the motivational Monday wheel and see 388 00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:22.559 what we come up with. 389 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:24.720 Oh there it is hockey. 390 00:20:24.839 --> 00:20:28.480 Well, I guess Stanley Cup finals begin on Wednesday, so 391 00:20:28.599 --> 00:20:32.200 hockey as timely. Remember when Coach Brooks put together the 392 00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:35.240 US Olympic hockey team in nineteen eighty bunch of college kids, 393 00:20:35.680 --> 00:20:38.400 they took on the powerhouses of Sweden and Canada and 394 00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:42.880 the Soviet Union. In the unlikely semi final game between 395 00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:45.839 the Americans and the Soviets, Coach Brooks, in this case, 396 00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:48.880 played by Kurt Russell, has to get the guys ready 397 00:20:48.920 --> 00:20:51.359 for the fight of their lives. 398 00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:57.759 Great moments are born from great opportunity, and that's what 399 00:20:57.839 --> 00:21:01.640 you have here tonight. Boys, That's what you've earned here 400 00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:07.200 tonight in one game. If we played them ten times, 401 00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:08.319