Athletes this show is for you! I am joined by MLB player Travis Snider now with 3A Athletics

Today's show is geared towards anyone who has ever played youth sports, been a parent of a child in youth sports, coached or umped. Travis Snider and Seth Taylor founded 3A Athletics, Bringing Awareness to parents, coaches, and athletes of the changes that need to be made in the culture of Youth Athletics. Activating the true potential of a young athlete by changing the culture through addressing and nurturing the mental approach of the athlete, of the parents, and of the coaches. A changed culture that helps the athlete Achieve their true potential, not only in athletics, but in life.

Co-founded by Travis Snider, longtime MLB outfielder with Toronto, Pittsburgh and Baltimore and Seth Taylor, who is a therapeutic life coach working with MLB and MLS players, as well as high level CEO’s, parents and players in youth sports.

Throughout Snider's 16 year professional career, he struggled immensely with anxiety, depression, imposter syndrome, self-sabotage, and various other physical challenges that affected his ability to reach his “potential”. Snider tells me he didn’t realize until working with Seth that a lot of these issues stemmed from experiences in his childhood that he carried with him through his career.

Travis and Seth have worked together since 2021 in Snider's own therapeutic process and discovered he had written these books for parents and coaches in youth soccer. The two decided to buy out their former partner and build this business around the already existing products for multiple sports.

Snider became passionate about this experience kids are having in youth sports after unpacking his own childhood experiences in sports and life that were still positively and negatively effecting his sense of identity and self-worth. Snider has 3 children (7, 5, 3) who are entering the world of youth sports and his golad is for them to have a healthier experience.

3A will develop the content and curriculum the athletes, parents, instructors and coaches can use to build the foundation upon which they build their lives. Athletes and how they think and play, instructors how they evaluate and train, coaches and how they evaluate and coach. 3A content and curriculum facilitates the teaching and learning process so we can explore how we do these things negatively and positively within sports and our culture as a whole.

3A offers these in their curriculum:

HERO- Interactive Parent Guidebook- Baseball, Soccer, Softball available. Football, Basketball, Tennis,
1. Section 1- Your Child- The beauty and the pain of watching your child play sports and how to have difficult but honest conversations.

a. Reflectcting on your past experiences of playing sports and how that positively and negatively impacts the way you experience and parent today.

b. Learning to observe the emotions you have while watching your child

c. Having intentional conversations to help your child speak their truth

2. Section 2- Your Coach- Helping parents navigate you and your child's relationship with their coaches.

a. Potential scenarios and how to handle them

b. Thinking through roles and responsibilities of parents, kids, and coaches

c. A follow up conversation with your child to deepen your understanding of how they truly feel and build trust.

3. Section 3- Your Team- Helping parents see how they bring their story, consciously and unconsciously, to the team in both helpful and possibly challenging ways.

a. Reflecting on the Top 3 and not Top 3 Teams you have experienced

b. Identifying your strengths and weaknesses how you can add value to the current team environment

c. Setting the stage for you and fellow parents on the team to meet up over a cup of something delicious to discuss the challenges each of you face being a parent in youth sports and share your experiences within this book.

Athlete Journal- Baseball, Soccer, Softball- Intro to journaling for kids 13-18.

Each month includes 1 monthly teaching, a Try This Section (Skill Development), 4 Weekly Journal Entries that are designed to help create a deep sense of self-awareness, work through the challenges they face, and develop a healthy relationship with self-reflection and the sport that they play.

The six topics they cover are:

1. Identity

2.. Conscious and Subconscious Mind

3. Mindset

4. Triggers

5. Your Relationship with your Parents

6. Your Relationship with your Coaches

Coming Soon:

1. Coaching Revolution- A Coaches Guidebook to help foster a healthy relationship with your players, parents, and the sport you coach.

2. 3A Athletics workshop podcast where we dive deeper into the 6 topics from the Athlete Journal to help parents understand what their kids are going through and how to better support them.

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