On Monday's #RaisingAthletes podcast, Lisa L. Lewis joins Kirsten and Susie to talk about how sleep impacts everything we do, especially mental health and in particular for the adolescent brain, where the prefrontal cortex is not fully developed yet. Listen to this sneak peek of Monday's episode. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsten-jones0/support...
On next week's #RaisingAthletes podcast, Lisa L. Lewis joins Kirsten and Susie on the podcast to talk about how sleep impacts everything we do, including athletic performance. Listen to a sneak peek as she talks about a study with Stanford Men's Basketball Team and how sleep impacted their shooting percentages. We highly recommend her book, The Sleep Deprived Teen. Get a copy wherever books are sold! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsten-jones0/support...
Yale University Women's Head Volleyball Coach, Erin Appleman, joins Kirsten on the podcast to discuss her roles as player, coach, parent and leader of women. They reminisced about their time as former teammates at SDSU and spoke about legacy, playing time, recruiting and Am I Enough? Erin, who was named Yale’s head coach in 2003, is one of the most successful coaches in Ivy League history, guiding the Bulldogs to an unprecedented 10 Ivy titles, seven NCAA Tournament appearances, four 20+ win sea...
Erin Appleman, Yale Women's Head Volleyball Coach, touches on surprise impact players and SPOILER, "It's not all about playing time!" Erin Appleman, who was named Yale’s head coach in 2003, is one of the most successful coaches in Ivy League history, guiding the Bulldogs to an unprecedented 10 Ivy titles, seven NCAA Tournament appearances, four 20+ win seasons and was the first Ivy coach to lead a team to an NCAA Tournament victory. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/k...
A sneak peek of Monday's episode where Kirsten and Erin dive into Mental Health, checking in and asking the all important question, Am I Enough? Erin Appleman, who was named Yale’s head coach in 2003, is one of the most successful coaches in Ivy League history, guiding the Bulldogs to an unprecedented 10 Ivy titles, seven NCAA Tournament appearances, four 20+ win seasons and was the first Ivy coach to lead a team to an NCAA Tournament victory. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com...
On next week's podcast, Yale University Head Women's Volleyball coach, Erin Appleman, joins Kirsten. Kirsten asks Erin about Recruiting Calls and they discuss being prepared and having a list of questions. Listen here for a sneak peek as two formers San Diego State teammates speak coaching, parenting, playing and #RaisingAthletes . Go to https://www.kirstenjonesinc.com/recruited#new-page-1 for Recruiting Download. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsten-jones0/suppo...
Two (2) William and Mary Hall of Famers sit down to discuss coaching, parenting, playing and #RaisingAthletes. Kirsten and Julie touch on how to build culture, how today's athletes want to be seen and heard, and how so much of success is just showing up every day (Grit! Growth Mindset!). Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsten-jones0/support
Julie answers Kirsten's question, "The best Athletes I know do this" Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsten-jones0/support
William and Mary Head Women's Soccer coach joins Kirsten to discuss how to encourages vulnerability and a safe place to build culture. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsten-jones0/support
Season 4 starts NOW! Susie and I are so excited to be back together. This is our first episode with Susie and I talking about snowplow parenting reaching the highest level in sport- USA Soccer and the World Cup. While we don't know all the details of the scandal, what we do know is it's happening too often down at the high school and even middle school level- so that's where we focused today. We got into some tools to help parents help themselves. How to avoid taking over the sports experience f...
2021 National HS Coach of Year, Cari Klein joins Kirsten to talk about everything you need to know as an athlete and parent to have a successful tournament weekend. She loves athletes who are well-fed, hydrated and focused on team, tune in to hear what Cari doesn't want to see happen as well. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsten-jones0/support
2022 went by in a flash! It feels like just yesterday we were setting goals for the coming year. Cari and Kirsten had a check-in for one final time in 2022 to recap the highlights, talk about how exciting the Women's VB Final Four was and if she hit her BIG goal for the year! Thanks for tuning in. If you have any burning questions you'd like answered (by Cari or others!) Please text Kirsten @ 503-319-2209 (we're happy to make them annonymous too!) Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify...
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Remember all those mistakes we made when we first got to college… staying up too late? Not getting enough sleep? The dreaded freshmen 15lb (err 20lbs)… While we can’t take any of these pitfalls away for our kids, there is now help in realizing there is a way to approach college that not only helps educates our kids going into it but hopefully also helps them learn a few lessons that aren’t as painful as failing a class or not taking care of oneself. Jill and Dave Henry share a witty, fresh persp...
Today’s guest is head coach of the highly successful (26-2 in 2021 season) New York University’s Women’s Volleyball Team. Coach Brown discusses his atypical path to the coaching profession and the differences of playing DI, DII or DIII volleyball. Playing at a highly academic DIII has a lot of perks (yes, international travel!) as well as a great opportunity to delve into other experiences in college as the off-season is much longer and the in season less time consuming. He also goes very deep o...
Hello & Welcome to the #RaisingAthletes Podcast: With sports requiring athletes to play year round, overuse injuries are on the rise. Today Kirsten and US HS Coach of the Year, Cari Klein, discuss helping prevent and ultimately overcoming an injury. 5 steps to help your athlete return to play We discussed the tools it takes to assess, and then put a plan in place (it may change over time!) for your athlete to return to play. What does she have control over? What can she let go of? And what s...
Wanna crush your goals in 2022? Excellent! So do we…. on todays episode we talk about the importance of getting clarity on what it is you want to bring into your life, then how to get specific and start to chip away daily while holding a long-term vision for what’s to come. When we plant the oak tree, we don’t see anything coming out of the ground for many, many months. But that doesn’t mean that see isn’t taking root, growing deep down into the earth to anchor itself and find a water source so ...
Ranked #1 in the country, Head Coach of Marymount volleyball give us a peek behind the curtain as to what they learned from last weeks four game win over Mater Dei and how they are preparing for States. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsten-jones0/support
For the sports parent, almost NO-THING is more painful than the car ride home from a stressful match or tough loss. Today Cari and Kirsten discuss tips for handling those moments where you’d really LOVE to give your daughter some feedback. #1 ranked Marymount HS continues it’s march towards the state finals. This Saturday #1 Marymount faces #2 Mater Dei… and parents on both sides are holding their breath! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsten-jones0/support...
Dr. Hank Weisinger, author of 12 books, spent three decades helping individuals and organizations enhance their personal and work effectiveness through innovative applications of psychology. His latest book is a MUST read for parents. But before you dive into that, start with Performing Under Pressure and play it on Audible in the car with your teen athlete so they can absorb every word. The Unlikely Art of Parenting Pressure has wonderful role plays so parents can hear actual conversations you ...
As we ramp up to high school volleyball season, join us for a great discussion with the co-owner and Founder of Sunshine VBC here in Los Angeles. Two of the clubs top teams won Gold in the Open Division at Junior Olympics last summer. She is also the Head Coach at Marymount HS, which is ranked #1 in the country in girls volleyball. What should parents be focused on in their children’s younger years, both on and off the court and what makes for successful athletes as they get to the more competit...
Welcome to the #RaisingAthletes podcast, we are excited to share with you our conversation with a passionate coach and leader who wants to help parents and their baseball athletes fall in love with the game as he did as a young boy. Justin Sherman was born and raised in Westchester, NY, where he played high school and college baseball. It was while he captained the Purchase College Panthers that realized he had such a love for the game he wanted to get into coaching. He started as an assistant f...
This week’s guest on the #RaisingAthletes Podcast is Keirsten Sires, the CEO of Locker Room Talk (LRT) Sports. LRT Sports is a leading company in college ratings. Their full database of coaching rating and the reviews provide first-hand experiences from current and former student athletes. Founded in 2014, LRT Sports stays ahead of the game by helping athletes and their families with understanding college athletics through offerings including workshops, coach ratings, recruiting, and wellness in...
Robert Icart is the Founder and Executive Director of BTI, a boy’s basketball club which has trained elite athletes including: Gilbert Arenas, Casey Jacobsen, D’Andre Bell and even one of Susie’s four sons, Luke Walton. Robert created BTI back in 1997 and strives to showcase Southern California’s top student athletes who are interested in pursuing playing basketball in college at any level. BTI has connections with schools at the DI, DII, DII and NAIA levels. We had fun speaking with Robert abou...
At some point the “ball stops bouncing” aka our athletic career ends, for every athlete. Whether that is post high school, college or after playing in the pros, there will be a moment where it is not the entire focus of your day. Today’s guests are two such high level athletes who now work in helping others as they transition from sport to what’s next. Susie and Kirsten got the opportunity to interview both Katherine and Maddie on how do figure out what’s next and how as a parent you can help yo...
Coach Ballgame has the unique ability to rally young players and draw them into the game. By combining the levity of props, jokes and nicknames, he connects with the kids to help grow the sport of baseball. If you’re a parent and especially if you’re a parent who coaches youth sports, this episode is filled with wonderful insights about what it means to help kids fall in love with something that they may be passionate about for a lifetime. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod...
Mike Jaffe is president and founder of SAVIA Leadership, a global leadership development firm that unlocks the potential of individuals and teams through conscious communication, experiential learning, and transformational conversations. Also a nationally-recognized speaker, executive coach, and best-selling author, Mike has an inspiring, motivating, and powerful message as a 9/11 survivor. He shares his impactful story which left both Susie and me speechless for a minute. Mike has appeared as a...
One of the biggest gifts an athlete can acquire by playing sports, in addition to the fun stuff like winning, learning about the power of teamwork and leadership, is the skillsets that can be developed over time which lead to creating good habits for life. Habits which make you successful in life: such as being on time, doing extra, working hard even when no one is watching. This week Kirsten and Susie speak about the benefits of helping our teen athletes build good habits & how to better do...
In this week’s episode of the #RaisingAthletes Podcast, we spoke with Kyle Weindel, the Associate Club Director and Coach for the Sunshine Volleyball Club. Sunshine is the #1 club in Southern California and is consistently ranked in the top 10 in the country. If you have a young athlete who is considering playing club and/or has dreams to play volleyball in college, you’ll want to hear this episode where we discuss what age to start playing, when to specialize and how to navigate club volleyball...
Welcome parents to the #RaisingAthletes Podcast. Let’s talk about LAX! Excited for the first time to have a former DI LAX player, Kim Christos on the podcast. Kim is now a LAX club director living in New Jersey, who is also a coach and mother of four athletes. We’re excited to have her on the podcast to speak about how best to support your athlete, how she navigated playing multiple sports and how she feels about specializing and at one age. I love her advice on how to be the ideal sports parent...
