Return to Sport with Bill Kerig

Sports & Recreation Podcasts

Youth sport is a vital part of the social culture for boys and girls across America. Return to Sport with Bill Kerig explores how we get them back on the playing field. Today, as a result of COVID-19 lockdowns, playing fields yield only memories. How do we get youth sports organizations up and running safely and transition 45 million kids back to sport. The Return to Sport podcast is designed to help sport parents, coaches and youth sport administrators seize this moment as an opportunity to safely return to sports. Hosted by Great Coach founder Bill Kerig, Return to Sport features thought leaders who share their insights, strategies and passion.How are the smartest and boldest leaders in sport thinking about returning to sport? What are the specific tools and techniques they will use to make it happen safely? Bill Kerig walks you through the process in each episode as we all work together to get kids back onto the playing field.

Location:

United States

Genres:

Sports & Recreation Podcasts

Description:

Youth sport is a vital part of the social culture for boys and girls across America. Return to Sport with Bill Kerig explores how we get them back on the playing field. Today, as a result of COVID-19 lockdowns, playing fields yield only memories. How do we get youth sports organizations up and running safely and transition 45 million kids back to sport. The Return to Sport podcast is designed to help sport parents, coaches and youth sport administrators seize this moment as an opportunity to safely return to sports. Hosted by Great Coach founder Bill Kerig, Return to Sport features thought leaders who share their insights, strategies and passion.How are the smartest and boldest leaders in sport thinking about returning to sport? What are the specific tools and techniques they will use to make it happen safely? Bill Kerig walks you through the process in each episode as we all work together to get kids back onto the playing field.

Twitter:

@beagreatcoach

Language:

English

Contact:

4356029799

Website:

http://www.greatcoach.com/

Email:

bill.kerig@greatcoach.com

Episodes

Pat Kelleher - Sport now is beneficial! How do we do it?

8/5/2020

USA Hockey Executive Director Pat Kelleher is one of the most highly respected leaders in sport. He's been a player, a coach and is a sport parent. He knows right now that playing sport is beneficial. But how do you do it safely? Quick to act, Kelleher joined forces with US Figure Skating and the Ice Rink Association to develop a return to sport plan. It's a little different playing hockey today. But it's working.

Duration:00:48:04

John O’Sullivan - How Youth Sports Guru Brought His Team Safely Back to Sport

6/26/2020

John O’Sullivan is one of the nation’s most revered youth sports gurus. So how did he bring his own team back safely to sport? Return to Sport host Bill Kerig gets O’Sullivan to open up about the evolution of a safe protocol and the tools he used to implement it for his soccer teams. He talks about organization, communication and expectations, as well as the role technology like Great Coach’s Clear2Play can serve as a compliance tool to help youth sports organizations with what seems to be a...

Duration:00:43:15

Dr. Jon Finnoff, USOPC Chief Medical Officer - New Guidelines Can Help Youth Sport

5/26/2020

Dr. Jon Finnoff has been around elite athletes for 20 years. Finnoff is the new medical director for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, where health and wellness are a vital part of supporting America’s athletes. This spring, he was on the front line of managing pandemic safety at the USOPC’s training centers. Now he has a focus on athletes returning to sport, having just released USOPC Return to Training Considerations - available to any youth sports organization at GreatCoach.com....

Duration:00:21:33

Theresa Sherry: How Tenacity Project is Managing Return to Sport

5/15/2020

Theresa Sherry is one of lacrosse's most noted stars, a former Team USA player with four Ivy League championships and two NCAA titles while playing for Princeton. She went on to coach at the University of California before starting The Tenacity Project, designed to empower young girls through sport. Theresa talks with Bill Kerig about the challenges of returning to sport in the coronavirus pandemic era.

Duration:00:39:42

Luke Bodensteiner, Olympian-Chief of Sport: Health and wellness benefits are the baseline of youth sport.

5/8/2020

Health and wellness benefits are at the baseline of youth sport. Sport leader Luke Bodensteiner has been engaged in every level of sport. He’s an NCAA All American, two-time Olympian, and architect of one of the most successful U.S. Olympic sport teams. Today he oversees sport across the state of Utah as Chief of Sport for the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation. Bodensteiner speaks about how sport participation is good for kids on many dimensions - it develops character, it aids in school. In...

Duration:00:35:13

Bill Kerig: Returning to the field of play

5/1/2020

All over the world there are playing fields that are filled only with memories. They are fields where bonds were formed. We come not just to break a sweat, but to break through. It's important we take back these fields of play - with a purpose and a plan? But what is that plan? What are the rules and who are the umpires? What's the right batting order? None of us know for sure. But I do know one thing for sure. I know that if we work together, we can figure this out. My name is Bill Kerig,...

Duration:00:01:33