TPP 145: What Coaches Need to Understand About Their Differently Wired Athletes
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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8 chapters
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What is the purpose of Own Beat Athlete and who created it?
So the kid, you know, might be saying, Look, all day long I've felt like I was getting told, You're doing this wrong, you're doing that wrong, you're messing up. And The kid arrives to afternoon practice completely frustrated. And one little thing sets him off. You know, for the coach to have the knowledge, the awareness, say, Okay, the best thing to do is not to jump on this kid right now, to think about where it came from, but coming from the kid's voice, like this is what I need, this is what could be helpful.
Welcome to Tilt Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. My name is Debbie Rieber, and I'm the host of this show. And today's episode is a completely new topic for this podcast. And something I'm really excited to share because I have a sense that many listeners would benefit from knowing about this resource. Especially if you have a differently wired child who is athletic or is really into sports. My guest is Susan Stout. She's the founder of. Of Own Beat Athlete, which is a new resource aimed at helping athletic coaches understand their athletes who march to a different beat. Susan knows from personal experience as an athlete herself, as a former coach, and as the parent of an athletic differently wired child that many great athletes can be challenging to coach because of their wiring.
They can be easily frustrated, they can be disruptive or forgetful, inconsistent. But Susan also knows that these athletes can be a team's greatest assets. So her goal is to equip others with what she wishes she knew when she was a coach and to try to support and bring out the best in many athletes who don't fit the mold, with a specific focus on athletes with ADHD. This is a really interesting conversation and Susan's resources are a great starting point for listeners who want to bridge that gap of knowledge between their child's behavior and their child's sports coach. I hope you enjoyed this episode. Thank you so much. And now here is my conversation with Susan. Hello Susan, welcome to the podcast.
Thank you. I'm excited to be here. I know you are a member of the Tilt community and you emailed me a a I don't know, a long time ago planting the seed that you were developing what we're gonna be talking about today and you've now launched your program and so I'm excited to share The really interesting work that you're doing with with the rest of the Tilt tribe. But before we get into that and learn more about your work, can you just introduce us to who you are and a little bit about your personal why? Sure.
I've come to this through I think a as a lot of people do, through a lot of number of paths in my life that at points I was thinking, how are these fitting together? And now they've all really converged into something that is is near and dear to my heart and that I'm really excited about. I started off professionally I started off as a teacher and as a swim coach. I had been a pretty serious swimmer and That I often talk about that as the best job that I ever had, where I was just So locked in I would lose all track of time and just loved you know, forming the relationships with the kids and the parents. And the thing that I like the best about it that really transfers into the work that I'm doing now is you you really start with kids who are young and watch them grow until they're older and
I didn't feel the same way about teaching, so I did that for a short time and and when I was teaching I had to stop coaching as well and After that I got a masters in education and worked for some educational non profits. And that sort of directed my interest towards the legal areas of education. So I sort of late in the game, I went to law school and I became a litigator, and you can see where my paths are all over the place. But as as a litigator, I I worked with kids on on a pro bono basis. I represented kids and families whose um When the students were not getting the special education services to which they were entitled in the D C public schools, which is a
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the purpose of Own Beat Athlete and who created it?
0:00–5:30
2
How did Susan’s background as an athlete, coach, lawyer, and parent shape the project?
5:30–9:34
3
What common challenges do differently‑wired athletes face in sports?
9:34–13:50
4
When and how should parents disclose a child’s neuro‑differences to a coach?
13:50–19:08
5
What practical tools does the Coach’s Toolkit provide for ADHD, learning differences, and anxiety?
19:08–23:33
6
How can coaches recognize and leverage the unique strengths (super‑powers) of these athletes?
23:33–28:25
7
What strategies help parents teach their kids to self‑advocate with coaches?
28:25–33:20
8
What are the next steps for expanding awareness and outreach to coaches and sports programs?
33:20–37:38
Speakers
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