06: Being a Sports Parent with Chanel Smith

In this episode, Torrey is re-joined by his wife and co-host, Chanel Smith to talk about being a sports mom and sports dad. They discuss the important role sports play in their children’s lives, cultivating a work ethic, and how they have different styles of coaching and parenting young athletes.

  • How involved should a sports parent be? (2:20)
  • Learning how to win, lose, & learn through sports (7:00)
  • What age is too young? (19:40)
  • Teaching a real work ethic through sports (24:30)
  • LIVE INTERVIEW WITH TJ SMITH (31:30)
  • Torrey’s Take (35:00)

About Trending Thoughts:

Trending Thoughts is a podcast hosted by 2x Super Bowl Champ Torrey Smith that is designed to entertain, spur debate, and to provide new ideas for our community across a variety of topics including sports, news, politics, parenting, and a lot more. Torrey will bring his unique commentary to each episode as we discuss what’s trending, feature guest interviews, and host unique conversations from the casual to the controversial.

Each episode is produced by my partners at HEARD podcasts. You can find out more about their work with me, or discuss a project of your own by visiting www.HEARDpods.com