Raising Pro Athletes
By Marina Villatoro Kuperman
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Description
Your kid wants to be a pro athlete. Now what?
Behind every pro athlete is a parent who believed first, who showed up, adapted, and refused to quit. Nobody talks about them. Until now.
Raising Pro Athletes decodes what the parents of today's top athletes actually did.
Host Marina Kuperman Villatoro moved her family across the world for her son's rock climbing career and learned the hard truth: the parent is the hidden variable.
Richard Williams drove Serena and Venus to cracked Compton courts at 5 AM, filmed training videos, and mailed them to coaches who laughed. Everyone called him crazy.
We know how that story ended.
Real talk. No playbook. Just parents figuring it out, one episode at a time.
It takes a Strategic Village to Raise an Athlete. This is your village.
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What If Grit Is Just Unseen Harm? Abuse is never the Training Plan
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May 05, 2026 |
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What Michael Jordan's Biography Revealed About Toxic Sports Parenting and Hypocrisy
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May 04, 2026 |
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What do Lewis Hamilton's, Venus and Serena's, and Toby Robert's parents have in common about coaching their kid athletes?
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Feb 28, 2026 |
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Every Practice Is A Deposit You’ll Need On Game Day
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Why 45 Minutes Of Deliberate Training Outperforms Five Hours Of Gym Time
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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How Parents Can Teach Kids To Manage Ego And Master Their Thoughts
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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How A Child’s Losing Streak Builds Grit, Honesty, And True Ownership
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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How Intentional Training Transforms Kids’ Practice
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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How To Feed A Young Athlete Who Hates “Healthy”
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Feb 22, 2026 |
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Treat Your Body Like A Formula One Car To Compete At Your Best
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Feb 21, 2026 |
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Competition Climbing vs. Outdoor Rock Climbing
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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How Specific Gratitude Builds Mental Toughness At Home And In Sport
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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How Daily Journaling Supercharges Visualization, Goals, And Grit
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Rewrite Your Story, Rewire Your Mind
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Why Clearing Your Mind Is A Myth And What Meditation Really Teaches Athletes
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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You Strengthen Your Mind When You Set Written, Present-Tense Goals And Visualize Them Daily
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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How To Teach Kids The Power Of Visualization For Goals, Confidence, And Fun In Sport
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Feb 14, 2026 |
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Why Talking About Injury Feelings Helps Everyone Heal
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Why Youth Competitions Build Mental Toughness And Real Skill
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Resilience, PTSD - Inside The Hidden Cost Of Extreme Sports Injuries
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Rewire the What If Toward Courage And Action for Kid Athletes
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Your Child’s Goals Called; They Want To Be Outrageous
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Breaking The Loop: Teaching Young Athletes The Reset Button
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Feb 08, 2026 |
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Why Young Athletes Get Hurt More During Puberty And How Parents Can Prevent It
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Feb 07, 2026 |
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Power Poses For Parents And Teens: How A Two-Minute Physiology Shift Boosts Mood, Confidence, And Performance
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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When Your Kid’s Sport Becomes Your Whole World
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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How Parents And Athletes Decide It’s Time To Quit
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Parenting Through Sports Injuries
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Parents Should Treat Youth Sports Like Serious Learning, Not A Hobby
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Rethinking Education When Your Kid Might Go Pro in Sports
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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How Sports Costs, Sacrifice, And Self-Care Collide For Athlete Parents
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Jan 31, 2026 |
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Parents’ Guide To Building Mental Toughness In Young Athletes
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Spotting Post-Traumatic Stress After Sports Injuries
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Keeping Your Partnership Alive While Raising A Competitive Athlete
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Competitive Climbing in Front of Cameras: The Benefits, The Risks & Pressures
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Homeschooling & Traditional Schooling: Which One is Best for an Athlete?
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Buying a Team Uniform for Competitive Climbing: Cost Analysis, the Importance, and the Benefits
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Parenting an Athlete: Your Role in Building Your Kid's Journey to Pro
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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What is the Right Training Plan for Your Kid? Tips for Finding the Right One
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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How to Keep Your Kid Humble While They Excel in Their Sports and Athletics
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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Costs of Joining a Competitive Climbing Team: Teams, Gyms, Training and Preparation Costs
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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Joining a National Climbing Team: Federation Costs, the Pros, the Cons, and Costs
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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Ethics of Rock Climbing: Learn When to Stay Quiet and Show Respect
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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Ethics of Rock Climbing: Where to Pee? Tips on How - To and Where
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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Why I Prefer Rock Climbing as a Parent: Benefits Compared to Other Extreme Sports
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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The Secret Strength of Climber Kai Lightner - Connie Lightner (His Mom)
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Mar 25, 2023 |
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Dierdre Wolownick: A Talk With Alex Honnold's Mom
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Finding the Right Climbing Team: Why You Need to Choose Wisely
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT and the REAL reasons we moved to Spain
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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Welcome to Raising Rock Climbers UNCENSORED Podcast
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Jan 14, 2023 |
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Support Your Child in Sports: Investment In Your Kids Journey (Not Only Financial)
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Oct 02, 2022 |
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Pushing Your Child in Sports: Protecting Your Kid From You - Sports Parents What's Your Agenda?
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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Are Sports all Glitz and Glamour? Reality of the Sports Journey
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Jealousy in Sports: Is Envy in Athletes a Killer or a Motivator?
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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How to Overcome Adversity in Sports - Helping Your Kids
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Your Kid Does NOT Have to Make Up for Your Lack of Success
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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Taking Time Off to Train Athletically - Who's Paying for It?
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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Parents of Athletes: This Has Nothing To Do With You
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Sep 25, 2022 |
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Managing Emotions in Sports: Tears of Frustration and Sadness - How to Handle it Properly
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Sep 24, 2022 |
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Skills vs. Talent: Is TALENT Overrated?
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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The Power of Words - What Is Your Conversation in the House?
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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When It Comes to Extreme Sports POSITIONING is Everything
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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Orchestration in Sports: What Is it and Why Is It Important for Extreme Sports
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Obsession for the Sport - The Good, The Bad and the Unexpected
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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The Importance of Work Ethic for an Athlete
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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Distraction and Focus in Sports and Life
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Sep 18, 2022 |
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Are Kids the Decision Makers When It Comes to Their Sport?
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Sep 17, 2022 |
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Death to YouTube and Other Ways to Help Your Kid
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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Recovering From Losses: How to Help Your Athlete Deal with Losses
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Finding Your Kid's (Deep) Connection to Their Sport: How to Get Your Kids Interested in Sports
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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What Does it Take to Become a Champion: Becoming an Athletic Star
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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2 Types of Athletes - Which One Is Your Kid?
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Accountability in Sport: A Better Way to Level Up Your Kid's Athletic Training and Discipline
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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It's Time to Change the Conversation Around College and Sports Training
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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How Your Words Affect Your Child: Change the Vernacular to Have a Positive Impact on Your Kids
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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The Pros and Cons of Becoming Your Child's Manager (or Avoid the Trap of the Parent Manager)
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Sep 06, 2022 |