Raising Pro Athletes

About Raising Pro Athletes

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 did DIFFERENT. 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.

Publisher

Marina Villatoro Kuperman

Category

kids & family · kids & family · sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Sept 2022

Latest episode

10 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

80 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Sept 2026

   Before the Olympic Gold: What Toby Roberts' Dad Did Unwatched for 10 Years

   When the world shut down, Toby Roberts’ dad built a backyard climbing wall. Years later, Toby won Olympic Gold. A global shutdown wipes out climbing gyms and competitions, so we look at what actually keeps a young athlete moving forward when access, routine, and motivation disappear. I trace how Toby Roberts’ family support and their own pandemic wall build one principle I want every sports parent to try: be the constant even when you are not the expert. Raising an elite ath...

2. 

   9 Sept 2026

   How Haley Langland’s Parents Built A Pro Snowboarder

   What does it really take to raise an X Games champion? Discover how Hailey Langland’s parents nurtured her wild side to make snowboarding history. Haley Langland’s X Games moment shows what can happen when talent meets a family willing to build a whole life around growth. I break down the incredible journey of this elite snowboarder and explore the massive family commitments required to raise a competitive athlete. From encouraging risky play in toddlers to relocating to mountain ...

3. 

   7 Sept 2026

   No Money. No Coach. No Options. How Two Teachers Raised an Olympic Athlete. (Oriane Bertone Story)

   A multi-sport day camp, a basalt ravine, and one blunt phone call: “Find these girls a real club tomorrow.” That’s the moment that flips an ordinary school-holiday plan into the start of an Olympic-level climbing journey, even though neither parent has ever climbed a rock in their life. I’m Marina, and I’m tracing the path that begins long before medals, when the only goal is getting three kids through the workday and back home safe. We rewind to the Bertone family’s roots: a judo background...

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