Welcome to the Raising Thriving Athletes Podcast. The show for coaches and parents of young athletes who want to set up their athletes for success on the field and in life. Where smarter training beats over training and healthy habits replace visits to the doctor's office. Hosted by doctor of physical therapy, coach, ex-collegiate athlete, and parent of athletes, Matt Swift.
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Welcome to the Raising Thriving Athletes Podcast. The show for coaches and parents of young athletes who want to set up their athletes for success on the field and in life. Where smarter training beats over training and healthy habits replace visits to the doctor's office. Hosted by doctor of physical therapy, coach, ex-collegiate athlete, and parent of athletes, Matt Swift.
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April 28, 2020
Building a High School Sports Program with Coach Jeff Forsberg
In this episode of Raising Thriving Athletes, Dr. Matt Swift interviews Jeff Forsberg, the head softball coach at Huntington Beach High School. Jeff has been coaching youth sports since 1987. He also has had both of his kids grow up playing sports and play in college. Jeff brings a wise perspective of youth sports as he looks back at his time coaching and raising thriving athletes in his own home. Jeff recently made the news with his letter he wrote to his softball team during this COVID-19 shutdown of sports. You can read about it in this article in the OC Register https://www.ocregister.com/2020/04/18/coach-message-jeff-forsberg-tells-huntington-beach-softball-team-it-will-always-be-near-to-my-heart/ FREE DURING COVID-19 Crisis: We have released our Thriving Athlete 101 online course for free to all athletes during this crisis we are in. This is a great online course for athletes to go through individually, or for teams to walk through together to keep developing as athletes. Find out more about Thriving Athlete 101 here!
March 3, 2020
How to recover from injuries- 5 Steps of the Recovery Roadmap
In this episode Dr. Matt Swift, physical therapist, goes through the 5 steps he uses in the clinic to move young athletes from injury to return to play. Matt is the host of the show and has a doctorate in physical therapy. His 17 years of experience in getting athletes back to play started in the athletic training room as an undergraduate student and continues to this day in his private practice in Huntington Beach, CA. The Recovery Roadmap is a simple process that Matt uses in the clinic to help guide and direct what type of treatment athletes are receiving along their road to recovery. Click here to get your FREE PDF download of the 5 Steps to Get out of Pain Announcement: ***In April 2020 we will be having our 21 Day Raising Thriving Athletes Online Summit. Click here to register for the event!
February 4, 2020
Early Specialization in Youth Sports with Dr. Alfred Atanda
On this episode we discuss the hot topic of youth specializing in one sport early on in their "career". Our host Matt Swift, PT, DPT has a conversation with Dr. Alfred Atanda a pediatric orthopedic surgeon. As a parent this question will eventually come up- "Should we just focus on one sport?" While there is not "right" answer to when, there are a lot of things to consider. There are risks involved when kids specialize in one sport early on. This conversation will give you the perspective of an orthopedic surgeon who sees the effects of kids specializing too early in their sport. To find out more about Dr. Alfred Atanda: You Tube: Alfred Atanda MD LinkedIn FREE DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE: Annual Sports Cycle Planner
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