Why Your Kid Isn’t Active and How to Fix It with Tom Farrey

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Joe De Sena talks with Tom Farrey, author of Game On: The All-American Race to Make Champions of Our Children, about the state of youth sports in America.

Tom explains that only 1 in 4 kids are active, largely due to barriers in the U.S. sports system. Now leading Project Play, he works to make sports more accessible and fun for all children.

They discuss how Spartan Races promote self-improvement over competition, and how Norway’s child-focused sports model could inspire the U.S.

Tom emphasizes the importance of letting kids enjoy sports rather than pushing them into activities they don’t love. They encourage parents to listen to their children’s interests and prioritize fun and accessibility to keep kids engaged in sports.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:03 Mapping the Problem: Why Aren’t More Kids Active?
03:31 Youth Sports Around the World
05:46 Challenging Kids to Do Hard Things
07:46 Screens and Devices as a Competition to Youth Sports
10:23 Rethinking Competition for Kids
11:51 Breaking Through School Bureaucracies to Reach Kids
13:15 How Can Parents Support Their Child’s Interests
16:57 Should You Let Your Kid Quit a Sport?
19:01 Parents Overanalyzing Their Child's Performance
21:29 Norway: The World’s Best Youth Sports System
25:10 - What the U.S. Can Learn from Norway
26:16 - Final Thoughts: Creating Better Youth Sports Systems

Transcript

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0:00.0	Human beings are wired to move.
0:03.4	They're born to move.
0:04.9	And if you're in love with a sport,
0:06.4	you're more likely to suffer through.
0:08.1	Suffered through the hard times.
0:09.7	Are we really competing with other people?
0:11.2	Are we really competing to be the best
0:12.7	version of ourselves? So sports or activities like that are valuable in helping people
0:18.4	think about how to compete better with themselves. Welcome to the Hardway
0:22.1	podcast with Joe the Ca, founder and CEO of Spartan Races.
0:27.0	We're teaching you how to overcome your obstacles in your life the same way we teach
0:31.0	our 10 million plus Spartans to overcome obstacles on the course.
0:34.7	With insight from the smartest, most accomplished experts from every corner of the world.
0:39.0	Get ready to elevate your life today. Joseph Seneh here, CEO and founder of Spartan and host to the Hardway podcast.
0:47.0	Got my buddy Tom Ferry on who had a great career at ESPN, who is the author of Game On, works for the Aspen Institute, the guy wants to get
0:58.6	kids healthy like we do. Welcome aboard, Tom.
1:01.3	Great to be here, Joe.
1:03.0	Thanks for having me.
1:04.0	What are you working on these days?
1:05.0	Let's fill everybody in because it was pretty exciting.
1:07.0	You when I spoke last night and you've basically mapped, my understanding is you've mapped out the problem.
1:15.0	Well, not only, well I mapped out the problem through the book, which was game on the All-American
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