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The Kids Used to Pick the Teams

GPAC commissioner Corey Westra on the biggest change in youth sports — it’s gone from peer control to adult control — and what parents hear in The Role of Parents in Athletics.

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A Proactive Coaching podcast interview with Corey Westra, longtime commissioner of the Great Plains Athletic Conference, youth coach and Proactive Coaching regional speaker, hosted by Bruce Brown. Topics covered: how youth sports moved from kids picking the teams to adult control, what a commissioner’s job really looks like, the qualities that separate the very best coaches, and why parents walk out of “The Role of Parents in Athletics” saying thank you.

Introduction

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Bruce: Good morning and welcome to our Proactive Coaching podcast. Our guest today is Corey Westra. Corey is a husband and father and youth coach, and also a regional speaker for Proactive Coaching. He’s been the conference commissioner for the Great Plains Athletic Conference in the NAIA for 16 years, I believe. Corey, we just want to welcome you to our show and give our audience a chance to meet you. So, how have you been doing?

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