State of the Universe 2022 (S4:E08)
My annual recap of the past year and the roadmap for 2023. Warning, this is pretty personal and unscripted. I decided I wanted to open up a little more about …
The Benefits of Losing (S4:E07)
Losing sucks. I get that. However, we can learn and grow from it. The key is making sure we know how to use losing and failure to grow. It is …
They Ain’t Coachable (S4:E06)
I think it is time to look at this narrative that players aren’t coachable and that maybe it is how we are trying to reach them. We need to first …
Pump The Brakes (S4:E05)
Are we headed for a cliff in the youth sports world? Possibly. Can we avoid it? Absolutely. We need to stop finger-pointing and help educate everyone on ALL the aspects …
The Grey (S4:E04 )
This is the first episode back from Dan’s month-long hiatus on content creation. He opens up about living in “the grey” and the mental struggles he battles on a regular …
Pam Brant Interview (S4:E03)
Going back to our Mental Cast Podcast roots, we bring you a new interview. This session is with travel writer, blogger, and volleyball super-fan; Pam Brant. Pam talks about becoming …
Legos and Scrabble (S4:E02)
I always hated playing with Legos as a kid. As I got older, I also developed the same feeling for the board game Scrabble. I always passed it off as …
Say Goodbye (S4:E01)
The season 4 kickoff show. In this episode, Dan discusses the concept of “walking away”. How, why, and when it is time to walk away. This episode also gets a …
Mental Cast – Why I Walked Away (S3:E08)
Continuing with the theme of being open, personally, I decided to open up and talk about why I walked away from being a youth club director, the struggles with culture, …
I Wasn’t Prepared (S3:07)
This is the most open and vulnerable podcast episode I have ever done. I decided to talk about where I have been the last 2 months and the struggles I …