How to Be a Champion Sports Parent ft John O'Sullivan & Jerry Lynch

Welcome to Season 13 Episode 39 of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network . This week, Lisa chats with John O'Sullivan and Jerry Lynch, authors of the newly-released book, THE CHAMPION SPORTS PARENT . Jerry Lynch and John O’Sullivan are leadership, performance, and team culture specialists. Their work has received global acclaim in youth, high school, collegiate, and professional athletics. They are highly sought after by teams, schools, and sport governing bodies around the world for their work in athletic performance, coach education, and parent engagement. Jerry and John cohost the Way of Champions Podcast, as well as the Way of Champions Transformational Leadership Events, and both are national advisory board members of the Positive Coaching Alliance. Their first book together, The Champion Teammate: Timeless Lessons to Connect, Compete and Lead in Sports and Life received international acclaim and is used by high-performing teams and athletes on the youth, high school, college and professional levels. In this episode, you'll hear John and Jerry discuss the importance of sports parent education and support. Their latest book not only imparts great wisdom but also gives parents the opportunity to go through some simple exercises to put the lessons into practice. If you've been a listener of our podcast for any length of time, you'll recognize most of the concepts but will also learn alongside Lisa some new and innovative ways to implement them. In fact, if you are interested in reading the book then joining Lisa online to discuss it, send her an email to lisa@parentingaces.com. Jerry has offered to join the online discussion as well. This is a great opportunity to convert knowledge into practice! To purchase the book, visit https://amzn.to/4eDFy1y (NOTE: ParentingAces may receive a small commission from the sale). For more information on John's and Jerry's great work in the youth sports arena, visit their respective websites: www.changingthegameproject.com and www.wayofchampions.com . To follow on social media: Instagram: https://instagram.com/CTGProjecthq X: https://x.com/CTGProjectHQ And don’t forget to register for our upcoming trip to Spain! More info at https://parentingaces.com/articles/join-us-for-10-days-in-spain/ . If you’re so inclined, please share this – and all our episodes! – with your fellow tennis players, parents, and coaches. You can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or via your favorite podcast app. Please be sure to check out our logo’d merch as well as our a la carte personal consultations in our online shop . CREDITS Intro & Outro Music: Morgan Stone aka STØNE Audio & Video Editing: Lisa Stone Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices