Ep 40: Paul Walker on COVID and Its Effect on Youth Sports

Welcome to 2021! To kick off this new year, I have my first return guest on the podcast ever, Paul Walker. If you haven’t listened to Episode 4, go back and take a listen. https://link.chtbl.com/paulwalker

You will hear all about how he made the choice to sell his successful business of 20 years solely to run a youth soccer organization that helps underprivileged kids. The reason I invited him back is to get his insights on how COVID has impacted not only youth sports but young adults in general.

It is appropriate that the title to his previous episode was “Win or Lose, You Always Have to Come Back” as Paul is a fighter. He is able to get through challenging times as he has done in the past with his organization Total Futbol Academy. With COVID and this very challenging time that we have all been going through, it is helpful to hear his perspective of how he is getting through it and what that means to his organization and the kids and young adults he is impacting.

Notable Quotes:

“Find solutions. Don’t sit around complaining and don’t shut down and don’t fall apart. Find solutions because there are solutions if you just sit down and get creative.”

“When I’m feeling stressed out, I know the only way to alleviate that is to come up with solutions, then it puts your mind at ease a bit.”

“There’s always a way to fight through, whatever it is, whatever the adversity is. And this is a great lesson for all these kids.”

In this episode, you will hear:

- The major changes and effects COVID has had on his futbol academy

- How he had to get creative to be able to provide training and some normalcy for the youths and their families

- Pauls’ choices and how he stays positive during challenging times

- The positives and negatives that have come out of COVID for his organization

 

To support Paul’s organization Total Futbol Academy and other resources mentioned in this episode:

https://www.totalfutbolacademy.com/page/show/3469083--thank-you-

Books:

Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans 

Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell 

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