Chat By The Pitch
Chat By The Pitch
Podcast Description
Chat By The Pitch is your go-to podcast for North Texas soccer parents. We connect you with local clubs, coaches, and from around the world experts to help you make informed decisions for your child’s soccer journey. Each episode features interviews with top coaches and specialists, offering tips on player development, team selection, and the latest soccer gear. Stay ahead of the game with Chat By The Pitch—where soccer families find their edge.
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Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast covers a range of topics pertinent to youth soccer, including player development, coaching strategies, and navigating the youth soccer landscape. Episodes delve into personal stories from influential figures, such as Tracey Leone's reflections on youth soccer culture and Nate Baker's insights on fixing the U.S. youth soccer system.
Chat By The Pitch is a youth soccer podcast focused on player development, coaching culture, and the family experience in the modern game. Hosted by Ian Babcock, the show connects parents, coaches, and club leaders with local, national, and global voices shaping youth soccer today.
Each episode dives into the real decisions families face—team selection, development pathways, mental performance, coaching environments, and the gear and tools that support long-term growth. The conversations are honest, practical, and rooted in lived experience, not hype.
Whether you’re navigating your first season or years into the journey, Chat By The Pitch helps soccer families make informed, confident decisions—on and off the field.
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Soccer for Success is reshaping how youth soccer development happens inside school systems.
In this episode, leaders from Dallas ISD and the US Soccer Foundation break down how a 10-lesson, standards-aligned curriculum is equipping PE teachers, training coaches, and reaching nearly 50,000 students across Dallas.
We talk about why small-sided games matter, how physical activity impacts academic performance, and how this partnership is extending beyond the classroom into after-school programs, recess, and even World Cup-themed initiatives.
If you’re a parent, coach, or school leader wondering how to build real development environments inside education systems — this conversation matters.
Key Talking Points
What Soccer for Success is and how it supports underserved communities
The 10-lesson curriculum aligned with national PE standards
Training 114 Dallas ISD teachers in two sessions
Reaching nearly 50,000 students through PE and athletics
Why small-sided games replace 11v11 in development settings
The REST principle: modifying rules, equipment, space, and time
How the Spark after-school program extends soccer beyond class
The financial investment: $56,000 into Dallas ISD
World Cup-based resources launching for recess, field day, and classrooms
How sports participation supports academic performance and focus
Quotes from the Guests
“We provide underserved communities access to innovative play spaces and evidence-based soccer programs.” – Lisa Perry
“If you don’t touch the ball, you’re not going to improve your skills or your confidence.” – Lisa Perry
“Soccer is such a universal sport and a universal language.” – Lisa Perry
“There’s no way you’re going to leave the same way you came in.” – Dr. Lisa Whitaker
“We want our students to have the foundational skills to go in and be competitive.” – Dr. Lisa Whitaker
“It gives a powerful way to ingrain each kid within a community.” – Warren Coddle
“You could come in with zero knowledge of soccer and put together a program in 10 weeks.” – Warren Coddle
“Our goal is to expose kids to soccer and develop fundamental skills so they have confidence.” – Lisa Perry
“We were all in.” – Dr. Lisa Whitaker
“We just want to make it easier for teachers to access what we have.” – Lisa Perry
Connect with the Guests
Warren Coddle
🌐 Website: https://www.ntxsoccer.org/odp/olympic-developm
📧 Email: [email protected]
📸 Instagram: @NTXODP
👍 Facebook: @NTXODP
Lisa Perry
🌐 Website: https://ussoccerfoundation.org
✖️ X: @pe4_u
📸 Instagram: lisakperry23
Dr. Lisa Whitaker
✖️ X: @DrlisaWhitaker
✖️ X: @HPEDallasISD
Marisela Lopez
✖️ X: @MariselaLopez91
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