Category: Sports

Brian Hite – The Science of Motivation

by Dan Clouser | May 9, 2025 | Many Little People, Podcasts, Sports, The Journey | 0 |

Brian is “The High-Stakes Performance Whisperer,” an expert in transforming how individuals and organizations perceive and navigate high-stakes environments. With over 30 years of experience as a professional stuntman and a decade coaching elite military personnel, Brian has dedicated his life to helping people see through the illusions of stress and pressure, unlocking clarity and achieving extraordinary results.

Blending real-world expertise with academic rigor—including a Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology and a Master’s in Sport Psychology—Brian empowers leaders, athletes, first responders, educators, and creatives to break free from the constraints of outdated thinking about high-stakes situations. Through his groundbreaking FACTs, he equips clients with the tools to master their mindset and act decisively in the moments that matter most.

Brian’s career spans Hollywood and beyond, with over 100 film and television credits and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his work on 24. As a Master Resilience Trainer for the U.S. Army, he spent a decade teaching soldiers how to reframe their perceptions of challenges, enabling them to perform with focus and confidence.

Dr. Michael Hutchison – Concussion Reduction

by Dan Clouser | Mar 28, 2025 | Many Little People, Podcasts, Sports, The Journey | 0 |

Dr. Hutchison is a cosmetic and Neuromuscular Dentist who lives in Traverse City, Mi and has researched, developed and patented a new technology that uses your body’s physiology to increase your strength and lower the chance of concussion.

While treating TMJ, Head and neck patients Dr. Hutchison discovered that there is a body mechanism that is found in the position of your jaw that either blocks or releases motor nerve communication to all the muscles in your body. When it is working correctly you can increase your strength and performance by 16.8% on average. While testing this mechanism, none of the subjects had a concussion for the 6 years of the study. These two factors led to the development of a new jaw positioning mouth appliance that immediately increases strength and lowers the chance of concussion down to 0.2%.

This new technology is called NeuroGuard+. Its mission is to help prevent concussions in youth athletes. We want to teach everyone to embrace the discovery of Physiologic Jaw alignment when participating in sports because you will reduce the risk of concussive forces reaching your brain, and you will increase your strength and performance.

Mark Connor – It’s About Time

by Dan Clouser | Mar 7, 2025 | Many Little People, Podcasts, Sports, The Journey | 0 |

Mark Connor is a Boxing Trainer and a Writer from Saint Paul, Minnesota. His first book, It’s About Time (Millions of Copies Sold for Dad), is a saga wrapped around a package of poems, guarded by angels. Through an autobiography reading like a novel, he weaves together a story of love, family, and life

with twenty poems running through it, sharing his growth in the Catholic faith, the influence of Irish heritage in his hometown’s American identity, his exploration of Lakota tradition within the urban American Indian community, and his understanding of how truth found in different spiritual approaches can lead others—as it led himself back—to its fullness in the revelation of Christ.

Joe Engler – Baseball, Books, and Music

by Dan Clouser | Feb 21, 2025 | Many Little People, Music, Podcasts, Sports, The Journey | 0 |

In this episode of the Journey of My Mother’s Son podcast, I talk with Joe Engler.

Joe played for our organization back in 2003. He was on our Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League (ACBL) team between his sophomore and junior seasons at Minot State University in North Dakota. I refer to him as one of my old players, but he never actually played a game for me, he just played in our organization. He was one of the players who I really connected with while he was with us.

Joe and I talk about the life lessons that the game of baseball taught him and how he is using them today in both his work and personal life.

Matt Taylor – Finding a Stronger You

by Dan Clouser | Jan 31, 2025 | Many Little People, Podcasts, Sports, The Journey | 0 |

In this episode of the Journey of My Mother’s Son podcast, I talk with Matt Taylor.

Matt is the owner and founder of StrongerYou Personal Training as well as a powerlifting competitor at the world level. He has been competing since 2012 and has taken best lifter at AAU Worlds as a Sub-Junior athlete as well as being nationally qualified as a Men’s Open Athlete in the CPU.

He holds competition PRs of 212.5kg in the squat, 145kg in the bench press, and 250kg in the deadlift.

Matt has been training professionally since 2014 and has extensive continuing education in strength training, rehab, and sports performance.

Larry Schechter – The History of Fantasy Sports

by Dan Clouser | Jan 24, 2025 | Many Little People, Podcasts, Sports, The Journey | 0 |

In this episode of the Journey of My Mother’s Son podcast, I talk with Larry Schechter.

Larry is the author of the 2014 Amazon bestseller “Winning Fantasy Baseball.” He has been called one of the best fantasy baseball players in the world. Larry was a two-time winner of the CDM Sports national salary cap contest, defeating 7,500 teams in 2002 and 6,000 teams in 2005. He has competed in the two most prestigious expert’s leagues, winning the USA Today-sponsored LABR league three times and the Tout Wars experts league six times. One of his keys to success in fantasy baseball is attention to detail. He used that ability in researching, conducting interviews, and writing his most recent book, “The History of Fantasy Sports.”

It’s not written as a boring research paper, but rather tells the stories of the entrepreneurs who created an industry that has gone worldwide. More than 50 million men and women in the USA play fantasy sports. 200 million play fantasy Cricket in India. There’s never been a book like this and it’s getting rave reviews.

Christy Forsyth – Listen to Your Soul

by Dan Clouser | Jan 17, 2025 | Many Little People, Podcasts, Sports | 0 |

Christy brings over 20 years of experience in the helping field, blending her skills as an Intuitive, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified Life Coach, Energy Healing Practitioner, and Clinical Hypnotherapist into her unique Soul Therapy coaching. Creator of the Clarity by Christy Membership, she uses her gifts to connect with energy and Angels, guiding others toward their most aligned, joyful life. With a passion for spiritual growth, intuitive understanding, and a magical, purpose-filled existence, she has empowered countless individuals through spiritual awakening and energy mastery, transforming lives for the better.

Kelli Stewart – It’s Time to L.E.A.D.

by Dan Clouser | Jan 3, 2025 | Many Little People, Podcasts, Sports, The Journey | 0 |

Today, Kelli, and her husband, C.J. Stewart, oversee two business ventures that they started together. Through Diamond Directors, they train and develop some of the country’s top amateur and professional baseball athletes; Jason Heyward (Los Angeles Dodgers), Dexter Fowler (Chicago Cubs, World Series Champion), Andruw Jones (former Atlanta Brave), Peter Alonso (NY Mets), Kyle Lewis (Arizona Diamondbacks), and Andrew McCutchen (Pittsburgh Pirates) are a few notable professional clients. Through L.E.A.D., they train and develop some of Atlanta’s hidden treasures in Atlanta Public Schools. L.E.A.D. provides inner city boys with the same opportunities to excel in life through baseball as the Stewarts’ Diamond Directors clients with the focus being accessing higher education and community leadership. To date, L.E.A.D. Ambassadors have achieved a 100% high school graduation rate and a 91% college enrollment and scholarship rate (academic and athletic).

Kelli and CJ have two beautiful daughters, Mackenzi (Southern University) and Mackenna (The Lovett School).

Ken Cox – Strength in the Struggle

by Dan Clouser | Nov 22, 2024 | Many Little People, Podcasts, Sports, The Journey | 0 |

“Reclaim Sobriety: 12 Rounds of Sobriety” is not just a memoir; it’s a guide for anyone looking to take control of their life, whether they’re battling addiction, struggling in their career, or seeking to understand the dynamics of mental toughness. It’s about finding strength in the struggle and emerging victorious, not just in business but in life.

Jon Sexton – From the Courts to the Screen with a few stops in Between

by Dan Clouser | Sep 27, 2024 | Many Little People, Music, Podcasts, Sports, The Journey | 0 |

Jon and I talk about his entrepreneurial journey. It started on the tennis and basketball courts and other athletic venues of Visalia, California and has now landed him as the host of the TV show, Selling Nashville. Jon’s journey, like so many other entrepreneurs took a few twists and turns along the way. He originally relocated to Nashville to pursue a career in music. In order to not fall into the “starving artist” category, he used some of the leadership skills and life lessons that he learned from sports to get into the health club and gym industry. What initially started as a way to simply help make ends meet while he pursued his music career, eventually turned into another passion and eventually ownership of his own health club and gym business. While running his business, he started investing in real estate, which eventually led to him securing his real estate license and heading up his own team of agents.

Antwaun Thompson – Teaching the Life Lessons within the Game

by Dan Clouser | May 31, 2024 | Many Little People, Podcasts, Sports, The Journey | 0 |

Coach T is the founder and executive Director of JLT Fieldhouse, a 501c3 nonprofit youth coaching and mentoring organization, dedicated to “Coaching and Mentoring the Leaders of Tomorrow”. This organization is named in honor of his late father, Sgt. Maj. Joe Lewis Thompson, USMC, who adopted Antwaun and his older brother after their mom and Joe were married.

He is also the CEO of Coach T’s Corner, an online mentoring academy that is designed to “Educate, Motivate and Support” our future leaders of tomorrow through personal growth and development and personal relationship development programs.

Tracy Tanguay – Time to Rethink Youth Sports

by Dan Clouser | Apr 23, 2024 | Many Little People, Podcasts, Sports, The Journey | 0 |

Tracy is also passionate about changing the current culture that has developed throughout youth sports. This is something that really resonates with me because I saw firsthand how the approach to youth sports has changed over the 30 years that I had been involved. Sadly, that culture shift has not been for the better. We have shifted from a team mentality to an individual focus. Sport specialization at a young age is becoming more and more prevalent, which is leading to more injuries at younger ages. The increase in injuries early the current MLB season could arguably be attributed to early sport specialization, too many pitches on too little rest at a younger age, and max-effort performance.

Tracy is an expert in her field, so she is speaking from a professional perspective as well as a concerned mom. Our shared opinion is that we need to focus more on teaching the fundamentals, letting the kids have fun playing the game, and falling in love the sport as opposed to chasing weekend trophies, and a win at all cost approach. We also agree on the fact that kids should multiple sports for as long as they possibly can.

Sports have a wonderful way of teaching us life lessons, the key is that we have let the game teach those lessons.

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