Welcome to Raising Rock Climbers UNCENSORED Podcast

As a parent of not one but two sons with ambitions to “go pro” as Rock Climbers, your host Marina Kuperman Villatoro began navigating the often rocky terrain of raising athletes over a decade ago.  She learned quickly that while climbers compete as individuals, raising an athlete is most definitely a team sport.

In this one-of-a-kind podcast Marina pulls back the curtain and dives deep into chats with the (mostly) unsung heroes:  the parents, the coaches, the trainers, and so much more.  These insightful conversations reveal the realities of what it takes to support a child to reach their potential as an extreme athlete. 

For the first time ever, this podcast provides Uncensored Advice for you – the parents – the biggest unsung heroes of raising athletes!

What to expect when you listen

• The real, raw truth
• Laughter, and maybe some tears
• The struggles and the successes
• Resources and ideas

In  this podcast, you will find the support you’ve been searching for to RAISING PRO ATHLETES with confidence.

About Your Host, Marina Kuperman Villatoro

Hi, I’m Marina Kuperman Villatoro, a mama on a mission to help my sons reach their goals and dreams in the sport of rock climbing. 

I, along with my extreme-athlete husband, am raising climbers with ambitions to compete, become champions and eventually “go pro.”  But, we only had the faintest idea of the level of commitment it would take on our part.   We soon realized that the funding, compromise and decision making this endeavor requires and falls as much – if not more – on our shoulders as theirs.

At the beginning it felt like the more we did the less we knew.  So, like most of us today, I turned to the internet to figure things out. 

I discovered that there’s plenty of ‘expert advice’ out there if your kid wants to play football, soccer, hockey, or baseball.   But very little counsel is available for parents of individual sports. 

Let’s face it, extreme sports are not the same as these types of team sports.  They have been refined over decades through school sports programs, college level athletics, traveling teams and so much more.

Participating in extreme sports is a whole different way of life. It requires a whole different mindset, not to mention financial commitment, than traditional team sports.  The safety issues and medical concerns alone will and do keep a parent up at night.  These topics and many more will be addressed in the first few episodes. 

The most important thing I can tell you from my experience is that as a parent you have so much control. You can squash your kid’s dream or make it real in a split second.  The conversations you have with your kid

About This Podcast

It takes a village to raise a pro athlete.

For the first time ever this channel takes you behind the athlete’s ‘unspoken’ road what it really takes to raise athletes.

What to expect when you listen:

Real, Raw Truth

Laughter

The Struggles & Successes

ABOUT YOUR HOST:

Marina Kuperman Villatoro, a mama who is on a mission to help her sons reach their athletic (rock climbing) goals and dreams.

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