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Dr. Sue Schimmel and Maureen Breeze join the USA Hockey Podcast, with Abby Woodford serving as special guest co-host, to discuss how parents can support athletes through pressure, burnout, failure and growth. The conversation explores practical ways parents can listen, ask better questions, model resilience, communicate with coaches and help athletes build ownership over their sport experience.
Purchase their book, Playing the Long Game: A Handbook for Parenting Elite and College Athletes, here: https://a.co/d/0aaarBrq

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"#57 Parenting the Athlete with Dr. Sue Schimmel and Maureen Breeze" is an episode of The USA Hockey Podcast: A Youth Sports Conversation. Runtime 1 hr 11 min. Published May 12, 2026. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.