E.122 | Andrew Ladd: What Are We Preparing Them For? - Part Two

In Part Two with Andrew Ladd, Justin and Shane explore how a difficult stretch late in his NHL career helped uncover a new sense of purpose. That experience eventually became 1616, a program Andrew and his wife Brandy created to help young athletes build the mental skills to handle what sport and life will ask of them. The conversation also challenges a familiar idea in youth sport: that winning shouldn’t matter. Andrew sees it differently. The question isn’t whether we should want kids to win, but what we’re ultimately preparing them to become. This is an essential episode for anyone invested in youth sport.