Listen ""It’s the Whole Family’s Journey” with Sporting Parent Geni O’Keeffe"
Episode Synopsis
If you enjoy the content and want to show your appreciation, you can shout me a coffee using the link below:https://buymeacoffee.com/strive365 More great resources for sports parents here - https://amzn.to/3FAilkI Intro:Todays guest is Geni O’Keeffe.Geni is a mum to Poppy. A 17 year old talented football player, currently with our Melbourne Victory A league women’s squad as a youth development contracted player.This is a great conversation about navigating the challenges of the professional level as a teenage athlete, relocating the family to access better opportunities, the challenges of balancing education and sporting commitments and much more.Geni is a sporting parent who is finding solutions to the daily challenges of having a high performing, talented youth athlete in the house, which we know resonates with a large part of our audience. There’s plenty to get out of this episode.OK, Lets go!Family4 children, all sporty, especially tennis. Poppy (16 years old):Murray UnitedPlaying in a boys team up to U13sPlayed representative soccerFootball Victory NTC & Emerging programsNTC U17, U20 and NPLW competitionsNational Youth Championship National Futsal (2020 – present), Championship Winners (2023)Melbourne Victory A league women’sPre Academy Centre (2019 - 2020)Elite Girls Program (2021 – 2023)Train on player (2023/24)Youth Development Contract (2023 - 25)A league pre season match vs Western UnitedFootball AustraliaAus Junior Matildas U17 training camps (2023 - 2024)Give us your feedback Support the showBecome a member - https://www.buzzsprout.com/2380305/support#STRIVE365Instagram: @_strive365YouTube: @STRIVE365podcastLinkedIn: @garethturnbullstrive365TIKTOK: @_strive365FACEBOOK: @STRIVE 365Twitter: @gturnbull12