King Talk

Our Guest: Albert Fann III and Joseph Roberson aka Professor Joe discuss the effort it takes to meet your goals. Joseph and Albert share so much wisdom and experience about being conscious of what you want in your life and what it takes to achieve your goals. I hope you listen to all of our 54 podcasts and really take in the lessons all of our special guest are teaching you. Joseph shares Albert's incredible athletic achievements from high school and college. Joseph and I appreciate all our guests taking time out of their day to teach our listeners what it takes to have a successful life through their personal challenges and perseverance. (IG: @jahkfann22, FB: Albert T Fann III(Jahk Fann) Please watch our youtube channel: https://youtu.be/nWl0LPehuMw

Coach Dameon Porter joins King Talk to talk about his journey from playing football and baseball at Crenshaw High School to becoming the Head Football Coach at Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino. 

Dameon illustrates the importance of adversity, struggle and setbacks in preparing for life...you have to listen to the entire podcast! There are so many important life lessons in this podcast for everyone at every stage of life!

Our 50th Show!! Our Guest: Chavis Carpenter and Joseph discuss the importance of bridging the gap to effective communication. Also, learning how to manage emotions in heated debates and demonstrating mutual respect in society. (facebook: Chavis Big C _Carpenter, IG: @chavis_bigc_carpenter)

We are honored that Joe Shumpert took time from his busy schedule to share his life lessons with us. Joe speaks about how he maintains his positive energy and attitude and his perspective on life. 

On King Talk's very first remote podcast in order to keep bringing our listener's interest and inspiring guests during this pandemic, Joseph welcomes our guest, Jack Pollon. Jack is a former sports writer for the Los Angeles Daily News and currently writes for CaliforniaPreps.com and The Ventura Star. He discusses his newest project with Joseph that includes writing, ranking and videos. His background in youth sports started when he played at the rec leagues, travel teams and high school. He was a multi-sport athlete in high school at Montclair Prep. His experiences in sports and love of the games lead him to his current career in sports writing. He explains how there is a place for all young athletes who love sports as they look for a career; business, writing, sports agents and more. Jack shares invaluable advice during these unprecedented times and how to create opportunities for yourself; staying in shape, keeping your body and mind active as if you were in season and reaching out to college coaches and staying in touch with them. We really appreciate Jack taking the time out of his busy schedule to record for our listeners. 

As we all adjust to life with the unprecedented nature of the coronavirus, Joseph talks with Deborah Heftner at a safe social distance! Just like in sports, this reminds us that adjustments and adaptations are a part of life. Deborah shares her journey as a swimmer from an early age, through age-group swimming to Master Swimmer. She shares how swimming kept her motivated, diligent and determined throughout her life and how the greater purpose of sports is creating a healthy lifestyle and structure in life.

Joseph talks with Coach Colin Jamerson, founder and  operator of youth basketball’s GameTymers, as well as current Basketball Coach at both Taft Charter High School and Village Christian School. Colin has also coached basketball at Yeshiva High School, and was a Head Coach at Sierra Canyon High School,  Shalhevet High School and Calabasas High School. Colin tells Joseph about playing basketball at age 9, recording all the Laker's games with Magic Johnson on VHS tape and then mimicking those moves at the park. Joseph and Colin discuss teaching players the fundamentals of the game and playing together as a team. There are so many important lessons in this podcast for student-athletes and parents. We were so honored to have Colin take the time out of his busy coaching schedule to share his coaching journey with us and our listeners. You can find Colin: Instagram: @GameTymers and Facebook: GameTymers

Joe and our guest, Velocity Silver, discuss how to apply the lessons learned in youth sport into a professional career. Velocity played basketball and volleyball in high school and college and shares her positive attitude about youth sports and her successful career and how to be a good leader. Thank you, Velocity for taking the time to share your positive, insightful energy with us and our listeners! You can find Velocity here: @silverb2018 and Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiuOuUIBYVwqo73mLubeqPg

Joseph talks with our guest, Joe Shumpert, who had a very challenging childhood, losing both parents by the age of 12. Joe openly and honestly shares his experience and teaches us about the power of positivity. You will be motivated by Joe's incredible success story! Thank you for your time, Joe(@happy_24_7_365) Warning: There are a few explicit words, but don't let that stop you from listening to and sharing this amazing podcast!

Part 2: Joseph talks with Coach Sonny Weathersby about his inspirational journey  playing and excelling in multiple sports, becoming an author of  Peregrination: The Journey to Wellness and creating his company,  Wellness on Wheels International. There was so much to talk about that  we needed two shows! Coach Sonny: @theurbanwellnesscoach,  @iamsonnyweathersby, coachsonny.com

Joseph talks with Coach Sonny Weathersby about his inspirational journey playing and excelling in multiple sports, becoming an author of Peregrination: The Journey to Wellness and creating his company, Wellness on Wheels International. There was so much to talk about that we needed two shows! Coach Sonny: @theurbanwellnesscoach, @iamsonnyweathersby, coachsonny.com

On our first show of 2020 Joseph talks with Kohl Adams-Hurd, a former student-athlete from Pierce College and Old Dominion about his journey as a student-athlete and now a successful entrepreneur. Kohl has a successful customized football eye shield company(@2GVisors), as well as developing an algorithm for a recruiting app to rate and rank high school athletes. Nick Moody, former football player at Florida State University and former San Francisco 49ers linebacker shares his athletic journey starting when he told his mom with conviction, when he was 6 or 7 years old, that he was going to play in the NFL. And Gerald Bowman, former football player at USC and Baltimore Ravens talks about the realities of recruiters. There is a lot of wisdom in this podcast as we start the new year. Thank you for listening!

On our 40th show, Joseph and our guests Jeremy Mason and Charles Johnson discuss learning how to allow yourself to make mistakes, seeing the opportunities in making mistakes and how being afraid of making mistakes prevents you from taking chances. Also they discuss holding yourself accountable and so much more. There are so many words of wisdom and lessons to learn in this podcast for parents and student-athletes. 

Be prepared to absorb the wisdom of our guest: Charles Johnson, Doctoral Candidate, Parent of a Collegiate-Level Student-Athlete, Retired Military(thank you for your service!), Successful Business Owner and Motivational Speaker! Joseph and Charles share many ways to motivate student-athletes through adversity in their lives. Charles outlines his program: Goal Orientation Motivation from Ego to Task that will benefit everyone to go further in their lives with purpose. Charles ends this uplifting interview with these words: Take the opportunity to be who you are. Accept and acknowledge how amazing you are. Truly inspiring podcast! Thank you, Charles for your time!

Joseph and our guest Americus Jones, Frosh-Soph Basketball Coach at Grant High School discuss the strategy and thought-process of coaching high school basketball. They talk about the importance of relationships with the players and being a counselor as much as being a coach. They also discuss how some parents want their student-athletes to play more than the student-athletes want to play and how parents hold their children back in school or start school later when they are young to have an advantage over other children. Americus gives us all many words of wisdom and reminds us all that there is more than one way to the finish line and making the journey worth it.

Joseph and our guest, Antonio Flowers share their multiple perspectives on Colin Kaepernick, as well as the importance of not having an emotional attachment to just one perspective. They define the meaning of "You should love who loves you" as it relates to relationships with coaches, teams and who wants the best for your student-athletes. Antonio speaks about the importance of social media and being thoughtful as a parent and a student-athlete about what you post, say and how you act because someone is always watching to make sure you are an appropriate choice for their team, agency or job; no matter how old the post.

Joseph and his former student-athlete, Javarus McConner, discuss the keys to athletic success on the high school and the collegiate level: Having a support structure, good work ethic, as well as love for the daily grind associated with the game. Javarus shares what goes into evaluating an athlete's ability and potential. They both share a lot of words of wisdom for both student-athletes and parents.

Joseph is joined today by West Valley Eagles Youth Track & Field Coach Fidel Burns and his son, John. Coach Fidel also coaches relays and sprints at St. Francis High School. After 16 years of coaching, Fidel shares his perspective on several topics, such as creating the environment in practice to prepare for the field of competition, overworking our kids, teaching life through sports, talking with multi-sport athletes and making sure there is balance, as well as keeping an open line of communication with your child. Coach Fidel tells parents to remember the day you first signed your child up for sports and wanting them just to have fun. He wants parents to make sure your kids are surrounded by positive peers with similar interests. 

Joseph and his former student-athletes, Antonio Flowers, Elijah Shuler and Gerald Bowman share their wisdom about the importance of time and using it wisely when you have the opportunity. These athletes share their advice about meeting the standard of excellence to achieve your goals, believing in yourself, trusting your instincts, finding good role models and celebrating the success of others. 

We are so honored to be able to have Ryan McDougald back to King Talk to share his experiences and lessons learned on his trip to Sri Lanka, as well as his experience as the Assistant Basketball Coach and Winter Floor Hockey Coach for the Santa Clarita chapter of the Special Olympics. 

Joseph, Gerald Bowman and Javarus McConner discuss the recent acts of kindness in the media regarding student-athletes versus bullies in schools. Athletes of every age can make a positive change in society by becoming aware of their behavior with others, either on their team or in their schools. In the past few weeks there have been videos of athletes showing kindness to kids who have been bullied: in one school, a child was sitting always sitting alone at lunch until a group of football players joined him, a young boy in Florida was bullied by kids in school for participating in their college t-shirt day by making his own University of Tennessee t-shirt on a piece of paper attached to his orange shirt and when the University of Tennessee became aware of the situation, they turned his design into an official t-shirt and the proceeds from the sale of the shirt are going to an anti-bullying group, as well as offering him a 4-year scholarship. And another important story was out of MLK College Prep in Memphis, where a boy was being bullied because he was wearing the same clothes every day because his mom couldn't afford new clothes; student-atheletes noticed how embarrassed he was a collected their own clothes to give to him. There is a ripple effect with kindness that every person involved in sports from the athletes to the coaches and the parents can be a part of to make this society a better place. Imagine the change that you and your student-athlete could make in this world by starting with one person.

Joseph and his 4 Kings: Gerald Bowman, Javarus McConner, James Sims and Edwin Petrossi, share their views on the practical lessons learned through youth sports including respect, adversity, discipline, humility, self-care, mental strength and toughness.

Joseph and Grace, producer of King Talk Podcast discuss the original idea for this podcast series and how it became a reality. Grace talks about her experience as a single mom supporting her son's journey in youth sports and her observations of coaches and parents along the way.

Joseph and our guest, Javarus McConner share their knowledge about what student-athletes need to do to support their own success. This includes taking advantage of opportunities when they are presented, preparing for transitions in life, time management and the importance of networking in any situation.

Our Guest Coach James Sims from Pierce College shares his valuable lessons learned throughout his athletic career, starting at age 6. He talks about as a coach, gaining respect in the weight room and on the football field by maintaining his own physical presence and how coaches have a small window of opportunity with their student-athletes to positively impact their athletic journey. Coach Sims discusses the similarities between the military and participating in sports. There is a lot of wisdom in this show for coaches, parents and athletes if they are open to it.

Joseph and Brian discuss the tragic mass shootings and the impact of media on young people. Our hosts discuss the importance of youth sports and how it teaches young people to develop bonds and ties with different cultures.

Coach Charles White has been a basketball coach for over 25 years including Sylmar High School, Van Nuys High School and Pierce Junior College in Woodland Hills, CA. He talks about the fundamentals he expects from his players and what he considers to be a "coachable" player: someone with a good attitude, someone who responds to what a coach has just told you and more important lessons. Coach White talks about obligations as a coach including giving players a chance to be successful not only in sports, but to be successful and productive citizen in life.

Our Guest: Coach Eric George, joins King Talk Podcast in studio to discuss his open and honest post about his son's dreams versus his dreams. This is a very emotional and raw podcast. Joseph, Brian and Eric share important messages and words of wisdom for parents who coach their own kids in sports. They ask the questions: How are you treating your own child differently than the other players? Are you listening to your kids? What is your definition of success for your kids? They talk about the real importance and responsibility of the impact that coaches have on their players. Ask yourself: What is the real reason you coach?

Larry Williams, aka Bone Collector, shares his powerful messages about life, the attributes to his success and what is really important. He talks about his preparation and dedication to his work. There are so many important messages throughout this interview and people will learn about the real thoughtful and articulate man they respect and watch on his viral videos.

An open and honest letter written by Coach Eric George from 2017 about an experience he had with his son who "sat him down and told him that he really doesn't care if he plays college ball or not." Joseph reads the letter since Eric couldn't be with King Talk today. We really appreciate Eric allowing us to share this really personal experience with our listeners.

Our Special Guest, Brandon Wilson, shares his perspective with Brian and Joseph on his extensive training schedule, interest from colleges, playing basketball in the Phillipines and the Drew League, as well his support system and putting in the work to get where he is.

In episode 20 King Talk podcast hosts, Joseph and Brian discuss all sports: NBA trades, Rugby, Water Polo, Dodgeball, Kickball and much more! 

Joseph and Brian discuss keys to success with our guest, Eliel Swinton, Director of Business Development at The Factory Training in Van Nuys, CA. Eliel Swinton was the National Scouting Director for the National  Collegiate Scouting Association (NCSA), the largest scouting  organization in the world. His expertise serves as a critical tool  when identifying elite youth candidates for The Factory’s Speed and  Performance programs. He is also founder of the not-for-profit Carpe  Diem Sports Academy and was an Ambassador and certified trainer for the  Nike-SPARQ program.

Eliel has coached football in the Los Angeles area at Valley College, Pierce College, and Crespi High School, specializing on  defense. Prior to his coaching career, he had a brief stint as a safety for the Kansas City Chiefs. He played running back for Stanford, earning  All-Pac-10 honors as well as Freshman Player of the Year (1993).

He shares his 4 Characteristics to Success with our hosts and listeners, as well as many other keys to success for young athletes.

Brian and Joseph discuss lessons learned through youth sports. Commitment, dedication, setting goals and most importantly having a plan! If you want something in life, you have to make a plan! It takes hard work to make your dreams happen in sports and in life. Kids need to learn about finding their own value and creating a lane for themselves.

Joseph talks with our guest, Coach Engelberth Simms, AD at Chime Charter TK-8th Grade, Head Instructor at Pierce College Brahmas Summer Basketball Camp, Coach for Girl's Basketball at Birmingham Community Charter High School. These two Kings talk about Social Responsibility and Respect in youth sports. Everyone involved in youth sports needs to be thoughtful and conduct themselves professionally knowing that youth sports is a teaching environment. This applies to coaches, parents, referees, as well as all players. It's the responsibility of each coach to teach players and parents to win and lose graciously and move on. Parents need to think about their conduct when yelling comments from the stands against the other teams and how that impacts the well-being of all the players on the court.

Brian and Joseph discuss the distress created with expectations vs. reality with youth sports and giving young athletes different avenues to pursue when their sports journeys are over or when their experience wasn't what they had expected.

Mr. Gooden talks to our hosts, Brian and Joseph about his two sons, Keithan and "Legendary" Larry, both football players at Calabasas High School, as well as his other children and their accomplishments in sports and academics. He talks about the importance of picking a coach you trust and then trusting the coach and the process and stepping back. Among many important jewels discussed in this podcast is this lesson: be a great person, be humble and network.

Our hosts, Brian Tanner and Joseph Roberson tell parents to understand their role in the village and conduct themselves appropriately within their role in the village!

Different topics discussed in this show: Youth sports are important for learning communication with teammates and in life. Pushing kids out of their comfort zone. Kids need challenges in sports and in life to learn how to deal with adversity.