The Get There

The Coach-Mom: RaeAnn Belnap on Raising a BYU Pitcher

RaeAnn Belnap is a fastpitch coach, a hitting trainer, and the mom of Kennedy Belnap, a pitcher currently competing at BYU. She has spent years on both sides of the coaching relationship, and in this episode she holds nothing back. RaeAnne and Brad dig into what it looks like to raise a D1 athlete without making it the point of the whole thing. They talk about overtraining and injury, the moment Kennedy tore her labrum in high school, the challenge of coaching your own daughter, and the mental health struggles that showed up once Kennedy got to college. They also talk about RaeAnn's younger daughter Ashton, who started playing at 13 and already has offers. The advice RaeAnne leaves us with is simple and cuts right to it: celebrate them. The failure is part of it. Let them feel it, and then let them see you cheering anyway. Find Ryan on Facebook: Pro Angles Hitting

From a Brain Bleed to the NFL: Inside the Batty Family Story

Tyler Batty plays in the NFL. But before the draft, before BYU, before the scholarship, there was a farm, a four-wheeler, and a doctor's warning that his football career was over before it started. In this episode of To Get There, Brad Gordon sits down with Layne and Peg Batty to tell the real story. They talk about raising seven kids on a Utah farm with no handouts and no shortcuts, navigating the college recruiting world as first-time sports parents, Tyler's decision to serve an LDS mission despite scholarship pressure, and the quiet conviction that drove it all: the dream has to be theirs, not yours. Plus, hear about Edward's Hands, the equine therapy nonprofit Tyler founded for special needs kids, run out of the family's Circle B Farm. Edward's Hands: edwardshands.org