7/29/25: Scottie Scheffler's Message on Youth Sports, How to Handle Getting Cut, Pre Game Rituals

👏 What No. 1-ranked Golfer Scottie Scheffler taught us about Youth Sports

The Perfect Athlete Development Model?

[LINK] Scottie Scheffler isn’t just winning—he’s redefining what dominance in the sport looks like. Four major championships. Seventeen PGA Tour wins. Nearly 150 consecutive weeks ranked World No. 1. His composure, consistency and work ethic are the envy of every athlete development model.

And yet, his comments before the British Open might be the most meaningful thing he’s contributed to the sport—or any sport.
Here are a couple of the gems:

“Why do I want to win this tournament so bad? That’s something I wrestle with on a daily basis. Because if I win, it’s going to be awesome for about two minutes, and then we’re going to get to next week.”

“If my golf ever started affecting my home life or the relationship I have with my wife or son, that would be the last day I play. I would much rather be a great father than a great golfer. That, at the end of the day, that’s what’s more important to me.”

Asia Mape unpacks Scheffler’s remarkable remarks and gets into what it teaches us about youth sports.

💡How to Handle Getting Cut

Missing Varsity Is Not the End of the Road

[LINK] So, you’ve been cut from the team or your dreams of making varsity have been shattered. Now what? Getting cut from a team is gut-wrenching and can feel like the end of the road. But it doesn’t have to be. 

It is often said that you learn more from losing than you do winning and in this situation that’s absolutely the case. 

To help athletes and parents deal with the sting of getting cut and enable them to use it as a positive, the Youth Inc. staff searched the interwebs to find six terrific resources to help gain perspective—and a plan—from a difficult setback.

🤣 ‘Twas the Night Before Game Day

Everyone Has their Own Pre-Game Rituals

[LINK] Whether you’re a peewee or a pro, there are always nerves the night before a big game. A recent TikTok trend captures this perfectly and hilariously. Some videos show athletes laying their uniforms on top of themselves in bed. Others include every piece of gear, from cleats to gloves to water bottles.

Others show what some could—or maybe should—do the night before if you’re too excited to sleep. 

One even showed an athlete the night before the beep test (link), which is a whole new level of excitement—and nerves.

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$9 Million

The signing bonus received by Ethan Holliday, the No. 4 pick in this year’s MLB Draft, a record for a high school player.

"Three-thousand [career] hits or 262 hits in one season are achievements recognized by the writers. Except, oh, one of you."

 -Ichiro Suzuki in his Hall of Fame acceptance speech, playfully taking a jab at the one writer who didn’t vote for him.