Speaker: Matt Ritter
Please introduce yourself and let us know how long your student has been in coaching!
Matt Ritter: Hi, my name is Matt Ritter. And my son Davis has been doing coaching with Andrew for about a year and a half now.
What was your initial motivation for enrolling your child into Student Coaching?
Matt Ritter: Our initial motivation in getting Davis into coaching was he was at that age, at 15 where I felt like his uh long term strategic objectives were not aligned with his actions. And uh uh I felt like it would be helpful for him to get on track and have someone as a resource to talk about how he could put those two things together.
How do you feel about your child's coach selection? AND Were they a good fit?
Matt Ritter: I can't say enough good things about Andrew. I've personally done probably a dozen different coaching programs and, uh, uh, he's so caring about Davis and does so well with, uh, with a younger student, um, really appreciate him and we've gotten to know him as a family too. We have our monthly update calls every month and he's just a wonderful guy.
What is one thing that your child has learned in coaching that you have seen them implement in their life?
Matt Ritter: I think the one thing that Davis has learned in his coach and his accountability. Um, an example of that is he's a hockey player and, uh, you know, he constantly talks about what he wants to do, um, in his hockey career. But aligning that with his actions of shooting 100 pucks a night is a great example of accountability. And it's just been really cool to see him do that on his own with his coaching. Um, uh, see him go out there and shoot pucks every night and try to align his actions with his strategic objectives.
What advice would you give to someone who is thinking about enrolling their child into coaching?
Matt Ritter: I think the biggest advice I'd give someone considering coaching is considering it an investment. I think that it's a large investment. It's a large amount of cost on a monthly basis. But from my perspective, if you weigh that cost over a couple of years, again, the impact to a kid's life over 75 80 90 years. Um It's such a great investment but I'm sure there's a lot of people who look at it and think that the cost is too great for them to uh to do, but I just consider investment and think that the reward will pay off for sure.
