Music, Soccer, and Leadership with Pete Kipley of Bolta Soccer

In Episode 3 of How Soccer Explains Leadership, Pete Kipley, Founder of Bolta Soccer, and Music Producer and Songwriter, talks with Phil about how his decades of experience in the music industry intersects with his new life running an indoor soccer training facility, and how both inform his life and leadership. More specifically, he discusses:

• His story of how soccer and leadership have influenced his life and how he ended up leaving the music industry to start an indoor facility. (1:43)
• His philosophy at Bolta Soccer and how they are curating, creating, and connecting in their development of trainers and players in their community (5:43)
• How breaking into and advancing in the music industry and the soccer world involve many of the same things (10:57)
• How the college soccer recruiting process prepares athletes for the world outside of soccer (14:49)
• What Pete has learned from the game of soccer as a man who has only recently fallen in love with the beautiful game, particularly what he has learned about the mental side of the game (19:44)
• The dangers and negative impact of parents, coaches, and other leaders micromanaging and pressuring the people they're leading, and why it is critical to foster an environment allowing for a freedom to fail (24:59)
• How to deal with failure and "bad balls" in soccer and life (31:26)
• The importance of teamwork and teammates covering for each other (36:14)
• The common threads that Pete has seen in the best soccer coaches he has worked with in his life (38:24)
• Principles from soccer that he applies in his marriage and parenting in his home (and Pete gets really philosophical on this one) (43:53)
• Resources that Paul recommends to us (47:49)

Resources and Links Mentioned in this Episode

Video of this episode --https://youtu.be/YhpON3tc7_E

Bolta Soccer website -- https://www.boltasports.com

How Soccer Explains Leadership Facebook Group -- https://www.facebook.com/groups/howsoccerexplainsleadership

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