KidFirst Sports

02/07/2025

Hey everyone, just a quick update that I decided to step down from my role as Club President at Idaho Storm Soccer. It's always an honor to serve a club that does things the right way and makes the kids the highest priority.

If anyone is wondering where to try out for competitive soccer in Boise, go to Storm. www.idahostormsoccer.com.

Now I get to focus just on coaching my two teams this spring. Stoked to see these juniors and seniors finish up after 5 years of playing together! Added bonus to coach my last kid!!!

The club is in good hands and will continue to grow. It helps when you are the best value competitive club in the Treasure Valley. 😉
See you on the field in a few weeks!!

Storm Chasers is the ideal opportunity for your young player to learn fundamental skills in an engaging and low-stress environment. There are no try-outs. Players of all skill levels born between 2013-2018 are welcome to register.

10/30/2024

Ep 46 of the KidFirst Sports Podcast is live!
🙋🏽‍♂️I'm a Freshman - how do I start getting recruited to play in college?

So many parents and kids I know wonder what they should be doing to get college coaches' attention. 👀👀👀

Spotify/Apple/all the other platforms
YouTube: https://youtu.be/tC_W-ITM5bo
https://www.kidfirstsports.com/podcast/episode/bc87eb9c/college-recruiting-abcs-freshman-year

Stuff we answer in this episode-
❓How important is video?
❓How do I email coaches?
❓When should I start?

Youth Sports Recruiting: Freshman Year Guide with Elliot LeonardIn this episode of the KidFirst Sports Podcast, host Coach Dave Vassilaros returns from a hia...

10/15/2024

For all the high school kids still fighting in playoffs, doubt and fear have no place in your mind.

Take it from Kobe.

09/27/2024

Weekend tip:

Go see "The Wild Robot".

✅Story with real purpose
✅Incredible animation style
✅Inspirational score
✅Characters you love
✅Laughs and cries
❌Weird agendas
❌Lame bathroom humor

The Wild Robot - In Theaters September 27From DreamWorks Animation comes a new adaptation of a literary sensation, Peter Brown’s beloved, award-winning, #1 N...

09/26/2024

"You're embarrassing yourself!!!"

The irony.

06/20/2024

⚡⚡If we've ever worked closely together at the same company

1️⃣Health2Business
2️⃣Vibra Hospital of Boise
3️⃣The Benecon Group
4️⃣Capital Blue Cross,
5️⃣ConnectCare3

would you 🙏🏼 take a minute to give me some feedback on my character? This is my unique link, just click and go. https://app.kanny.com/profile/davidvassilaros

I'm not looking for sunshine and rainbows - I CAN HANDLE THE TRUTH!!! h/t Col. Jessup. Give it to me straight. 👊🏼

Your feedback is anonymized and aggregated. I'll never know your identity or your individual answers.

Much thanks. I'm working hard to grow. 💗

04/10/2024

KidFirst friends!!!!

movie screening on Thursday April 25, 7pm at The Flicks movie theater in Boise.

Come support Refugee Soccer's work to help young women to through the world's most beautiful game.

Can't attend? You can buy a ticket for some of our refugee kid community members here: https://shebelongs.org/film/screenings/boise

Idaho Storm Soccer and KidFirst Sports, along with several other community organizations, are proud to sponsor the premiere of the feature-length documentary film, “ : The Movie,” and talkback with the team in Boise on April 25, 2024.

Witness the journey of a team of 11 players from refugee backgrounds and 11 American-born players, as they take their message of racial and gender equality and inclusion to the 2023 Women's World Cup in New Zealand.

Tickets available here: https://shebelongs.org/film/screenings/boise

04/10/2024

Ep 41 of the KidFirst Sports podcast is live! www.kidfirstsports.com/podcast

"A Sport of Failure & the Pursuit of Perfection"

Rachel Roupe⁠ is a Division I softball player. Elite skills and athletic talents. But it took help from ⁠Andrew Simpson⁠, a performance coach, to free her from the perfectionism that threatened to block her dreams.

How did they do it?

Trading the expectation of perfection for the pursuit of perfection.



Follow Rachel on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachelroupe/?hl=en

Player's Fitness and Performance, Frederick, MD

Andrew's book: "Youth Truth: Coaching and Parenting in Today's Crazy Youth Sports World " https://www.amazon.com/Youth-Truth-Coaching-Parenting-Todays/dp/1673285260

02/28/2024

"Earning their trust, with Ginny Cannon"

Ep 37 of the KidFirst Sports Podcast is LIVE! www.kidfirstsports.com/podcast

Taken as a child by the state from her parents. Twice.

Not allowed to say goodbye to her four younger siblings as they were whisked into the foster system.

Miraculously chosen by an adoptive couple who really wanted her.

Facing down her birth mom in court as a teenager.

Ginny Cannon knows what it's like to lose trust in others. And to find it again in adoptive parents, her high school best friend, and a 40 year marriage.

Listen to Ginny's heart-breaking story no child should ever have to endure. Be inspired by her incredible love for kids.

One of the most genuine conversations ever on the KidFirst Sports podcast.

01/22/2024

01/21/2024

Parents - let your kids be them, you be you. Play science with them!

01/20/2024

Wells Thompson was special. His dad challenged him to use his gifts to bless the lives of other people.