Practice doesn’t make perfect — it makes permanent. How you do the little things when no one’s watching is exactly how they’ll show up when everyone is.

In Episode 4 of Beyond The Game, host Steve Boehle sits down with Zach Brayman — a Division I lacrosse player at Bellarmine University who went from a self-made “no-name” recruit to a coach, spent years in sales leadership, and now co-founded Chubies, a children’s barefoot shoe brand launching this fall. Zach has carried the lessons of sport into coaching, team-building, and fatherhood.

Steve and Zach run through the Top 5 — the five questions every guest answers — and get into:

• Why “practice makes permanent” changed how he works and leads
• Sport as the professor for adversity — and learning to ride the highs and lows
• Why the player bigger than the team is a cancer in the locker room
• The discipline of showing up (in the gym and in life)
• The one thing he’d tell his younger self: you’re not as good as you think — put in the work

Then they get into what’s going wrong in youth sports: force-feeding kids, taking the joy out of the game, rising burnout, and a fresh idea worth hearing — putting your best coaches with your least experienced players. Zach closes with a hot take every parent needs to hear about the one gift that matters most.

Education opens the door. Sports build the habits for success.

Make sure to check out what Zach is building – Choobie – the barefoot shoes for kids.