Your practice
How ParentIQ grows you
- A weekly parent habit that isn't their check-in
- Conversation training for 8-12, 13-18, and 19-22
- Parent goals you can actually finish
- A weekend rhythm the household can keep
For parents of athletes 8-22
Grow as a parent. Don't take over the habit.
ParentIQ is your practice: conversation training, age-band guidance, and a household rhythm. After they approve, you can also read their trail. You still never complete the check-in. That stays on AthleteIQ.
A Pathway Sports Group product
This week's parent practice
Hale household · 13-18
Your move
Tonight's question
What made Teammate hard today?
Your goal this season
Ask once. Then stop talking.
Linked, not taken over
Avery
Checked inMiles
Waiting
A parent practice you can keep
1
Parent practice / week
3
Age bands 8-22
5
Shared pillars
0
Check-ins you can submit
The parent rule
You get a trail. They keep the pen.
If you complete the habit for them, the language stops being honest - for you, for the coach, and for them.
01
You cannot submit
The daily check-in stays on AthleteIQ. Celebrate it. Don't take it.
02
Nothing until they approve
Send a link. Wait. The dashboard stays dark until they say yes.
03
One curious question
Pick a pillar. Ask once. Leave the lecture for another year.
Product
A product for parents. A trail for the household.
AthleteIQ already lets you glance after they approve. ParentIQ is the rest: how you show up, what you practice, and how the table talks. The check-in still isn't yours.
Their trail
The AthleteIQ link, still honest
- Check-in status after they approve
- You still cannot submit the habit
- Two kids stay two stories
- Notes and reminders, not a second coach
Your practice
Your week
A parent practice of your own
One weekly habit for how you show up at home. It is not their check-in. You cannot complete theirs. This one is yours.
- Discipline
- Motivation
- Adverse Recovery
- Coachability
- Teammate
Conversation training
Lines that fit a car ride. What to ask at 8-12, 13-18, and 19-22. What to stop saying.
8-22
Three age bands, one product
Youth need a shorter ask. High school needs space. 19-22 needs a peer tone. ParentIQ doesn't pretend they're the same kid.
The household trail
They approve first
Household glance after they approve
Did the check-in happen? 7, 30, and 90 days of the same five pillars. This is the AthleteIQ trail - included, not the whole product.
Two kids, two stories
One login. Separate trails. Avery's Teammate dip is not Miles's Discipline streak. Don't compare them out loud.
Boundary
Dark until they say yes
Send a link to the email they use on AthleteIQ. You still cannot submit the habit. That's how the language stays honest.
How you parent
Your season
Parent goals that close
'Ask once, then stop talking.' Write it. Mark it done. Their goals stay on AthleteIQ.
A weekend household rhythm
Ten minutes: glance, one question, one encouragement. Not a second film session.
Support
Notes that don't coach
Logistics, a calm nudge, a shoutout you can mirror. Not a second evaluation.
The five pillars
The same five words at the table - and in how you parent.
Discipline, Motivation, Adverse Recovery, Coachability, Teammate. They use them on AthleteIQ. You use them at home, and on your own parent practice.
01Discipline
86%
Showing up, doing the work, staying consistent.
On time. Finishes the plan. Keeps standards when it's boring.
02Motivation
74%
Internal drive and purpose.
Knows why today's work matters without a constant push.
03Adverse Recovery
68%
Bouncing back from setbacks.
Resets after a mistake. Learns fast. Doesn't spiral.
04Coachability
81%
Openness to feedback and growth.
Listens, tries the adjustment, asks a clarifying question.
05Teammate
77%
How you show up for other people.
Lifts others. Honest. Reliable when the group needs you.
Sample week - their shape is not your gradebook.
How it works
Practice. Glance. Ask.
You have a parent job. They have an athlete job. Don't swap them.
- 01
You
Keep a parent practice
Pick one move for the week. A prompt. A goal. A time you will not lecture. That's ParentIQ working on you.
- 02
Once
Link, then wait
Enter the email they use on AthleteIQ. They approve. Until then the trail is dark - by design.
- 03
The table
Glance, then ask once
See if the check-in happened. Ask one curious question. Leave the rest. Their habit stays theirs.
Who it's for
Parents who want a practice of their own.
Parents, multi-athlete households, guardians, and coaches who want home to grow the adult - not just watch the kid.
For parents
A trail you can read. A habit you cannot take. A practice that is yours.
ParentIQ grows how you show up at home. After your athlete approves the link, you also see check-in status, trends, and shared notes. You cannot complete the check-in for them.
Family glance
- Today's check-inDone
- You can submit itNo
- This weekTeammate dipped
- Shared notes2
A practice, not a gradebook.
Your week, not theirs
One parent habit. Conversation training. A goal you can finish. Separate from their check-in.
One question that fits the age
8-12, 13-18, 19-22. The line changes. The five pillars don't.
Nothing on their trail until they approve
The parent link stays dark until the athlete says yes. You never complete the habit for them.
Same five words
Discipline, Motivation, Adverse Recovery, Coachability, Teammate - at the table and in how you parent.
You get a trail. They keep the pen.
That's the parent rule in ParentIQ.
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The Family Playbook
Your parent practice, conversation lines by age, what you can and cannot do on their trail, and a weekend rhythm. Email it to yourself. No card. No account.
- Discipline
- Motivation
- Adverse Recovery
- Coachability
- Teammate
Email the playbook
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From families
What it sounds like when the parent has a job too.
A parent practice, a two-athlete household, and a coach who stopped translating.
I finally had a job that wasn't watching their app.
The prompt for 13-18 is different from the one I used when she was 11. I still can't tap the check-in. That's fine. I have my own week now.
“Two kids, one login, two stories. I practice not comparing them. That's the parent habit I actually needed.”
“Parents who show up with a practice of their own make film shorter. We're not translating, and they're not finishing the kid's check-in.”
Founder and CEO
Adam Patrick
Founder and CEO · Pathway Sports Group
Son of a coach. Son of a teacher. From a family of high-level athletes.
“Every parent has a job on the ride home. ParentIQ is the practice for how you show up - without taking over the habit.”
The Story
Hughes, Arkansas. The son of a coach.
I grew up in Hughes, Arkansas, the son of a coach and an educator. My dad didn’t just run practices - he built people. My mom didn’t just teach subjects - she built character. I watched them both do it my entire childhood, and then I played for my dad in high school. That experience shaped everything I believe about sports, character, and what it actually means to develop a young athlete - including the job the parent has at home.
Sport runs deep in my family. Sixteen family members played college athletics. Nine of them went on to become coaches - at the high school, college, and professional levels. Athletics was never just something we did - it was who we were and how we understood the world. Home was part of that. The kitchen table was part of that.
“Sport was never just something we did. It was who we were.”
Before any of that, there were the farms. My grandfather in Hughes had a farm I grew up on. My dad is from Mendenhall, Mississippi, and my grandfather down there had one too. From planting soybeans in Arkansas to hauling hay in Mississippi - that is where I learned what work ethic actually means. Not as a concept. As something you do before sunrise whether you feel like it or not. That is the foundation everything else was built on.
“From planting soybeans in Arkansas to hauling hay in Mississippi - that is where work ethic was built.”
I went on to play college basketball at the University of Arkansas-Monticello. Then I spent 21 years running a State Farm Insurance agency in Petal, Mississippi. Good career. Stable. Respectable. But it was never my why.
The whole time, I never left the gym. Coaches kept calling me - not about insurance - but about kids they were recruiting. Parents called too. After a tough loss. After a hard practice. They loved their athlete. They wanted to guide them. They did not always know what to say - and too often the lecture took the place of a question. That gap never had a real product. Not a ranking. Not a second scoreboard. Not a parent practice of their own.
“The parents kept asking what to say on the ride home. That question never had a real answer. Until now.”
I built ParentIQ because the parent has a job too - and taking over the habit is not it.
What ParentIQ Is
Not a second scoreboard. A parent practice of your own - and a trail you can read after they approve.
ParentIQ is how you grow as a parent of an athlete. Conversation training for 8-12, 13-18, and 19-22. A weekly parent habit that is not their check-in. Age-band guidance. A household rhythm you can actually keep. After they approve the link, you can also read their trail. You still never complete the check-in. That stays theirs.
You get a trail. They keep the pen. If you complete the habit for them, the language stops being honest - for you, for the coach, and for them. Celebrate it. Don’t take it.
I built it for the parent who wants a better conversation on the ride home. For the household with two athletes and one login. For the guardian who does not need a coaching resume to read the week. For the coach who wants home to use the same five words. Same pillars. Different job.
Built For
Five people who deserved a household product like this a long time ago.
The Parent Who Wants a Practice of Their Own
ParentIQ is your week, not theirs. A parent habit. Conversation training. A goal you can finish. Separate from their check-in. Grow as a parent. Don’t take over the habit.
The Parent Who Wants a Better Conversation on the Ride Home
You love your athlete. You want to guide them. But you do not always know what to say after a tough loss or a hard practice. ParentIQ gives you one specific question - based on the week they actually had - and training so the lecture stays in the driveway.
The Household With More Than One Athlete
Two kids. Two sports. One login. See who checked in before you start the car. Avery’s Teammate dip is not Miles’s Discipline streak. Don’t compare them out loud. Each child approves separately. Still zero check-ins you can submit.
The Guardian Who Doesn’t Need a Coaching Resume
New to the team, new to the five words, or stepping in for a season. ParentIQ assumes you care and you’re busy. The dashboard tells you if the habit happened and which pillar to ask about. Curious is the job. Expert is not.
The Coach Who Wants Home on the Same Language
Parents who have a practice of their own make your job shorter. Point them here. Same five pillars in the huddle and the kitchen. Athletes still own the check-in. Stop translating character into a newsletter every Sunday.
I have zero tech background. I built this anyway, because the problem was too important to wait for someone else to solve it. Pathway Sports Group exists because after watching families navigate entire playing careers without the right tools at home - I finally decided to build them. You get a trail. They keep the pen.
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The household character product for families of athletes 8-22. You get a parent practice of your own: conversation training, age-band guidance, parent goals, and a weekend rhythm. After they approve, you can also read their AthleteIQ trail. You cannot complete their check-in.
A better parent this season. Same honest trail.
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