About Chalane

Chalane Miller – Co-Founder

I believe in kids. Not in an abstract way. In the real way.

The way that means sitting with them when confidence cracks.
The way that means asking better questions.
The way that means protecting who they are beyond their sport.

Where Our Children Play was never meant to be just another training organization. It was built because I saw what happens when youth sports become adult-driven instead of child-centered. I’ve lived it as an athlete. I’ve studied it through research. And I’ve watched it unfold in families who just want their child to grow — not break.

My background is in Kinesiology and Exercise Science. I fell in love with research early in my academic career because I needed to understand why things worked — not just follow tradition. That mindset has shaped everything I do. I don’t take systems at face value. I test them. I question them. I refine them.

At WOCP, I helped design our Individual Training Program — a model that gives young athletes ownership of their development. Training is not something done to them. It’s something built with them. We integrate sport science, nutrition, motor development, and identity protection into practical systems families can actually use.

I lead strategy, program design, research integration, and partnership development. I also build the frameworks that guide our work — including the Development Triangle (Child–Parent–Coach alignment) and our Courageous Conversation Framework, which helps families move from pressure-centered environments to relationship-centered ones.

I am currently writing two books:

The Tryout — a children’s book inspired by the many young athletes I’ve mentored. It centers courage, belonging, and the quiet bravery of showing up. 

FOR THEM: Shifting Youth Sports from Adult Pressure to Child-Centered Growth — co-authored through WOCP. This book challenges the culture of silence in youth sports and introduces a blueprint rooted in identity protection, ownership, and aligned adults.

My long-term research interests focus on genetics, performance development, and the question I can’t stop exploring:

Is talent innate, or is it coachable, and how do we protect identity while discovering the answer?

I lead with heart.
I decide with clarity.
And I will not participate in systems that quietly erode confidence in children.

Youth sports does not need tougher kids.
It needs braver adults.

Everything we build is for them.

— Chalane