{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Sam Acho Podcast","title":"Close Space, Not Give Space: The Mindset Behind Elite Pass Rushers","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3305,"description":"What if the instinct to pull away from pressure is exactly what’s holding you back?\nIn this episode of the Sam Acho Podcast, Sam Acho and Clif Marshall sit down with Ben Creamer, Director of Sports Science for the Washington Huskies football team, for a conversation that starts with football and ends up being about something much bigger.\nBen talks about his approach to training athletes, his background in martial arts, and the lesson Clif taught him that changed the way he coaches pass rushers: close space, don’t give space .Instead of backing away when an opponent comes at you, learn to face the contact, stay balanced, and make your next move.\nThat idea becomes a lot more powerful when Ben starts talking about life outside the field.\nHe shares the challenges of moving his family across the country, the weight of trying to be present for his wife and three daughters while working long hours, and a life-changing moment when he pulled a man from a burning car. For Ben, that experience raised a deeper question about purpose and why we’re here.\nThe conversation eventually turns to faith, and Ben and Sam talk honestly about something many people struggle with: feeling like we have to earn God’s approval. What happens when we stop performing for approval and start understanding that grace is about relationship?\nIt’s a conversation about football, training, fatherhood, faith, pressure, and the moments that force us to decide whether we’re going to run from the fight or face it.\nClose space. Don’t give space.\nSometimes the lesson on the football field is the same lesson we need in life.\nListen to the full conversation with Ben Creamer and see where it takes you.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/a0cqYhrU4TmUVZUw7WxBcVnEFYqJBS14xvw0mbdewx4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NWEz/YWZkMjI4MmNlNTVj/NzhiNDg4NjE3YmNh/MDdiZS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}