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Las Vegas, Nevada · A community podcast
Welcome to Stay Ready Academy of Sports The Podcast
“After coaching high school boys basketball at Akron Buchtel H.S., we had great athletes and success — 5 straight city titles, state runners-up, and many of my students attending college. My feelings: I wish I could have done more to prepare them for what was to come in life. This platform gets me another chance for others.”
EducationCommunity storiesSmall businessYouth & sportsEncouragement
Stay ready so you don’t have to get ready.
The mindset behind every episode.
- 01
Educate
Practical, plain-spoken conversations about discipline, preparation, money and the habits that carry young people and grown folks alike.
- 02
Elevate
New businesses and first-year hustles get the microphone. If you’re building something in this valley, there’s a seat at the table for you.
- 03
Encourage
No tearing anybody down. Every episode ends the same way it starts — with somebody feeling more ready than they were an hour ago.
Coach Harvey Sims
Host · Stay Ready Academy of Sports LLC
The story
Built on the sideline. Carried into the studio.
Stay Ready Academy of Sports started the way most good things in this city start — with somebody deciding to show up for people who needed it. Coaching taught Harvey Sims that talent is everywhere, but preparation is what actually changes an outcome. Kids who learn to stay ready stop waiting for permission. So do adults.
The podcast is that same sideline conversation, opened up to the whole valley. Las Vegas gets talked about like it’s only a strip of hotels. It isn’t. It’s neighborhoods. It’s parents working overnights. It’s the barber who just signed a lease, the trainer running sessions in a park at 6am, the teacher who never stopped believing in the kid in the back row.
Those are the stories that don’t make the highlight reel — so this show makes them the highlight reel. Every episode is a Las Vegas person or a Las Vegas business getting the credit, the encouragement and the platform they earned.
- The motto
Hard Work Pays
Education that actually applies
Preparation, mindset, discipline and follow-through — explained the way a coach explains it, not the way a textbook does.
Community stories from the valley
Neighbors, families, coaches, mentors and everyday folks whose work holds Las Vegas together.
A push for the up-and-coming
New businesses and first ventures get airtime, questions and honest encouragement — never a sales pitch.
The episodes
Conversations from around the valley
New episodes land here as they’re recorded — artwork, guest names and listen links included. Check back, or reach out and suggest a topic.
Business spotlight
Just getting started? That’s exactly who this show is for.
You don’t need a following, a marketing budget or five years of history to sit down with Coach Sims. If you’re up and coming in Las Vegas — a new LLC, a side hustle turning serious, a family operation, a nonprofit finding its feet — the microphone is open.
- Tell people what you do, in your own words, without a script
- Talk honestly about what’s been hard and what’s working
- Share what you need — customers, partners, mentors, volunteers
- Leave with an episode you can send to anyone
Get involved
Four ways to be part of it
However you show up, the goal is the same: more Las Vegas voices heard, more people leaving encouraged.
Send in a topic
Something you want covered? A question about preparation, business or raising ready kids? Send it over — listener questions make good episodes.
Put somebody up
Know a neighbor, a coach or a new business that deserves the shine? Nominate them. Most of the best guests get here because someone spoke up.
Support the mission
Organizations and local companies who want to help lift up Las Vegas talent are welcome to get in touch about working together.
Questions
Before you reach out
Anything not covered here, just call and ask. Straight answers, no runaround.
What is the podcast about?
Three things, every time: education, community stories and individual success right here in Las Vegas. Coach Harvey Sims sits down with people from around the valley to talk about how they prepared, what they’ve built and what they’ve learned along the way.
Do I need to be a big name to be a guest?
Not at all. The show exists specifically to make room for up-and-coming people and brand-new businesses. If you’re doing something in this city that matters to you, that’s enough.
What kind of businesses get featured?
Local ones. Trades, training, food, retail, services, creative work, nonprofits — the size and the industry matter far less than the person behind it and their willingness to talk honestly.
Where can I listen to episodes?
Episodes are listed on this site as they’re released, with links to wherever each one is hosted. Check back, or reach out and we’ll point you to the latest one.
Can I nominate someone else?
Please do. Use the form on this page, or call and tell us who they are, what they do and why the valley should hear about them.
How do I get in touch?
Call 702-940-6342, or send a message through the form in the contact section below. Either one reaches the show directly.
Contact the show
Let’s get you on the mic.
Guest requests, business spotlights, topic ideas, nominations or partnership questions — all of it comes to the same place, and Coach Sims reads it.