Our Story
Start Playing Sports provides clear guides, practical tips and honest gear recommendations to help you start and improve with confidence.
Why We Built This
We created Start Playing Sports to make learning and improving in sports simpler, with clear information and practical guidance that anyone can follow.
Starting a new sport can feel intimidating. There is too much advice, too much gear and too many opinions, making it difficult to know where to begin.
We created Start Playing Sports to organize that confusion and make each step clearer. Instead of endless opinions and one-size-fits-all advice, we focus on what matters, what does not and what your next step should be.
Whether you are starting for the first time or improving a sport you already play, our goal is simple: clarity, confidence and progress.
What Drives Us
We believe sports should feel accessible to everyone.
Clarity Over Complexity
We make sports easier to understand through clear, practical guidance without unnecessary confusion.
Progress Over Perfection
We help people improve at their own pace instead of pressuring them to do everything the “right way.”
Confidence to Keep Going
We provide honest recommendations and useful next steps that help people continue their journey with confidence.
Behind Start Playing Sports
Start Playing Sports is shaped by real playing experience, a passion for learning, and the belief that understanding a sport shouldn't be complicated.
Bryan Olivares
Bryan has spent much of his life around sports. He started with soccer, played competitively through college, and has continued to stay active by exploring different sports.
Playing at different levels has shown him how challenging it can be to move from learning the basics to feeling comfortable in a sport. That experience helps shape the approach behind Start Playing Sports: clear explanations, practical guidance, and steady progress instead of perfection.
For Bryan, the goal isn’t to claim expertise in every sport. It’s to share useful information that helps people get started, overcome common challenges, and continue improving.