Restructuring Youth Sports in the Public School System with Advocate & Coach Mitch Lyons
04/07/23 • 57 min
Mitch Lyons has made it his mission to reform and remodel athletics within the public school system.
His belief through historical context and research-based learning implored him to advocate for students, parents and administrators through two non-profit organizations: GetPsychedSports.org and EndAbusiveCoaching.org. As a result, he has conducted workshops on educational athletics and Social Emotional Learning.
Mitch has also coached basketball for over 25 years at just almost every level (community, travel, AAU, high school and college). Now retired, Mitch also practiced law and used that skill set to help implement change and legislation in the state of Massachusetts.
In this episode, Mitch discusses the work of his non-profit organizations, the emotional and physical abuse that comes with youth sports, how to create a positive environment and giving children a voice to feel comfortable speaking openly with their coaches.
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Mitch Lyons has made it his mission to reform and remodel athletics within the public school system.
His belief through historical context and research-based learning implored him to advocate for students, parents and administrators through two non-profit organizations: GetPsychedSports.org and EndAbusiveCoaching.org. As a result, he has conducted workshops on educational athletics and Social Emotional Learning.
Mitch has also coached basketball for over 25 years at just almost every level (community, travel, AAU, high school and college). Now retired, Mitch also practiced law and used that skill set to help implement change and legislation in the state of Massachusetts.
In this episode, Mitch discusses the work of his non-profit organizations, the emotional and physical abuse that comes with youth sports, how to create a positive environment and giving children a voice to feel comfortable speaking openly with their coaches.
https://www.facebook.com/RACPodcast1/
https://twitter.com/rac_podcast1
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnboruk/
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Raising a Champion - Restructuring Youth Sports in the Public School System with Advocate & Coach Mitch Lyons
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[00:00:00] John Boruk: Hello again and welcome into the podcast that deals directly with the challenges of youth sports and how we can improve the overall experience for everybody involved. Thanks for being with us. I'm your host, John Bork. If this is your first time, thanks for joining us and thanks for checking us out. If you're a returning listener we're glad you're back and hopefully you've found it somewhat informative and entertaining at the same time.
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