CWB: Coaching While Black
by Center for Healing and Justice through Sport
Latest episode
The State of the Movement
The State of the Movement
About this podcast
Coaching While Black (CWB): Hosts Armond and Alecia what's healing and harmful within sports - specific to their perspective as expert Black coaches. Though spoken from the Black voice, these conversations set to inspire all humans who support young people in sport to create positive and safe environments for all athletes.
Coaching While Black is a podcast of the non-profit the Center for Healing and Justice through Sport. CHJS works to ensure that more young people and athletes have access to sport experiences that address issues of systemic injustice and are inclusive and healing-centered.
CHJS engages with sport at every level. From community centers and juvenile detention facilities to major college athletic conferences and professional leagues, the CHJS team puts a premium on teaching coaches to deliver healing-centered sport experiences while protecting, nurturing, and embracing athletes for every bit of who they are.
Visit us at www.chjs.org to learn more and email us at [email protected] to join the healing-centered sport movement.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 34 episodes
- The State of the Movement · 16 min · Season 4 Episode 5In the season finale of Coaching While Black, Alecia and Armond take stock of where the healing-centered sport movement stands - and where it's headed. Sports-based youth…
- Coach Lessons Learned · 19 min · Season 4 Episode 4As healing-centered sport experts, Alecia and Armond discuss the practicality of implementing healing-centered coaching as middle and high school coaches. The two battle in the…
- Does Sport Actually Heal? · 26 min · Season 4 Episode 3CHJS spends a lot of time telling coaches that sport heals kids — but in Episode 3, they let a kid say it himself. Leo, 13, joins Armond and Alecia not as a guest celebrity but…
- Hollywood's Coaching Playbook · 21 min · Season 4 Episode 2Hollywood has spent decades showing us what coaching looks like. But how much of it is actually great? Armond and Alecia break down movie coaches - Mr. Miyagi, Coach Carter, Ted…
- We Don't Stick to Sports · 19 min · Season 4 Episode 1Sport has always been more than a game. But too often, coaches are told to "stick to sports" or kids are asked to "leave it at the field door." Armond Richards and Alecia Ivery…
- Trailer: Season 4 · 1 min · Season 4Coaching While Black is back for Season 4, and Armond Richards and Alecia Ivery are coming to you live from Super Bowl Radio Row (again!). This season they're getting into it…
- The Mental Health Game · 13 min · Season 3 Episode 5We've reached the season 3 finale of CWB! In this episode, Armond Richards and Anthony Andino dig into how coaches can support young athletes beyond the game. They break down…
- Keeping Girls in the Game · 14 min · Season 3 Episode 4Why do so many girls stop playing sports, and what can we do to change that? In this special Women's History Month episode of Coaching While Black, Armond Richards and Alecia…
- Connecting with Gen Z Athletes · 14 min · Season 3 Episode 3Coaching Gen Z is a whole new game, and in this episode of Coaching While Black, we're tackling it head-on. Hosts Armond Richards and Alecia Ivery dive into the challenges and…
- Partner Spotlight – Players Coalition · 1 minIn this special episode of Coaching While Black, we're taking a moment to thank our friends at Players Coalition. Because of our partnership, we're here on Radio Row hosting…
- Sport Is The Solution · 16 min · Season 3 Episode 2Sports have always been bigger than the game. In this episode, Pharlone Toussaint sits down with Tori Holloway and Trimaine Davis from Players Coalition to talk about how sports…
- Qualification Myth · 13 min · Season 3 Episode 1We're kicking off Season 3 of Coaching While Black with a powerful conversation on the real barriers Black coaches face—especially in the NFL. In this episode, hosts Anthony…
- Trailer: Season 3 · 1 min · Season 3 Episode 1We're back with a special Coaching While Black miniseries from Radio Row at the Super Bowl, powered by our partnership with Players Coalition. This season, we're diving deep into…
- Trailblazers with Angela Hucles Mangano · 30 min · Season 2 Episode 10CWB Hosts chat with two-time Gold medalist and current General Manager of Angel City Football Club, Angela Hucles Mangano. Angela chats about her journey as an athlete and a…
- How to Build a Youth Sports Program · 24 min · Season 2 Episode 9With over 20 years of youth sports experience between the CWB hosts, Chris and Anthony return to plant city to discuss their recommendation on how to build a healing-centered…
- Sport Specialization · 26 min · Season 2 Episode 8Hosts Chris, Armond, and Anthony discuss the demise of youth sports via sport specialization. Though mentioned as a $30-$40 million dollar industry, we now know that youth sports…
- The LeBron Model · 30 min · Season 2 Episode 7In this thought-provoking episode, Chris and Anthony introduce "The LeBron Model," a concept that explores how to support and nurture rising young athletes both on and off the…
- Community Needs with Coach L.A. · 26 min · Season 2 Episode 6In this CWB episode, hosts are joined by a special guest, Coach L.A., a prominent community coach and leader from Inglewood, Los Angeles. They delve into the rising popularity of…
- Parents · 37 min · Season 2 Episode 5This episode of Coaching While Black talks about parents. Oh, parents. Sport parents, to be exact. Parents - we need to be better at our kid's games. Armond has some advice on…
- Regulation · 30 min · Season 2 Episode 4Armond takes the reigns in this fourth episode of Coaching While Black, talking about the need for more brain-based education for coaches and, eh hem...all grown ups. The guys…
