Alt Text: This episode explores key insights from “The Student Athlete Experience and Coaching Impact,” examining the NCAA’s role in shaping student-athletes. It critiques the stereotype of athletes as academically weaker and presents research showing lower critical thinking scores among student-athletes, while also acknowledging sports as a major motivator for college degree completion. The episode advocates for mandated coaching education to prevent abuse, enhance leadershi

Alt Text: This episode explores key insights from “The Student Athlete Experience and Coaching Impact,” examining the NCAA’s role in shaping student-athletes. It critiques the stereotype of athletes as academically weaker and presents research showing lower critical thinking scores among student-athletes, while also acknowledging sports as a major motivator for college degree completion. The episode advocates for mandated coaching education to prevent abuse, enhance leadershi

Alt Text: The provided text, "Unveiling Institutionalized Sports Abuse," argues that coaching in sports often mirrors the dynamics of institutionalized abuse, drawing a direct comparison to the Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE). The author, a coach themselves, proposes an alternative, more empowering coaching philosophy that prioritizes the athlete's personal development and critical thinking over control and intimidation. The text critiques the prevalent "system-thinking" in