In 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 development had its moment in the sun. Now, healing-centered sport and coaching are earning their place in the conversation, and the momentum is only building.

In this episode, two expert coaches reflect on what it means to show up not just as a practitioner, but as a movement builder - someone who sees the work as bigger than any one program or player. They explore what coalition leadership looks like in practice, and spotlight the real, on-the-ground progress coalitions across the country are making to create youth sports environments that are safer, more affirming, and more humane.

Credits
Hosts: Alecia Ivery and Armond Richards
Production: Players Coalition + Isis Roberts
Editor: Grace Stetler
Director: Team CHJS

As 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 hot takes, arguing over whether a coach should make kids do what they say vs meeting the athletes where they're at. "How are they going to learn to persevere if I don't put them through it?!" vs "Fear sparks compliance - not learning."

Help us build the healing-centered sport movement. Visit chjs.org to learn more or email us at team@chjs.org to join the movement.

Credits
Hosts: Alecia Ivery and Armond Richards
Production: Players Coalition + Isis Roberts
Editor: Grace Stetler
Director: Team CHJS

CHJS 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 as an athlete with real opinions about what makes sport feel safe or unsafe, connecting or isolating, healing or harmful. The conversation is refreshingly unscripted: the hosts ask, Leo answers, and when his experience complicates the framework, they follow him there instead of steering him back. It's a useful gut-check for any coach who thinks they know what their kids need. Plus, can't forget the hot takes with our devil's advocate Armond and with Leo playing a special guest.

Help us build the healing-centered sport movement. Visit chjs.org to learn more or email us at team@chjs.org to join the movement.

Credits
Hosts: Alecia Ivery and Armond Richards
Production: Players Coalition + Isis Roberts
Editor: Grace Stetler
Director: Team CHJS