Bridge Broadcast

Following up from our Listen & Learn forum, we spoke with three of our speakers about their thoughts and recap of our event. We discussed our appreciation of the support and reach the event had, as well as hit on a few topics that went a little deeper into race and where we go next. We know there's a lot we must continue to do and we are thankful for the opportunity to speak with young people about these issues.

We invited the North Texas Lacrosse community and our Bridge Lacrosse family to actively listen and learn from the student-athletes and alumni of Bridge. Listen and Learn was the opportunity to share a variety of unique perspectives with those around us, all pertaining to the experiences of a lacrosse player of color. Since the murder of George Floyd, our kids have experienced many different emotions and we wanted to provide them a platform to share. We thank everyone for their participation and we are determined to continue fighting for justice and against racism and hate in our community. 

For more than two months, our Bridge Family has been in quarantine and shelter-in-place. And, as we all look at returning to some sense of normalcy, we wanted to chat with three of our Junior Varsity student-athletes to see what they've learned and experienced. Shelter-in-place has presented us with many challenges but also a chance to experience new things, like Tik Tok. Big thanks to Alexis, Palos and Thomas.

Without a doubt the hardest working members of our Bridge Family, are our parents and families. We are thankful, and often spoiled, by how much they support and give back to our organization. In this episode we talk with a group of six Bridge parents who have been a part of our organization for almost a decade. They've each seen the incredible growth we've sustained, and played a vital role in all of our successes.

Now that 'The Last Dance' is over and everyone is nicely caught up on the greatness of Michael Jordan, it's time to have the great debate. In this episode, Coach Byron Bailey and Coach Eric Anderson take on two of our high school Eagles and discuss who the one true GOAT really is. We had a lot of fun in this one, but ultimately (spoilers) we all know that Jordan is the Greatest Of All Time.

In our first ever non-sports or lacrosse related podcast, we take a look at our favorite Pixar movies and slowly argue away to a Top 10  list. This one was a lot of fun and a great chance to talk about something other than lacrosse with three of our high school Panthers and Eagles. We get through our top 10 favorites and also share some of our favorite scenes and characters. Shoutout to Ne'Covia, Adrian and Maya for joining!

There are only a few organizations that share our mission and passion for what the sport of lacrosse can do for kids and communities. One of those is OWLS Lacrosse in Chicago. We were joined by founding Executive Director, Sam Angelotta, to get an in-depth look at OWLS, their challenges and successes. We shared some notes, great stories and a challenge for some Zoom charades between our teams.

We switch it up a little bit for this episode and present our Top 10 sports movies. With an elite team of 5 members of our family, we (kinda) managed to agree on a solid list of 10 of our favorite sports movies, and movies that represent the values and mission of Bridge Lacrosse. We had a ton of fun with this one!

For Bridge and our teams, coaching presents a variety of challenges, some more unique to us than others. We sit down with three of our most experienced coaches and discuss coaching philosophies, competing and finding success. Bridge coaches are some of the most talented and gifted coaches, but seldom do we find the time to truly talk about the skillset and art of coaching.