This week we spoke with Alex Austin, the Director of A-Train for Youth. Their mission is to provide children and young athletes of all ages, talent levels and economic situations an opportunity to improve their athletic abilities, build confidence, learn teamwork and enhance communication in a fun and entertaining environment.  He took us through some of the things he does to step into the role of a positive male mentor to his athletes and shares why that has become so important.

Alex brings more than 15-years professional and collegiate athletic experience to the youth that he teaches. His experience includes coaching and directing camps for many notable Universities, head coaches and professional athletes. Although his program initially focused on basketball camps, it has since evolved to include teams and training athletes. The A-Train program now includes over 300 kids, ranging in age from 6-18 years and varying in different skill development.

His goal is to give guidance and strengthen youth through sports activities, education and community service. A-Train players amass over 10,000 hours of giving back to their community each season, and each child in the program is required to maintain a respectable GPA , with a goal of maintaining a 3.5 program wide GPA.  We also educate the kids on proper nutrition, the danger of drugs, respecting parents and being a good citizen.

Alex Austin makes it his personal mission to ensure that every child who participates in his program is personally recognized and acknowledged. He has developed a system that not only teaches and improves a child’s skill in the sport of basketball, but has also learned how to reach them on an individual level to reinforce the values necessary to succeed in life.

His insights in this episode are invaluable to us as parents as we seek to have the things we teach reinforced through others-and allow ourselves to become that mentor to other kids as we help our next generation grow in ladies and gentlemen. 

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