Episode 184: We continued our series of lesser known sports that are growing in popularity. So far, we have covered Pickleball, Horseshoe Pitching, Speed Golf, and Extreme Races, Disc Golf, Archery, Dodgeball, Trap Shooting/Shotgun Sports, and Ultimate. In this episode – wow! We spoke about two very cool sports, very different in nature, but parallel with each other in the benefits they are giving our youth. Both, lifetime sports, they are growing in popularity and we were honored to cover them in our series.

We started the show on eSports, true, I thought we were going to talk about Frogger, Pac Man and Galactica, but I was way off! I am, of course, kidding. These sports have evolved tremendously, and my guest did an excellent job advocating for the benefits of this sport. Drury University eSports coach, Mike Jones, was very thorough in his overview of eSports and what they represent. This sport gives an opportunity to youth to represent their school and community and Coach Jones has done a tremendous job advocating for the sport nationwide. Check out Drury eSports for more information.

We then cast off to the seas! Actually, more like lakes and rivers, where bass fish live. The sport of Bass Fishing is the fastest growing youth sport in the country and there is not a stronger advocate on involving kids in the sport than J.P. Sell. He has done an inspiring job on educating and supporting this sport and it is impressive how he reaches out to all populations and encourages them to take that “cast of a lifetime”, we appreciate all he has done to support kids in our community. For ways to get involved and support these programs, visit: NationalYouthFishingAssociation.

We will conclude this series next week! Email the sport you want covered to acoachsperspective@gmail.com!

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