Worth Repeating: Allison Forsyth ...

Worth Repeating: Allison Forsyth on How Harm Escalates in Youth Sports

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Better Sports Parents by Scott Rintoul
S1
Mar 20, 2026
13:20

Episode notes

Allison Forsyth is a former Olympic skier, a renowned SafeSport expert, and the Chief Sport Officer at Headversity. A survivor of abuse in sport and vocal advocate for athlete wellbeing, Allison founded Generation Safe to create more resources for athletes and organizations to confront and reduce maltreatment and abuse through sport. In this segment, Allison discusses the role parents, coaches and the current youth sports system play in creating the conditions for harm to escalate through sport.

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Keywords

youth sports
safe sport
parenting
sports culture
coaching
mental health
athlete maltreatment
hockey
referees
pressure