E4A Video Gallery

E4A at the Kiln Building giving a TED Talk style keynote address. This speaker is E4A co-founder Shad Martin speaking about "The Sportlight" and how people feel when we show up telling a great story about a car crash.

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E4A at the Kiln Building giving a TED Talk style keynote address. This speaker is E4A co-founder Shad Martin speaking about the E4A principle win the hour and we should live a life by design, not by default.

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E4A at the Kiln Building giving a TED Talk style keynote address. This speaker is E4A founder Dustin Smith speaking about courage and what the true definition of courage is and how we all need a little more of it in our lives.

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E4A at the Kiln Building giving a TED Talk style keynote address. This speaker is E4A founder Dustin Smith speaking about the E4A principle on Win the Hour. He talks about the 8th day of the week where dreams go to die, which is called "someday" and how using the "Snooze button" is the quickest way to lose to start your day.

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E4A at the Kiln Building giving a TED Talk style keynote address. This speaker is athlete and coach Stacy Jensen speaking about "the sportlight".

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E4A at the Kiln Building giving a TED Talk style keynote address. This speaker is athlete and coach Stacy Jensen speaking about the E4A principle on competing without contempt.

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E4A at the Kiln Building giving a TED Talk style keynote address. This speaker is athlete and coach Cameron Stewart speaking about the E4A principle on resilience.

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E4A at the Kiln Building giving a TED Talk style keynote address. This speaker is athlete and coach Cameron Stewart speaking about the E4A principle "Seek to Bless, Not Impress".

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E4A at the Kiln Building giving a TED Talk style keynote address. This speaker is athlete and coach Cameron Stewart speaking about the E4A principle "Compete without Contempt".

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E4A at the Kiln Building giving a TED Talk style keynote address. This speaker is athlete and coach Cameron Stewart speaking about how there are 3 types of people; sheep, wolves, and sheep dogs and we need to be the sheep dogs.

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E4A at the Kiln Building giving a TED Talk style keynote address. This speaker is U of U Basketball player Eli Ballstaedt speaking about the E4A slogan "Eyes Up - Do the Work".

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E4A at the Kiln Building giving a TED Talk style keynote address. This speaker is U of U Basketball player Eli Ballstaedt speaking about the E4A principle "Win the Hour".

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E4A at the Kiln Building giving a TED Talk style keynote address. This speaker is former WNBA player Alli Bills speaking about the E4A Principle "Resilience".

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E4A at the Kiln Building giving a TED Talk style keynote address. This speaker is former NBA player Michael Smith speaking about how he loves E4A how it aligns with his life and tells his story. Some great stories with Larry Bird and Magic Johnson and the E4A principles that go along with it.

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00:00 Start
00:04 Introduction
00:30 Background
02:42 What E4A Stands For (Playing for Boston Celtics/Larry Bird Story)
10:38 Magic Johnson Story
16:06 Days in High School (Lessons from Parents)
18:30 Wrap Up

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E4A at the Kiln Building giving a TED Talk style keynote address. This speaker is former WNBA player Alli Bills speaking about the E4A Principle "Win the Hour". She tells a great story about an ex-navy seal named Chad Wright, and how our words matter.

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E4A at the Kiln Building giving a TED Talk style keynote address. This speaker is golfer Elijah Turner speaking about the E4A principle "Compete without Contempt" in how pro golfer Jack Nicolas taught him this valuable lesson by always wishing the other players to "Play Well".

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E4A at the Kiln Building giving a TED Talk style keynote address. This speaker is golfer Elijah Turner speaking about the E4A principle "Resilience" in relation to how in the game of golf, you have to be resilient.

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E4A at the Kiln Building giving a TED Talk style keynote address. This speaker is Mark Lasen speaking about his favorite poem titled "Builder or a Wrecker". He recites the poem and shares how we have enough wreckers in the world and that we need more builders.

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E4A at the Kiln Building giving a TED Talk style keynote address. This speaker is Mark Lasen speaking about the E4A principle "Resilience". He talks about how learning this principle early in life, helps later when you experience another "hard".

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E4A at the Kiln Building giving a TED Talk style keynote address. This speaker is Mark Larsen speaking about the E4A principle "Seek to Bless, Not Impress" and tells a great story of how one experience with an athlete when he was in 8th grade changed his life. A 9th grader stood up for some special needs kids after they were being made fun of. This moment changed Mark forever to be like him to seek to bless and stand up for what is right.

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E4A at the Kiln Building giving a TED Talk style keynote address. This speaker is Mark Lasen speaking about the E4A Motto "Eyes Up, Do the Work" with emphasis on the "Do the Work" portion.

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E4A at the Kiln Building giving a TED Talk style keynote address. This speaker is E4A Founder Dustin Smith speaking about the challenge E4A gives the student athletes to keep their eyes up, and do the work.

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E4A at the Kiln Building giving a TED Talk like keynote address. This speaker is E4A Founder Dustin Smith speaking about the forgotten astronaut Michael Collins. was part of the three-member crew on Apollo 11, the first lunar landing mission in 1969. Unlike Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, he never walked on the moon. Collins stayed behind and piloted the command module as it circled above. Because of that, Collins is often called the "forgotten astronaut."

Dustin relates how even though he didn't walk on the moon he was there for his fellow astronauts as we need to be for our fellow team mates in sports.

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On this week's Sportlight Podcast we sat down with the first lady of Utah Abby Cox. We talk about the power impact that athletes can make in the lives of others and the powerful impact service has on the giver.

Instagram of Abby: https://www.instagram.com/showuputah/

Podcast: First Lady and Friends
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/first-lady-friends/id1563978023

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Especially for Athletes:

Website: https://especialyforathletes.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EspeciallyForAthletes/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/E4Afamily
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/especiallyforathletes/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmbWc7diAvstLMfjBL-bMMQ

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Credits:
Hosted by Dustin Smith
Produced by Shad Martin and IMAGINATE STUDIO

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In this episode we play the speech given at our 2022 E4A Banquet by former BYU great and NFL QB Max Hall. Max shares the details of his heartbreaking fall from NFL QB to the back of a police car. He gives specific warnings to athletes, parents and coaches that will help them stay away from this dangerous and ever more present issue. Please listen to this with someone you love, or share it with an addict that is fighting for their life. It will inspire anyone who listens to it.

Check our Max's podcast on addiction, "Agents of Recovery".
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-agents-of-recovery-podcast/id1550462911

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Especially for Athletes:

Website: https://especialyforathletes.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EspeciallyForAthletes/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/E4Afamily
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/especiallyforathletes/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmbWc7diAvstLMfjBL-bMMQ

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Credits:
Hosted by Dustin Smith
Produced by Shad Martin and IMAGINATE STUDIO

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In this week's episode, we talk to the head football coach of Snow College Zac Erekson. We talk about his story and growing up a minority in Utah. We talk about helping young people prepare for the transition to college, the importance of parents being there for their children in appropriate ways, advice to that young high school athlete who wants a chance to play at the next level and so much more.

https://snowbadgers.com/staff-directory/zac-erekson/111

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Especially for Athletes:

Website: https://especialyforathletes.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EspeciallyFo...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/E4Afamily
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/especiallyf...
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmbW...

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Credits:
Hosted by Shad Martin & Dustin Smith
Produced by Shad Martin and IMAGINATE STUDIO

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In this episode Joe DuPaix shares lessons he has learned about resilience, coaching, the price of greatness and much more. He has coached with a number of legendary coaches and at legendary schools and his insights were powerful. He is a great man that exemplifies everything we promote at E4A.

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Especially for Athletes:

Website: https://especialyforathletes.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EspeciallyFo...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/E4Afamily
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/especiallyf...
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmbW...

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Credits:
Hosted by Shad Martin & Dustin Smith
Produced by Shad Martin and IMAGINATE STUDIO

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In this episode we talk to major league baseball all star Wally Joyner. He played 16 years in the big leagues, and also coached in the big leagues for a number and he takes time to share the wisdom and experiences he gained from that long run. He talked about resilience, intentional practice and shared some fun rapid fire responses to some questions we posed to him at the end.

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Especially for Athletes:

Website: https://especialyforathletes.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EspeciallyFo...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/E4Afamily
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/especiallyf...
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmbW...

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Credits:
Hosted by Shad Martin & Dustin Smith
Produced by Shad Martin and IMAGINATE STUDIO

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On this week's episode Shad and Dustin talk about the relationship between resilience, goal keeping, and progression. How can we progress from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm for the goals that we felt so strongly about at the beginning of the new year?

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Especially for Athletes:

Website: https://especialyforathletes.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EspeciallyFo...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/E4Afamily
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/especiallyf...
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmbW...

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Credits:
Hosted by Shad Martin & Dustin Smith
Produced by Shad Martin and IMAGINATE STUDIO

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On September 10th, 2001, all of us who were alive at that time went to bed not realizing that the next day the whole world would change, but for some the world would change more than for others.

The next day as planes began crashing into buildings our first responders began to run into burning collapsing buildings while others were running out them.

In other places military men and women began to ready themselves to find and eliminate those who would seek to do us harm. As we approach the anniversary of that life altering day we are doing an episode to pay tribute to those who put their life on the line for us each day.

Sitting in a high school class in Northern California on 9/11 was a star athlete named Jordan Stevenson. Jordan was one of those who in future days would choose to serve his country during a time when he knew he would go to war. While serving in Afghanistan he was shot in the head, was in a coma for months and then woke up to the right side of his body being paralyzed. His story of resilience, recovery, and the way he is using his platform to bring hope to his fellow service people and others going through a difficult time is incredible.

Thank you, Jordan, and thank you so all of those who put their life on the line for us each day. We hope that you joy this interview with Jordan Stephenson.

Instagram for Jordan
https://instagram.com/headshotjordan?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Youtube Video about Jordan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7DWSo3_1Es

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Especially for Athletes:

Website: https://especialyforathletes.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EspeciallyFo...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/E4Afamily
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/especiallyf...
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmbW...

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Credits:
Hosted by Shad Martin
Produced by Shad Martin and IMAGINATE STUDIO

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In this episode Shad and Dustin give some advice and present some possible conversations that parents can have with their young athletes as they head back to school. They talk about making social, academic and athletic goals.

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Especially for Athletes:

Website: https://especialyforathletes.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EspeciallyForAthletes/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/E4Afamily
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/especiallyforathletes/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmbWc7diAvstLMfjBL-bMMQ

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Credits:
Hosted by Shad Martin & Dustin Smith
Produced by Shad Martin and IMAGINATE STUDIO

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In this episode Shad and Dustin sit down in a special Round Table discussion with Brian Attridge, CEO of the Utah Youth Soccer Association and Dr. Sheldon Martin Especially for Athletes board member, and discuss a recent policy enacted by the Utah youth soccer association of zero tolerance for poor treatment of referees.

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Especially for Athletes:

Website: https://especialyforathletes.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EspeciallyForAthletes/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/E4Afamily
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/especiallyforathletes/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmbWc7diAvstLMfjBL-bMMQ

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Credits:
Hosted by Shad Martin
Produced by Shad Martin and IMAGINATE STUDIO

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KSL Sports (Sports Beat) Weekly Feature to showcase Especially for Athletes.

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Eric Weddle, Chad Lewis, and Ronnie Price were among those in attendance for the Especially 4 Athletes Charity Golf Tournament

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This episode of the US Youth Soccer Show featured Especially For Athletes where they interviewed founder Dustin Smith for the May 2015 episode. They discussed how the E4A program is combatting teen suicide and bullying everyday by using athletes as the spearhead.

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Youth suicide rates in Utah are increasing – that’s according to an investigation conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Utah Department of Health.

The report states 150 Utah youth died by suicide from 2011-2015. That’s a 141% increase in suicide rate among 10-17 year olds compared to the national rate of 23.5%.

One youth organization is trying to change that.

Good Day Utah Weekend Edition interviewed two representatives from Especially For Athletes, an organization training youth athletes to be more involved in their schools as a positive influence to other kids.

"Athletes are a tremendous influence for good or for bad at most schools," said Kristen Larsen, a supervisor for Especially For Athletes.

Especially For Athletes provides training at each school for the athletes and encourages them to commit to being more aware of those around them and to reach out to those who are struggling.

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KSL visited the E4A Spring Summit (a yearly camp for E4A Athlete's) to share the great impact they are making on student athletes.

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Recap of Especially for Athletes Spring Summit 2019.




Video created by Brynlee Barker Productions

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Especially for Athletes held the 2017 Spring Summit up in Park City Utah which is a character and leadership camp for student athletes across high schools in the state of Utah.

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Several high school principals give testimonials of the positive influence the Especially for Athletes program is having on the students of their schools.
"The E4A program is a game changer."
" E4A is incredible, it gets it."
" I wish we had the program in the school 7 years ago when we first opened."
" Powerful"

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Get involved with Especially for Athletes by donating or sponsoring this culture changing program. This video highlights testimonials from E4A sponsors, E4A athletes, E4A Athlete's parents, school administrators and more. You'll learn how this program is changing lives. To learn more or to donate please visit: http://especiallyforathletes.org/donate/

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Several high school principals give testimonials of the positive influence the Especially for Athletes program is having on the students of their schools.
"The E4A program is a game changer."
" E4A is incredible, it gets it."
" I wish we had the program in the school 7 years ago when we first opened."
" Powerful"

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Several high school principals give testimonials of the positive influence the Especially for Athletes program is having on the students of their schools.
"The E4A program is a game changer."
" E4A is incredible, it gets it."
" I wish we had the program in the school 7 years ago when we first opened."
" Powerful"

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For more messages like these check out THE SPORTLIGHT PODCAST. You can find it heat or wherever you listen to podcasts:

https://especiallyforathletes.org/podcast/

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Bryson is an E4A Member, a high school quarterback, and a young man that is batteling cancer. He has learned some incredible lessons through this difficult time of his life and he shares them in this video.

To support Bryson in his battle visit
https://www.gofundme.com/f/aj6wz-bryson-strong?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link-tip&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&fbclid=IwAR0LgpqFHyon6i3y56ZD5W-7WC2QXmZ3l4grnbQsG2XoNr7JsT-usH6Z0O4

To have E4A visit your team or school visit
https://especiallyforathletes.org/contact/

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For more information about the Especially for Athletes program and how to get an E4A team member to visit your team or school. Visit http://especiallyforathletes.org.

Order a copy of our new book The Sportlight here: https://especiallyforathletes.org/pro...

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This short video explains the goal and the reason for Especially for Athletes, a non profit organization committed to improving the culture of sports. We hope all athletes, parents, coaches and school administrators will join the E4A team and make the promise to live the EYES UP-DO THE WORK pledge. See especiallyforathletes.com for more info

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Parents, athletes and NBA star Gordon Hayward talk Especially for Athletes. EYES UP-DO THE WORK

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NBA's Utah Jazz star Gordon Hayward talks E4A & issues a challenge to kids to make the E4A pledge and join the movement.

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Hear from supporters, athletes and parents of the E4A program at a recent summer camp.

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