Podcasts about kaig lightner

Kaig Lightner founded Portland Community Football Club 10 years ago, providing coach mentors, free uniforms and no-cost or low-cost opportunities for immigrants and others living in low-income communities. The program focuses on creating a culture of connection, encouragement and trust. Player growth is more important than winning games. Now the program has 235 players, 15 coaches and three staff members in Portland, Oregon, and Lightner has plans to expand to other areas of the country through its Liberate Sports program, which aims to remove the barriers that prevent low-income kids from participating in sports. Learn more about the program: https://www.liberatesports.org/ Send ideas for podcast guests: https://www.youthsportspsychology.com/contact-ultimate-sports-parent/ Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/building-confidence-in-young-athletes/id1602758597 Visit our blog: https://www.youthsportspsychology.com/youth_sports_psychology_blog/    

In this episode of "Inside Scoop," host Neil Crawford interviews Kaig Lightner, founder of the Portland Community Football Club (PCFC). The podcast explores the challenges of the pay-to-play system in youth soccer in the United States. Lightner discusses the club's mission to make soccer accessible to communities facing financial barriers and emphasizes the importance of recruiting coaches who reflect the diversity of the communities served. The conversation delves into the impact of underfunding in recreational programs and the efforts of the Portland Community Football Club to provide quality soccer experiences at a lower cost, challenging existing norms in the sport. Listeners interested in supporting PCFC's mission can make donations via the following website: [https://www.pcfc.co/](https://www.pcfc.co/) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anytime-soccer/support

“We love the art of talking about good ideas and storytelling and teaching people.” - It's About to Go Down with Marc & Cathey. In this “rap-up” episode, Marc and Cathey highlight the ideas that were shared during season 7. They shared updates from different guests, talked about how they lived out these concepts in their own lives, and recapped strategies you can use to build out your own ideas. Special shout out to the the Season #7 community: Nina Byrd, El Seremaga, Shima Miabadi, Dr. Gary Sanchez, Margarita Estrada, Kaig Lightner, John Glozek, Roxy Azari, Brian Robinson, and Yasmin Nguyen. Learn more at https://www.itsabouttogodownshow.com/ 

"Take the barriers that exist. Look at it differently. Do it differently." - Kaig Lightner, founder and executive director of the Portland Community Football Club, as well as for Quantum Gender. In this episode, Marc and Cathey talk with Kaig about how to use sports to achieve liberation for people of all identities. During this conversation, they discuss how to transform a local grassroots effort into a national movement that gets those with opposing views to want to be a part of a conversation that creates connections and belonging. They explore the strategies of creating a shared experience for your audience, presenting the idea in a way no one expects, coming up with a title that intrigues people to learn more, and incorporating interactive exercises that connect people to your concept. By the end of the discussion, you will be able to break barriers with newfound curiosity, empathy, and a better understanding of what makes you an outsider. Learn more about the Liberate Sports Movement at https://www.pcfc.co/ 

Kaig Lightner is the founder and Executive Director of the Portland Community Football Club. Kaig recognized that the cost of youth sports precludes low-income youth from accessing the benefits of sport. Founded in 2013, the organization dismantles the barriers to competitive athletic training and opportunity, and provides a safe space for all youth to gain skills, confidence, educational and emotional support. Kaig knows the importance of access to sport to personal development and health. Assigned the female gender identity at birth and given the name “Kate,” Kaig tells us that he cannot remember a moment in his life where he aligned with being or felt female.  As a kid, Kaig enjoyed playing with stereotypical boys' toys and dressed and presented in a way that the world sees as a boy. Because of this, Kaig faced persistent teasing, harassment and bullying. He says that the ability to take on another identity—that of athlete on the soccer field—saved his life. In this episode, Kaig bravely opens up about not fitting into the gender binary and how sport helped him release anxiety, stress and trauma. He discusses the importance of physical movement as a tool to address trauma and the science behind it. Kaig tells us about his journey to become a soccer coach, the hurdles he's faced in the process and why he believes the best thing any of us can do is tell and show kids that they are acceptable and belong just as they are. Finally, Kaig shares how his experience in social work in Portland inspired him to found the Portland Community Football Club. We talk about building trust across diverse communities and why sport is an incredible tool to positively impact peoples' lives. To this end, we discuss the importance of ensuring access to sport for transgender people. Learn more about the Portland Community Football Club here. Get the Ruling Sports Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://rulingsports.com/newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Ruling Sports Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.Instagram.com/RulingSports⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.Twitter.com/RulingSports⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.Facebook.com/RulingSports⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.linkedin.com/company/RulingSports⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.tiktok.com/@RulingSports⁠

On this week's United Soccer Coaches Podcast, presented by TeamSnap, we celebrate Pride Month! Host Dean Linke chats with four members of the LGBTQ & Allies Advocacy Group: Group Chair Dan Woog, Girls Unite Soccer Club Head Coach and Keeper Trainer Shalom Kimble, Portland Comunity FC Founding Executive Director Kaig Lightner, and Jamaica Women's Senior National Team Assistant Coach David Gough.

On this week's extra special United Soccer Coaches Podcast, presented by TeamSnap, Host Dean Linke has an open, informational, and powerful conversation with Portland Comunity FC Founding Executive Director Kaig Lightner. Kaig, a member of the United Soccer Coaches LGBTQ and Allies Advocacy Group and a member of the transgender community, was instrumental in drafting the United Soccer Coaches statement giving support to transgender and non-binary athletes around the country.

Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Kaig Lightner, founder of Portland Community Football Club, a soccer club that aims to provide low-income kids affordable access to sports. Team members, many of them hispanic, often must grapple with bullying from other teams, he says.

Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Kaig Lightner, founder of Portland Community Football Club, a soccer club that aims to provide low-income kids affordable access to sports. Team members, many of them hispanic, often must grapple with bullying from other teams, he says.

Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Kaig Lightner, founder of Portland Community Football Club, a soccer club that aims to provide low-income kids affordable access to sports. Team members, many of them hispanic, often must grapple with bullying from other teams, he says.

Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Kaig Lightner, founder of Portland Community Football Club, a soccer club that aims to provide low-income kids affordable access to sports. Team members, many of them hispanic, often must grapple with bullying from other teams, he says.

In this week’s episode, Molly speaks with Kaig Lightner (he/him), the founder of both Portland Community Football Club and Breaking the Gender Binary Consulting. Topics include: Coming out as trans to young soccer players—and having the resulting video go viral. Fighting sexism and harmful gender roles in kids’ sports. Not feeling comfortable in the “middle space” of gender, despite feeling internally genderless. Read more about our This Week in Gender topic here. Find Molly on last week’s episode of Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack. Questions/feedback/feelings? Hit us up at gendereveal@gmail.com or on Twitter. You can also submit questions anonymously here. We always appreciate donations at patreon.com/gender or paypal.me/MollyWoodstock. If you donate $7 or more, we'll send you a surprise. Logo: Ira M. Leigh Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Sponsors: Babe Wax! Donate to WaxFund, please! 

Sports Business Radio host Brian Berger lends his unique insight inside of the Cavs dysfunction. Sam Finn, co-founder of ergonofis (@ergonofis), discusses his company & the transformation from athlete to businessperson post athletic career. Kaig Lightner also joins the show to discuss his inspirational story, the importance of being inclusive & providing athletic opportunities for youth who can't afford to play on elite teams. Get a desk for your office that will change your life - go to ergonofis.com/SBR and use promo code SBR10 to get 10% off any standing desk.

   Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to Kaig Lightner of Portland Community Football Club! Kaig holds a USSF National ‘C’ Coaching License. He has been coaching and working with youth for over 16 years.  In 2005 Kaig moved to Portland where he was the Head Coach of a U12 girls team and Co-Coach of a U15 girls team at Eastside United FC (now Eastside Timbers). During his time at ESUFC he also ran the speed and agility clinics and was the director of the U6-U8 Developmental League.  He left ESUFC in 2007 and returned to coaching recreational teams for Laurelhurst Soccer Club.  It was also during this time that Kaig decided to begin the process of transitioning from living as female to living as male.  This was a challenging and also incredibly rewarding process for him.  In 2007 he also co-founded Transactive, a non-profit that serves transgender children, youth and their families.  In May of 2017 Kaig came out as trans to the youth he coaches, and the story went viral. His kids reacted with curiosity, kindness, respect...and most of all just wanted to know how old he was. Watch the video here. In this podcast we discuss: - Sport as a tool of communiction, connection, and healing. - The importance of providing access to sport (specifically soccer!) despite income level.  - What it's like to grapple with gender identity, both as a child and as an adult. - Coming out as trans: from friends, to parents, to your job, and to the world.    and so much more!   ---   You can find Kaig on Facebook and at Portland Community Football Club.  --- A very special thank you to our 10$ and 25$ level Patreon Patrons: Andi Olsen, Aja Vines, Bianca Phillips, Sky Chari and Kelly Knight! I love you all. If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Join our facebook group! Email us at flexyourheartradio@gmail.com!    ----   And now for me!   I wrote a graphic novel with my partner and it's on pre-order NOW. If you've ever wanted to read about my recovery from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overexercise, this is your chance. Buy today, get stoked, share with your friends!  You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, soon to be open in Portland, Oregon  You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at Lacy@liberationbarbell.com. I currently have space for private, semi-private and group class clients.     ----   Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill    Keywords! gender, transitioning, coming out, trans, F2M, trans man, soccer, accessibility 

PCFC founder Kaig Lightner calls into the show. Dan and Nigel talk about Usain Bolt vs. John Ross in the 40 yard dash.