Introducing The Asian American Athlete

The Asian American Athlete

In this introduction to The Asian American Athlete, host Justin Hong shares his own journey as an Asian American athlete (1:45) and does a deep dive into the reasons why he doesn’t think he reached his potential as an athlete - including a lack of skill development despite a strong work ethic (4:45), not having the institutional knowledge of how to get to the next level (5:50), and not feeling empowered as an athlete due to lack of support, low confidence, and emotional baggage. (6:55).

He also talks about why he’s launching The Asian American Athlete (14:32) and gives a preview of the type of content that the podcast will feature, including interviews with Asian American athletes who have reached the collegiate or professional levels and other guests who can educate the audience on institutional sports knowledge and how to overcome stereotypes, biases, and challenges specific to Asian American athletes(15:37).

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