Brooke de Lench explained

Brooke de Lench
Birth Date:15 February 1952
Birth Place:Plymouth, Massachusetts
Occupation:Author, writer, filmmaker and young athlete safeguards and sports injury prevention advocate
Nationality:American
Website:de Lench's Web page

Brooke Cranston de Lench (born February 15, 1952) is an American author, filmmaker, journalist, and advocate. Her advocacy focuses predominantly on athlete safety, welfare and rights of young athletes. In 2000 she founded MomsTeam, Inc organization and in 2013 MomsTeam, Inc became a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization MomsTeam Youth Sports Safety Institute, frequently referred to as "MomsTeam". That same year she had her directorial debut with the film The Smartest Team: Making High School Football Safer, which aired on PBS.[1] In 2015 MomsTEAM was named an Institute Pioneer Organization For U.S. Implementation of Int'l Safeguards for Children in Sport by UNICEF UK.[2] [3]

Personal life

De Lench was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, raised in Duxbury, Massachusetts and Stratton Mountain, Vermont. A lifelong athlete she captained her field Hockey team in high school to a Massachusetts State Championship.[4] She currently lives in Concord, Massachusetts and is the mother of adult triplet sons.[5]

Career

De Lench has participated in awareness campaigns, initiatives, and organizations that focus on raising awareness on athlete safety, welfare and rights in youth athletes, and has been a speaker on this topic at several summits and symposia around the world.

In 2003 she launched the nonprofit organization Teams of Angels, which supports families of children that have died or been severely injured in youth sports.[6] In 2013 she founded the MomsTeam Youth Sports Safety Institute, which raises awareness of health, nutrition and safety best practices in youth sports.[7] De Lench serves as the organization's executive director and in 2014 she, along with MomsTeam, organized the SmartTeams Play Safe summit at the Harvard Medical School.[8] Through the organization she has also launched a program called SmartTeams, which endorses the use of ideas and new technology that could minimize common issues with youth sports.[9] [10]

Bibliography

Filmography

Talks

Published articles

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Klein. Jeff. Canadian District Goes to School on Concussions. October 29, 2019. The New York Times. October 4, 2014.
  2. News: International Safeguards for Children in Sport. October 29, 2019. International Safeguarding Children in Sport Working Group. 2016.
  3. News: UNICEF UK Names MomsTEAM Institute Pioneer Organization For U.S. Implementation of Int'l Safeguards for Children In Sport . MomsTEAM. January 17, 2015 . October 28, 2019.
  4. News: 1969 South Shore League Field Hockey Champions. November 17, 2014. DuxburyClipper.com/. Duxbury Clipper. November 14, 2018.
  5. News: Sullivan. James. Concerns bubble up as more young athletes specialize earlier. November 17, 2014. Bostonglobe.com. Boston Globe. October 24, 2014.
  6. Web site: Summary for: TEAMS OF ANGELS, INC.. Massachusetts State. November 17, 2014.
  7. News: NFL Marketing To Moms. https://web.archive.org/web/20140211182003/http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=10420906. dead. February 11, 2014. November 17, 2014. ESPN.go. February 7, 2014.
  8. Web site: Schwartz. Jessica. My Experience at the Inaugural MomsTeam Institute Youth Sports Safety Summit at Harvard Medical School September 15, 2014. pt2go.co. September 19, 2014 . November 17, 2014.
  9. News: Hohler. Bob. The concussion doctor's tangled interests. November 17, 2014. www.bostonglobe.com. Boston Globe. December 29, 2013.
  10. News: Concussion sensors aim to help young football players . . The Today Show . September 17, 2014 . November 17, 2014.
  11. Web site: Home Team Advantage (review). Booklist. May 29, 2015.
  12. News: Jonathan Moffie, CUNY Sports Report co-founder and current SI Now producer, sits down for a Q&A session with The Smartest Team . City University of New York . November 17, 2014 . Jonathan . Moffie . https://web.archive.org/web/20141211113920/http://www.cunysportsreport.com/project/standing-with-football-qa-with-the-smartest-team/ . December 11, 2014 . dead .
  13. Web site: Wright. Scott. Newcastle football team gets smarter about head injuries. News OK. May 29, 2015.
  14. Web site: American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Conference (AMSSM). AMSSM. October 28, 2019.
  15. Web site: Pressing Questions in Sports Law, Policy, Media and Science: Concussions, CTE and Conditions in Between. NYU Sports and Society. October 28, 2019.
  16. Web site: Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport. International Olympic Committee's World Conference. October 28, 2019.
  17. Web site: Coalition for Concussion Treatment Conference at the United Nations. MomsTEAM . October 28, 2019.
  18. Web site: AYSO National Convention Keynote Dallas Keynote . MomsTEAM. October 28, 2019.
  19. Web site: Standard-Setting by Non-Governmental Agencies in the Field of Sports Safety Equipment: Promoting the Interests of Consumers or Manufacturers. Journal of Business & Technology Law. October 29, 2019.

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