Beat the Streets Blog
Welcome to the Beat the Streets blog, a labour of love crafted by BTS staff, consultants, guest writers, and program participants. Based in Toronto, we focus on youth development programs, charity initiatives, and empowering active and healthy youth through sports and skill-building programs. Discover insightful articles on fitness, training, health, wellness, employment empowerment, program updates and the impactful stories that shape our journey.
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Student Inspirations: Jessica O. Matthews
To celebrate the launch of our new mentorship program, our BTS summer students are creating a blog series on people who motivate and inspire them. In this blog Simi tells us about Jessica O. Matthews, the Nigerian-American innovator and CEO.
What is it Like Working Remotely at Beat the Streets?
The Beat the Streets summer jobs students have been working remotely for quite some time. Read all about their experiences and opinions on how it has been.
YGG Promo Series: Women Who Inspire
Learn more about the Women Who Inspire video series where we are giving a platform to the women who inspire us! This comes ahead of our new You Grow Girl program beginning in Fall 2020.
5 Things I do to get ready in the morning for a big tournament
Read this blog post to learn about my morning routine the morning before a big tournament.
How Wrestling Has Impacted Our Lives
Read all about how wrestling impacts the lives of some of your favorite wrestlers, including Victoria Anthony, and Tyler Barry.
The Woman Behind Every Wrestler.
Read all about wrestling moms and how they impact some of your favourite wrestlers!
New ParticipACTION 2020 Report Card is out!
The ParticpACTION Children' Report Card 2020 is available. We highlight some of the grades, stats and recommendations.
The ParticipACTION Report Card is out - for Adults!
On June 17th, ParticipACTION will release it’s 2020 Report Card on children. Until then, let’s see how the Adults were graded in their very own 2019 Report Card.
Best and worst matches: Thought Patterns
Everyone has there good and bad matches. Here’s how I realized which matches were my best matches and which ones were my worst matches.
A Newbie's Perspective: The Dummy Cycle
Yeah being a dummy sucks but it only gets better, here’s why.
My first interaction with wrestling… A Memoir
Read all about my first time ever encountering wrestling and ultimately the moment that my life would never be the same.
Favourite wrestling moments
Check out these three different people involved with the sport of wrestling in three very different ways talk about their favourite moment in wrestling
The Courage To Be Yourself
Next time you’re getting ready for your match remember to be true to yourself. “Authenticity isn’t about being the “real me”, but being true to our purpose and values that drive us.” - Tanveer Naseer.
BTST recommends "Wrestling Changed My Life" podcast
Ryan Warner's Wrestling Changed My Life podcast explores inspirational journeys of wrestlers and how the sport changed their lives.
My Experience with Martial Arts
Throughout my entire life I’ve been involved with sports. Sports are a part of my lifestyle and this article is the gist of my experience with martial arts.
"Age 11 Is When Kids Quit Sports, Here Is The Problem" - Forbes
High cost, competitiveness and specialization is not the core problem.
It's National Coaches Week!
It's national coaches week from 21 - 29 September and we would like to take a moment and celebrate Coach Neal & Coach Bernard.