Leveraging tennis to combat youth mental health challenges

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy warns that today's youth mental health crisis is the "defining public health issue of our time."

He's right. American adolescents are experiencing unprecedented levels of mental health challenges.

Fortunately, there's a way to reverse these trends. I've spent my career studying the intersection of sports and mental health, including roles as the chief medical officer at NCAA, co-chair of the International Olympic Committee Consensus Meeting on Mental Health in Elite Athletes, and fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. Sports can help kids combat de...