Coach instructing ice hockey team on rink

our vision

Mental Health is a top concern of young athletes and their families. We strive to further the discussion surrounding mental fitness in sports to create a better future for our youth.

our

mission

Community, identity, and purpose are three pillars needed for mental fitness to be present. We aim to further the discussion on how we can better incorporate these ideals into teams.

Our Story

With 40+ combined years working in team development, playing and coaching, our founders, Lee M.J. Elias and Andy Sutton, realized the conversation surrounding mental fitness in youth athletics was not only lacking, but stigmatized. In 2023 they founded AMFA and invited our first advisory board to discuss mental fitness ideals and to establish a framework to create a national set of mental fitness standards that can be used as a guideline by youth organizations around the United States.

Lee Elias

Andy Sutton

Co-Founder

Co-Founder

OUR ADVISORY BOARD

Janet Cruz M.D.

FAMILY MEDICINE

BOO NIEVES

FORMER NHL ATHLETE

FOUNDER, TOPLINE HOCKEY

COming Soon

NHL HALL-OF-FAMER

CHRISTIE CASCIANO BURNS

ANCHOR & AUTHOR

COMING SOON

FORMER NHL pLAYER


COMING SOON

former nhl player

performance coach

CONTACT US

American Mental Fitness Alliance

500B ABBOTT DRIVE

BROOMALL, PA 19008

Lee@GameSevenGroup.com