Game Changers is a web series developed by the National Alliance
for Youth Sports in which well - known and respected professional and collegiate coaches and current and former athletes sit down to share incredible insight on their lives; discuss the influential coaches and parents who impacted them growing up; and reveal how those experiences not only led to their success in sports but enabled them to become respected and productive members of society.
How can we keep the ideals
for youth sports in the proper perspective, and directed to the people these children depend on the most — their parents.
«I believe that the work we do as CYSAs is essential in providing the correct environment and culture
for youth sports in each of our communities,» said CYSA Leadership Committee member Jeff Ryder, athletic and fitness manager at Huntley Park District in Illinois.
Since volunteer coaches are only one aspect of the youth sports equation, the Board of Directors expanded the organization to form the National Alliance
for Youth Sports in 1993.
Also offered on Thursday is the session Practical Solutions
for Youth Sports in the Information Era.
More than 250 recreation professionals worldwide attend signature event of National Alliance
for Youth Sports in Orlando, Fla..
Not exact matches
There has to be way more tank - filling than tank - draining,» says Ruben Nieves, former Stanford University men's volleyball coach and current national director of training
for the Positive Coaching Alliance, a nonprofit organization based
in Mountain View, Calif., that focuses on teaching and encouraging positive character - building
in youth and high school
sports.
This includes the splitting of pension income
for seniors, (to make amends
for breaking its promise on the taxation of family trusts); special tax preferences to support participation of
youth in sports activities, arts and cultural activities; tax breaks
for people who take public transit; and, tax breaks to help volunteer firemen.
According to one news report, he was married
for 30 years, had two adult children, was active
in his community, including as a
youth sports coach, and had lots of friends — not unlike many of the other commuters
in their smaller vehicles.
Amy & Rachel: We are involved
in local
youth sports associations, PTA organizations at our 6 children's schools, and
in alumnae associations
for our sororities.
In 1999,
for instance, the Malaysian Ministry of
Youth and
Sports launched a two - month marketing campaign to encourage consumers to buy packaged soya milk.
The writing's on the wall:
youth participation
in the
sport is down, thanks
in large part to their parents» concern
for their health.
Today MYSA, which is owned and run by the
youths themselves and was nominated
for a Nobel Peace Prize
in 2003 and» 04, touches 25,000 young Kenyans at any given time with nested -
in -
sport programs
in community building, health education and environmentalism.
In today's ultra-competitive,
youth sport landscape, I.D. camps have become a big piece of the puzzle
for those who seek to play at the collegiate level.
The Orinda
Youth Association (OYA) offers a variety of
sports for children
in Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade.
Holy Names University Camps Names University offers summer camps
for youth in serval
sports.
While there have been no formal studies to determine how many child molesters have coached
youth teams, a computer - database search of recent newspaper stories reveals more than 30 cases just
in the last 18 months of coaches
in the U.S. who have been arrested or convicted of sexually abusing children engaged
in nine
sports from baseball to wrestling — and this despite the fact that child sex - abuse victims,
for reasons ranging from shame and embarrassment to love or fear of their molesters, rarely report the crime.
«
Youth sports are a ready - made resource pool
for pedophiles, and we better all get our heads out of the sand before we ruin the games,» says Bob Bastarache, a police officer turned private investigator and the current president of one of New England's largest AAU clubs, the Bristol Stars, of New Bedford, Mass. «Parents today are so busy, they're allowing coaches to take over the after - school hours, and that's the foot
in the door pedophiles need.»
The Little League Challenger Program is
for Youth with intellectual and physical challenges., ages 4 - 18, or up to age 22 if still enrolled
in high school, to enjoy the game of baseball along with the millions of other children who participate
in this
sport worldwide.
If they're not careful, lacrosse's promoters risk setting up the
sport for an almost impossible task: Scroll down the long list of what ails
youth sports, and
in most cases lacrosse seems to offer an antidote.
As we sign our kids up
for youth sports each year, as do another 42 million American parents, I suggest that we keep this thing
in perspective; trying to understand why it is that our child wants to play and why is that we, the parents, want them to play.
He has his undergraduate degree
in the field of Physical Education and has coached
youth sports for some time prior to moving to the Bay.
While the mission of Sac LAX is to develop players, supportive teammates and honorable opponents, Sac LAX's other purpose is simple; provide an opportunity
for kids to play and enjoy the game of lacrosse, to empower
youth and give them a
sport in which to express themselves, have fun, make friends and stay healthy.
Former Bolton
youth player Liam Irwin is tearing it up
for Stockport
Sports FC, a team
in the 9th tier of English football, reports SB Nation's Aston Villa site, 7500 to Holte
@shard, I think Thatcher played her part
in producing an unproductive environment
for youth sport and activities.
They all competed
for Team GB at either the
Youth Olympic Games or European
Youth Olympic Festival before quickly graduating to the biggest show
in sport.
Nexen Man City Cup Kicks Off Soon Manchester City, English Premier League Champions, and Surf Cup
Sports, one of the most influential and recognized
youth soccer and events management programs
in the United States, will be teaming up once again
for the upcoming Nexen Manchester City Cup.
In contrast to recent battles in the now 110 - year war over football MomsTEAM Institute of Youth Sports Safety, the non-profit I have headed for the last fifteen years, is not merely an interested spectator this time aroun
In contrast to recent battles
in the now 110 - year war over football MomsTEAM Institute of Youth Sports Safety, the non-profit I have headed for the last fifteen years, is not merely an interested spectator this time aroun
in the now 110 - year war over football MomsTEAM Institute of
Youth Sports Safety, the non-profit I have headed
for the last fifteen years, is not merely an interested spectator this time around.
For those of you reading this blog who follow MomsTEAM on Twitter, it won't come as any big surprise that concussions
in sports seems to be the topic that most often lights up the
youth sports Twittersphere.
No mandated national coaching education program exists
in the United States
for youth sports (we are the only major
sporting country without such a requirement), and the requirements
for high school coaches vary from state to state, with some requiring only first aid and CPR certification.
The MomsTEAM staff and I are still digging into the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council's three - hundred - some - odd page report on
sports - related concussions
in youth sports, [1] but one thing jumped out at me at my first pass: When I did a search
in the report
for a discussion of impact monitoring devices (a / k / a hit sensors), I found only one brief mention of sensors
in the committee's recommendation that the Centers
for Disease Control fund large scale data collection efforts
for research purposes, including data from impact sensors.
Local
youth football organizers
in Minnesota say they are experiencing a 20 percent decline
in registrations this year, citing increased awareness of the potential of serious injury and parents who are apparently picking other
sports for their 3rd and 4th grade children.
Together, we can go a long way towards eliminating heat illnesses
in youth sports and keeping our kids properly hydrated and safe from the heat
for peak performance.
Producer of: The Smartest Team: Making High School Football Safer (PBS) and author of: Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers
in Youth Sports (Harper Collins) is well known as the «Mother of
Youth Sports Safety»
for her tireless advocacy and solutions based work
in safeguarding young athletes.
«From my work
in the
youth sports trenches over the last seventeen years, I know that it is only by taking such a holistic approach to
youth sports safety, one which involves all stakeholders as part of the safety team, can we work towards a safer
sports experience
for children, teens, and emerging adults,» de Lench said.
Debbie Lantz is a veteran single
sports mom with a passion
for empowering women to make a difference
in youth sports.
It is just as important
for youth with disabilities to be physically active and have the opportunity to participate
in sports as non-disabled children.
Because studies show that one - off concussion education isn't enough to change concussion symptom reporting behavior, Step Three
in the SmartTeams Play SafeTM #TeamUp4 ConcussionSafetyTM game plan calls
for coaches, athletes, athletic trainers, team doctors (and, at the
youth and high school level, parents) to attend a mandatoryconcussion safety meeting before every
sports season to learn
in detail about the importance of immediate concussion symptom reporting, not just
in minimizing the risks concussions pose to an athlete's short - and long - term health, but
in increasing the chances
for individual and team success.
«As an independent
youth sports safety organization and a leader
in educating coaches, parents, athletes and health care providers
for the last seventeen years, MomsTEAM Institute greatly appreciates that NATA,
in its best health and
sports safety guidelines, has largely validated what we have been saying
for many years,» said MTI Executive Director, Brooke de Lench.
Even if a state's concussion safety law does cover community - based, private
sports programs, very few states have enacted laws that cover all aspects of
youth sports safety, such as requiring more broad - based safety training
for coaches
in first - aid, CPR, and the use of an AED, and the development and implementation of an Emergency Action Plan (EAP) to be triggered
in case of medical emergencies, such as a cardiac event (e.g. sudden cardiac arrest), asthma attack, allergic reaction to a bee sting, or heat stroke, and environmental emergencies (lighting, tornado, or an excessively high heat index).
For more on the Power of the Permit, including a video of a presentation by Professor Doug Abrams of the University of Missouri School of Law at a
youth sports safety summit MomsTEAM Institute convened at Harvard Medical School
in September 2014, click here.
No mandated national coaching education program exists
in the United States
for youth sports, and the requirements
for high school coaches vary from state to state, with some requiring only first aid and CPR certification.
While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits
in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards
for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use
for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later
in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers
in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and par
Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and pa
Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways
for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and par
youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and pa
sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run
sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and pa
sports programs
in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform
youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and par
youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and pa
sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [
youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and par
youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and pa
sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct
for coaches, players, and parents.
As with legislation at every level of government, successful utilization of the power of the permit depends not so much on concerned citizens committed to making
youth sports in their local community safer (although they are, of course, important) as on the willingness of governmental officials themselves to sponsor bylaw changes and push
for enactment,
in other words, to serve as «safety champions.»
I write articles
for MomsTeam about the worst things that have happened
in youth sports, what I call «bad acts.»
Active Kids Canada,
for instance, found that only 12 percent of Canadian
youth were meeting that country's 90 minute guideline, even though three - quarters were participating
in organized
sports.
«
For far too long, the national media has focused on reporting on how
youth sports programs fall short
in protecting the health and safety of
youth athletes.
She has also consulted
for PBS's «Frontline,» HBO's «Real
Sports,» ABC's «Nightline,» and ESPN youth sports - related shows, and is quoted frequently in the print press, including, Reader's Digest, The Boston Globe, The Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, and Washington
Sports,» ABC's «Nightline,» and ESPN
youth sports - related shows, and is quoted frequently in the print press, including, Reader's Digest, The Boston Globe, The Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, and Washington
sports - related shows, and is quoted frequently
in the print press, including, Reader's Digest, The Boston Globe, The Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, and Washington Post.
Launched
in August 2000, MomsTeam.com has grown over the years, both
in terms of content and reputation, to the point that it now has 10,000 + pages of information
for youth sports parents and has become the most trusted source of
sports parenting information, widely recognized as one of, if not the, top websites of its kind.
Months before the Florida High School Athletic Association voted
in late September to mandate soft headgear
for girls lacrosse
for the 2015 season, Stenersen told MomsTEAM that he believed it would be «highly irresponsible»
for high school associations and
youth leagues to focus solely on requiring increased protective equipment if it meant ignoring what Stenersen viewed as «the most critical component to a safer, more enjoyable lacrosse experience: requiring nationally - standardized,
sport - specific training
for coaches and officials as a fundamental qualification to assure that the boys» and girls» lacrosse is being taught (and the rules are being enforced) correctly.»