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(As I have learned from long experience with
youth and high school
sports programs,
making attendance at a concussion safety meeting voluntary virtually guarantees a lot of no - shows.)
Lots of
youth sports programs say they want to improve safety, but how many are actually
making the effort to implement best health and safety practices?
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.
Modeled on the community - centric approach to improving
youth sports safety highlighted in MomsTEAM's PBS documentary, «The Smartest Team:
Making High School Football Safer», the
program will award SmartTeam status to
youth sports organizations which have demonstrated a commitment to minimizing the risk of physical, psychological and sexual injury to young athletes by implementing a comprehensive set of health and safety best practices, providing safety - conscious
sports parents a level of assurance that they have
made health and safety an important priority, not to be sacrificed at the altar of team or individual success.
PAYS has set a standard for parent orientation
programs by providing a video - based training from NAYS (National Alliance
Youth Sports) which offers a simple, effective way to make youth sport parents aware of their roles and responsibili
Youth Sports) which offers a simple, effective way to
make youth sport parents aware of their roles and responsibili
youth sport parents aware of their roles and responsibilities.
An educational
program offering a simple, effective way to orient parents of their roles and responsibilities and ways they can
make the
youth sports experience more enjoyable and positive.
NAYS Officials Training & Membership
Program, formerly the National
Youth Sports Officials Association or NYSOA, helps both veteran and beginning officials have a clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities so that they can use their positions of authority to
make a positive difference.
Find out what AEDs have been selected by other
youth sports programs, organizations or businesses similar to yours in your area, why they
made their selection, and whether they are satisfied with their choice.
Any
youth sports program — regardless of location, size,
sport, organization type, or leadership structure — can decide to
make sportsmanship a priority and back up their words with actions.
However, she knew that changes could be
made to provide a better
youth sports program.
«We
Make It Happen» is more than a slogan, it's a way of life for the
youth sports programs at the Detroit Parks and Recreation Department, which received the Excellence in Youth Sports Award on Nov. 18 in Orlando, Fla., during the annual Youth Sports Congress that was held in conjunction with the Athletic Business
youth sports programs at the Detroit Parks and Recreation Department, which received the Excellence in Youth Sports Award on Nov. 18 in Orlando, Fla., during the annual Youth Sports Congress that was held in conjunction with the Athletic Business
sports programs at the Detroit Parks and Recreation Department, which received the Excellence in
Youth Sports Award on Nov. 18 in Orlando, Fla., during the annual Youth Sports Congress that was held in conjunction with the Athletic Business
Youth Sports Award on Nov. 18 in Orlando, Fla., during the annual Youth Sports Congress that was held in conjunction with the Athletic Business
Sports Award on Nov. 18 in Orlando, Fla., during the annual
Youth Sports Congress that was held in conjunction with the Athletic Business
Youth Sports Congress that was held in conjunction with the Athletic Business
Sports Congress that was held in conjunction with the Athletic Business Show.
Their
youth sports program keeps the fun in fundamentals, and this message is
made clear to everyone.
The
program philosophy is centered on sportsmanship and is communicated through the National
Youth Sports Coaches Association training, a coach's packet that includes
program information with bylaws
making each
sport age - appropriate, the «Andrews
Youth Sports Handbook» and other coaches» development tools.
All of us involved in
youth sports - from parents, to coaches, from athletic trainers to school athletic directors to the athletes themselves - have a responsibility to do what we can to make contact and collision sports safer, whether it by reducing the number of hits to the head a player receives over the course of a season (such as N.F.L. and the Ivy League are doing in limiting full - contact practices, and the Sports Legacy Institute recently proposed be considered at the youth and high school level in its Hit Count program), teaching football players how to tackle without using their head (as former pro football player Bobby Hosea has long advocated), changing the rules (as the governing body for high school hockey in Minnesota did in the aftermath of the Jack Jablonski injury or USA Hockey did in banning body checks at the Pee Wee level), or giving serious consideration to whether athletes below a certain age should be playing tackle football at all (as the American Academy of Pediatrics recom
sports - from parents, to coaches, from athletic trainers to school athletic directors to the athletes themselves - have a responsibility to do what we can to
make contact and collision
sports safer, whether it by reducing the number of hits to the head a player receives over the course of a season (such as N.F.L. and the Ivy League are doing in limiting full - contact practices, and the Sports Legacy Institute recently proposed be considered at the youth and high school level in its Hit Count program), teaching football players how to tackle without using their head (as former pro football player Bobby Hosea has long advocated), changing the rules (as the governing body for high school hockey in Minnesota did in the aftermath of the Jack Jablonski injury or USA Hockey did in banning body checks at the Pee Wee level), or giving serious consideration to whether athletes below a certain age should be playing tackle football at all (as the American Academy of Pediatrics recom
sports safer, whether it by reducing the number of hits to the head a player receives over the course of a season (such as N.F.L. and the Ivy League are doing in limiting full - contact practices, and the
Sports Legacy Institute recently proposed be considered at the youth and high school level in its Hit Count program), teaching football players how to tackle without using their head (as former pro football player Bobby Hosea has long advocated), changing the rules (as the governing body for high school hockey in Minnesota did in the aftermath of the Jack Jablonski injury or USA Hockey did in banning body checks at the Pee Wee level), or giving serious consideration to whether athletes below a certain age should be playing tackle football at all (as the American Academy of Pediatrics recom
Sports Legacy Institute recently proposed be considered at the
youth and high school level in its Hit Count
program), teaching football players how to tackle without using their head (as former pro football player Bobby Hosea has long advocated), changing the rules (as the governing body for high school hockey in Minnesota did in the aftermath of the Jack Jablonski injury or USA Hockey did in banning body checks at the Pee Wee level), or giving serious consideration to whether athletes below a certain age should be playing tackle football at all (as the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend).
The puzzling absence of women coaches in
youth sports, as Scott Lancaster, the director of the National Football League's youth football program, noted in his book, Fair Play: Making Organized Sports a Great Experience for Your Kid, is «clearly one of the most backward traditions in sports today.&
sports, as Scott Lancaster, the director of the National Football League's
youth football
program, noted in his book, Fair Play:
Making Organized
Sports a Great Experience for Your Kid, is «clearly one of the most backward traditions in sports today.&
Sports a Great Experience for Your Kid, is «clearly one of the most backward traditions in
sports today.&
sports today.»
From the tens of thousands of e-mails I have received over the last six years [now 14], from my conversations with mothers all across the country, including the mothers of many Olympic athletes, I believe that, first, and foremost, the vast majority of mothers (and many fathers, of course) just want to
make youth sports fun again, to know that everything possible is being done to protect their children from injury and abuse and given a chance to play until they graduate high school; that if it is no longer safe for our children to learn baseball or soccer on their own on the neighborhood sandlot, the organized
sports program in which we enroll our child - the «village» - will protect them and keep them safe while they are entrusted to their care.
The Camp Pendleton
Youth Sports staff provides high quality, fun and engaging
programming to 2,500 kids,
making it a most deserving Excellence in
Youth Sports award winner.
-- The Jupiter - Tequesta Athletic Association becomes the first organization in the country to
make the recently launched Parents Association for
Youth Sports program mandatory.
Today's
youth sports climate overflows with
programming choices,
making it challenging for organizations to stand out among the crowd, and difficult for parents to gauge which ones can deliver high - quality experiences for young athletes.
The evidence that
sports parents
make a tremendous impact in
youth sports programs across the country is
made clear by the hundreds of Parent of the Year nominations received at NAYS headquarters every year.
NAYS Parent Orientation has set a standard for parent orientation
programs by providing a video - based training which offers a simple, effective way to
make youth sports parents aware of their roles and responsibilities, as well as ways they can
make their child's experience more enjoyable and positive.
Are you proud of the advancements your
youth sports program has
made during the past year?
Sports programs from the
youth level to the pros have
made it a point of emphasis.
In many communities, out - of - school
youth sports programs are available only for students in elementary and middle school, while high school
sports programs are often open only to those who are good enough to «
make the team.»