Not exact matches
«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.
Many
youth sports teams are unable to travel to national tournaments because of the price increases,
which make it more difficult for the teenagers to be seen by potential college coaches.»
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 succ
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 succ
team or individual success.
In an editorial accompanying the study, Russell Pate and Dr. Jennifer O'Neil of the Department of Exercise Science at the University of South Carolina said the study showed the «need to learn ways in
which the doses of physical activity provided during
youth sports and activity programs can be most effectively increased by modifying the manner in
which the practices and contests are conducted... [such as] by changes in instructional practices that produce greater emphasis on keeping
youth active while they learn individual skills and
team strategies.»
This past June I was invited to a press event at the NFL headquarters, where representatives from a group of national governing bodies for
team sports talked about their safety initiatives,
which showed just how far behind the NFL and its
youth football arm, USA Football, had been until recently.
In that speech (a full copy of
which you can view by clicking here), I offered some suggestions on how each of us — whether we be parent, coach, official, athletic trainer, clinician, current or former professional athlete,
sports safety equipment manufacturer, whether we were there representing a local
youth sports program, the national governing body of a
sport, or a professional
sports league, could work together as a
team to protect our country's most precious human resource — our children — against catastrophic injury or death from sudden impact syndrome or the serious, life - altering consequences of multiple concussions.
Not surprisingly, what they learned confirmed what I had already told them about the concerns of moms, concerns
which motivated me to convene my own «roundtable» fifteen years ago by launching MomsTEAM.com; concerns that I wrote about at length in my book, «Home
Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in
Youth Sports,» especially in a chapter I called, «A Mothers Voice: The Missing Piece of the
Youth Sports Puzzle:»
The former
Youth and
Sports minister who is also the Member of Parliament for the Odododiodioo Constituency
which is popular referred to as the «heart of boxing» in Ghana welcomed Bastie Samir and his
team at his place.
In it, he suggests that
sport psychology,
which fits under the umbrella of social - emotional learning (SEL), should be taught on
youth and school
sports teams and that the idea that
sports is extra-curricular is a 19th century idea.
In it, he suggests that
sport psychology,
which fits under the umbrella of social - emotional learning (SEL), should be taught on
youth and school
sports teams and that the idea that
sports is extra-curricular is a 19th century idea.
Along with her fundraising, Linda started her own
sports company, P3 Sports, which allows youth to showcase their hockey talents, assisting them in being drafted on sports
sports company, P3
Sports, which allows youth to showcase their hockey talents, assisting them in being drafted on sports
Sports,
which allows
youth to showcase their hockey talents, assisting them in being drafted on
sports sports teams.