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Participation in organized sports during childhood [citation needed] and adolescence has important benefits for physical, psychological, and social health.Sport-based youth development programs outside of school promote a wide range of learning and life skill development.
Sport for social development is a method of bringing about social change through the use of sports. In the United States this is commonly referred to as sports-based youth development. Sport refers to the physical activity and development in any individual, health, social and economic benefits. Sport is used as a tool for peace and development.
Play equity is the concept of ensuring all children have equitable access to play opportunities, sports programs and healthy movement. Youth sports, as well as structured and unstructured play, can contribute to the physical, emotional, social and academic development of young people. [1]
"The presence of athletics in their lives from an early age was a major factor in their personal development way beyond the playing fields,” Nelligan, whose sons played collegiately at the ...
However, children from the lowest-income homes in some states (New Mexico, Mississippi, Louisiana) with low youth sports participation rates and large minority populations play sports at up to ...
The term "sports-based youth development program" was coined in 2006 at a summit sponsored by Harvard University's Program in Education, Afterschool and Resiliency (PEAR), Positive Learning Using Sports (PLUS), and the Vail Leadership Institute. SBYD programs were defined as programs that “use a particular sport… to facilitate learning and ...
The institute's most recent “State of Play” report, an annual study on national trends in youth sports, cited a survey finding 49% of respondents saying they had struggled to afford ...
The National Alliance for Youth Sports (NAYS) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A..NAYS provides a variety of programs and services for everyone involved in youth sports, including professional and volunteer administrators, volunteer coaches, officials, parents and young athletes.