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In Part One of The Power of Belonging in Community Recreation series, Marc Iturriaga introduces belonging and shares why it matters. I’m here to dissuade a myth that the main limits to member participation in ...
Multi-sport competition is more beneficial to the athletic development of youth than practicing and competing in only one sport. There is a huge positive impact on a child who participates in a variety of sports ...
Shelby Saylor shares four tips to joining the virtual community and how to prepare your team to take the leap. For years, many recreation professionals have known creating a digital experience, both in their facilities ...
Adam Shilling shares the three necessary components to developing sustainable community programs within your organization. For many organizations, turning the calendar from December to January means the start of a new fiscal year. Developing your ...
The first time I heard the phrase “virtual reality,” I was talking to my nephew, an avid gamer. I cannot understand how he can be so engrossed — at age 13 and now 29 — ...
Have you been exploring how to make creative children’s activities? When children play games, they are participating, excited, moving and giving their best effort. Games are addictive and have an internal change in our attitude ...
COVID-19 has exposed a simultaneous benefit for public health and financial disaster for our organizations — people do not need our facilities to engage in physical activity. By the time a vaccine reaches many citizens ...
As we know, today is a new day in how we operate in almost every way. However, our problems have not changed. We all still losing the majority of our staff in the middle of ...
A physical distancing and healthy hygiene intervention was conducted throughout Summer 2020 amid the height of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Data collection and observations were collected for eight weeks during various physical education and athletic ...
As of August 19, exercise facilities in the state of Michigan have been closed for more than five months. Since these mandatory closures of our membership facilities, one of the biggest adaptations our Y has ...
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