Scheduling youth sports programs throughout the course of the year is an important part of the planning process to dictate when your leagues and other sports programs take place. There are many things to consider ...
Every youth sports program should have a very thorough set of rules and policies. Regardless if your participants are reading these in full, it is a must have to help govern your program. It will ...
Fundraising is a large part of any youth program, especially in the nonprofit sector. It is important you get creative with your fundraising and find additional ways to generate revenue to make sure you have ...
In Part Two of Sportsmanship and Gamesmanship in Youth Sports, Gary Bernstein, the CEO of the Jewish Community Alliance of Northeastern Pennsylvania, dives deeper into the importance of youth sports as it relates to gamesmanship. ...
Parks and Recreation director, Jason Schaitz, shares tips for addressing camp discipline and reducing conflict. Disciplining your campers is never a fun task, but is necessary when all other options have been exhausted. Discipline can ...
Holly Metzger-Brown, the learn and play director at the York JCC, shares tips on preparing for summer programming this year. Successful summer programming doesn’t just happen overnight. Instead, it requires proper and detailed preparation. The steps ...
Jim Stallman, the president of Eco Global Manufacturing, provides insights on how youth benefit from creative learning. Even before the popularization of the toy industry, children have always found ways to play. Sticks, rocks and ...
The impact of sportsmanship and gamesmanship. Author Jason Schaitz wrote an article titled, “8 Goals for Youth Sports Programs” in the November/December issue of Community Rec Magazine. This article will focus more in-depth with respect ...
Proper youth sports supervision is of the utmost importance to ensure the safety of your participants and should be taken very seriously. It only takes a few seconds of complacency for an incident or accident ...
All youth sports programs should have very similar goals to bring the best out of your participants. These should be outlined in your policies and procedures along with your mission statement. Engrain these things in ...