Improving Youth Sports
As a former volunteer youth coach and long-time sports parent, I’d love to play a small part in highlighting all the important work being done—from organizations to extraordinary individuals—to create a more inclusive, positive youth sports culture.
Recommended Reading This Month (July 2024)
Recent insightful articles from Andscape/ESPN & Education Week, plus Aspen’s latest Project Play initiative announced at June’s Ideas Festival.
State of Play
To celebrate the June 11 International Day of Play, Aspen Institute highlighted coast-to-coast community successes in its Project Play latest State of Play report. Check out the invaluable public-private partnership work across youth sports in rural Colorado (where...
Recommended Reading This Month (April 2024)
A few youth sports recommended readings pulled from recent newsletters.
Service Learning Through Sports
More great work from Aspen Institute, in partnership with the All-State Foundation: Micro-grants to help youth serve their community.
World’s Leading Sport Systems
Per recent Aspen Institute research, the United States youth sports system is ‘programs-rich and systems-poor’.