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A Rewarding Experience

Youth-sports administrators have an important opportunity to shape children’s experiences, values, confidence, and lifelong connection to sports.

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Photo Credit: Courtesy of NAYS

The next time a parent gives you an earful about how your program operates, be thankful. That’s right … thankful.

Admittedly, overseeing a youth-sports program comes with a truckload of frustration, but it’s also an enormous privilege to be at the helm of something that has so many life-changing consequences for children.

I was reminded of just how lucky recreation professionals are here in the United States while on a recent trip abroad.