John Engh

John Engh is executive director of the National Alliance for Youth Sports (NAYS) in West Palm Beach, Fla. He can be reached via email at jengh@nays.org.

69 Articles

A Country In Crisis

Our country is in an extraordinary place right now. In the past couple months, communities have reopened despite the fear that a deadly, highly contagious virus is likely to return before a vaccine is available.

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Stepping Up To The Plate

I really enjoy sharing insights to the youth-sports world every month in this space.

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Proactive Planning

One thing hasn’t changed since I started working in youth sports more than 30 years ago—administrators at every level say parents are the biggest challenge to the success of a program.

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Water Safety

In a recent YouTube video, a small child at a crowded hotel pool fights to stay afloat and eventually sinks to the bottom.

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Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Automated External Defibrillators—more commonly known as AEDs, with the letters and a red heart—are in almost every public place these days.

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Eye On Emergencies

I live in South Florida. If you know one thing about living here, you know the weather can sneak up on you at any time.

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Due Diligence

Lawsuits in youth sports is an issue that understandably stirs fear and anxiety among administrators these days, but it is an important subject in which those in the industry need to be educated.

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