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Balancing Act

Recreational youth-sports programs should balance equal playing opportunities with age, skill development, team needs, and clear expectations.

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The issue of equal playing time for kids is—at the least—perplexing.

Without question, kids involved in recreational sports at younger age levels should have equal opportunities to play, regardless of their skill level or experience with the sport.

And there are countless youth-sports studies that report that kids say they would rather play on a losing team than sit on the bench for a winning team.