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Intersectional Efforts

When people have access to the outdoors, they thrive. From improving mental health to increasing physical activity, the outdoors has much to offer anyone privileged to live close to a park or an open space.

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Gathering Trophies

“The overriding problem with our world in general is that we are, in large part, managed by incompetents.

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Valuing Volunteers

With the exception of 2020, which wiped out youth sports, one of my favorite moments each year is reviewing the final applications from the NAYS volunteer coach- and parent-of-the-year nominations.

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An Early Christmas

The pictures of ships stacked to the horizon and siren call of marketers launching Black Friday specials before Thanksgiving did its trick. If I wanted to be prepared for my Christmas visitors, I was going to have to start early.

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A Worthy Investment

I was scrolling through Facebook the other day and came across a great post that reminds us why the job of a youth-sports administrator is so incredibly important.

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Don’t Stop

Walking home from the third grade one day, I got into a scuffle with another kid. It happened right in front of my family’s home, so Mom saw everything from the front window.

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Explanations On An Elevator

One of the great lessons I learned from my dad, who founded the National Alliance for Youth Sports (NAYS) in 1981, is that, if someone asks what you do on a elevator, you should be able to explain it before getting off on the next floor.

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Simpler Times

A couple of old Army barracks sat far back from the road. One had been converted into living quarters, and the other housed bicycle parts of every kind. The gentleman who lived there allowed any kid who didn’t have a bike to build his own from the piles of frames, parts, and tires.

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The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived

Although the term “latchkey kid” entered everyday speech in the 1980s, both the term and the condition of unsupervised children alone for hours existed long before.

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Up Your Game

The term “21st-century skills” has been commonplace for a couple decades.

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Creating Positive Experiences

“Yes, I was upset over a bad call, but I would never fistfight anyone in front of kids! I will stand up for my team 10/10 times, and you tell me one coach who wouldn’t.”

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Gentle Guidance

Americans seem to acknowledge the age of 18 as the defining point for adulthood. That threshold allows a former child to vote, drink, and make decisions independent of parents.

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