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For years, the National Alliance for Youth Sports (NAYS) has touted itself as the leading advocate for positive and safe youth sports in America. And from time to time, we get people who ask what exactly that means. For us it’s simple: The word advocate means being a champion or a supporter in a public way, and for us this translates to leadership.
When my dad started this organization in 1981, there wasn’t a national voice for leadership in the realm of youth sports. And now—37 years later—we feel confident that our status as “the leading advocate” has only strengthened.
In today’s world, most families are introducing their children to sports and physical activity through recreational, organized sports mostly run by volunteers. So it is especially important that those activities are overseen by leaders who will ensure that the activities are appropriate and safe.