Chances are you have either watched, listened to or read about a youth sports event recently. Whether it is football, ...

Due to this, youth participation in sports is on the decline ... active provides adolescents with important benefits for their physical health and social and academic development.

Expenses can escalate dramatically for those whose children participate in more competitive travel teams. For example, ice ...

Sports can be a great way for kids to stay active, but there are a lot of other benefits too. For example, Matthew Sacco, PhD ...

In fact, there are more mental, social, and physical benefits to participating ... The issue of youth participation in sports is so important that the U.S. government has implemented a program ...

Income, education and social class are determining who can play in youth sports ... girls taking part in sports," Knoester ...

For years, the Soviets approached athletic development with a philosophy that was very different from the West. Instead of early specialization, they had all th ...

A new report developed by the Women’s Sport Foundation provides pivotal insight into the role of youth sport participation on ...

While sports generally benefit youth, a study finds those benefits erode as athletes are subjected to greater levels of ...

While sports generally offer great benefits for youth, the study found those benefits ... one of the study’s lead authors and an associate professor of social service at Fordham's Graduate ...