Sports-based youth development is a methodology that uses sports to provide the supports and opportunities youth need to be healthy contributing citizens now and as adults. A sports-based youth development program offers youth an experience in which they learn and master sports skills along with life and leadership skills in a safe, fun, supportive, and challenging environment. This experience involves caring relationships, facilitated learning, experiential learning, and vigorous physical activity.
Youth access and participation in sports activities are therefore important them, their parents, communities, formal academic institutions
and the country on a whole. Sports participation generally serves broad purposes. Some of these are, for example: to provide children with fun and gratification; to fulfill what social psychology academics refer to as “affiliative” need for friendship, a sense of belonging, and such alike; to offer the near-term prospect of healthier minds and bodies through physical exercise; and for the long-term cumulative favorable outcome and benefit generally associated with youth development –
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Coaches Info...
To All
Commissioners, please make sure you coaches are aware.
Coach’s shirts are a privilege and cost the FTAA about $35 per shirt. This was instituted 3 years ago for a few reasons:
· Avoid Commissioners having to fund out of their budgets
· Reduce overall costs as they can be reused across sports
· Make the shirt consistent for coaches in all sports
As part of implementing the above, we decided to leverage the shirt to ensure compliance with Background Checks. This is why they are not sold or handed out to anyone without the check.
The policy is a new shirt every 3 years. If a coach requests a new shirt, they must hand in the old one. We need the old one to ensure shirts are not being given to people who have not completed background checks. This is our only check and balance to be compliant. Without it, we would have to institute a ‘certification’ process to ensure background checks are done.
The coach only needs to place old shirt in a bag with their name/address/phone and drop off at community center. A new one will be replaced in a few days.
If a shirt is damaged or needs to be replaced in less than 3 years, coaches can follow the same process as above.
Any questions let the board know. THANKS
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