The rising cost of youth sport participation is slowly lowering skill levels by forcing coaches to focus on metabolic training rather than instruction in developmental groups.
Excellent review of one of the concerns that impact youth sports. Its a shame that educational institutions have had a habitual habit of helping youth sports decline with cost cutting measures. Shameful
Youth sport programs are not actually part of the 'portfolio' of a college recreation department and when the two manage to work together it's usually out of convenience for the college. One of the schools I worked for closed an old football practice field because they were building a new one elsewhere on campus. The let a local youth football and soccer club use the old field for a few years until the field was needed for some other building project. It worked out while it could but it certainly wasn't permanent. Getting colleges interested in real partnerships with local youth sport groups is a very hard to do.
I Would of preferred to have read its better to make the cooperation happen between youth sports and universities rather than its “a hard thing to do.” Obtuse universities, typically funded by state taxes from families that might send their kids to that school because the school helped develop their young athlete should wake up and realize the incentive to do so.... Preferably without additional taxes (and instead of making real estate deals for administrative salaries & alumni’s development companies )
Excellent review of one of the concerns that impact youth sports. Its a shame that educational institutions have had a habitual habit of helping youth sports decline with cost cutting measures. Shameful
Youth sport programs are not actually part of the 'portfolio' of a college recreation department and when the two manage to work together it's usually out of convenience for the college. One of the schools I worked for closed an old football practice field because they were building a new one elsewhere on campus. The let a local youth football and soccer club use the old field for a few years until the field was needed for some other building project. It worked out while it could but it certainly wasn't permanent. Getting colleges interested in real partnerships with local youth sport groups is a very hard to do.
I Would of preferred to have read its better to make the cooperation happen between youth sports and universities rather than its “a hard thing to do.” Obtuse universities, typically funded by state taxes from families that might send their kids to that school because the school helped develop their young athlete should wake up and realize the incentive to do so.... Preferably without additional taxes (and instead of making real estate deals for administrative salaries & alumni’s development companies )
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