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Youth Sports Facts: Benefits
Webclick to enlarge. And youth appreciate these health benefits, too. High school students say their biggest motivations to play sports are having fun (81%) and exercise (79%), according to a national survey by Project Play and Resonant Education in 2020-21. Winning games/championships (53%) ranked sixth. Positive emotional well-being (49%) was
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Why the time is now to coach mental health in youth sports
WebThe NCAA’s recent survey of more than 37,000 athletes found that emotional barriers include a fear of exposure to COVID-19 (43%), lack of motivation (40%), feelings of stress or anxiety (21%), and sadness or depression (13%). One in 12 athletes reported feeling so depressed that it has been difficult to function “constantly” or “most
What Healthy Sport Index can teach us about returning to youth …
WebThe Healthy Sport Index, created by the Aspen Institute in 2018, combines data and expert analysis to identify the relative benefits and risks of participating in the 10 most popular high school boys and girls sports.Parents and youth can use the tool to compare each sport by physical activity, safety and psychosocial benefits, based on how much a …
Youth Sports Facts: Challenges
WebIn 2022, the average youth sports parent spent $883 on one child’s primary sport per season, according to a survey by Project Play and Utah State. The annual survey by the Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) in 2021 found that 24% of kids ages 6 to 12 from homes with $25,000 or less played sports on a regular basis, compared to 40%
State of Play 2022
WebAs the nation emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, the state of play for children and adolescents in sports has shifted, with greater appreciation by parents and policymakers for the physical and mental health benefits of staying active – and a fresh set of challenges and opportunities in tactically making that happen.
School Sports Playbook: Prioritize Health and Safety
WebPrioritize Health and Safety. Athletic trainers often serve as the main healthcare professionals trained in injury prevention and on-site treatment for high school sports programs. They coordinate care, conduct rehabilitation, and return players to games. They help with concussions, orthopedic injuries, eating disorders, heat illnesses, heart
State of Play 2023
WebThose are high-level takeaways from our State of Play 2023 report, the Aspen Institute’s annual analysis of national trends in the delivery of sport for young people. Between 2019 and 2022, regular team sports participation for youth ages 6-17 declined 6% while total participation (playing a sport at least once in the past year) stayed flat.
Projected benefits if U.S. lifts youth sports participation to 2030
WebThe Healthy People 2030 goals introduced youth sports participation as a public health goal for the first time, setting a target of 63.3% of youth participating on a sports team or taking sports lessons by 2030 – up from a baseline of 58.4%, taken from the 2016-17 National Survey of Children’s Health. Participation has declined since the
Youth Sports Facts: Why Youth Sports Matter
WebProject Play is anchored in the notion that all children and adolescents, regardless of zip code or ability, should have access to high-quality sport activity that allows them to develop as human beings. “Sports” refers to all forms of health-enhancing physical activity which, through organized or casual play, aims to express or improve
Project Play at five years: Progress, next steps
WebFive years ago this spring, Project Play was launched. We invited more than 80 leaders from sport, health, media, philanthropy and other sectors to the Aspen Institute’s campus in Colorado to take measure of how well children were being served through sports and to consider ways to improve the s
Press release: Reaching federal youth sport participation goal …
WebAchieving the Healthy People 2030 youth sports participation goal could save the United States $80 billion in direct medical costs and productivity losses and deliver over 1.8 million more quality years of life to Americans, according to a study published today in the . Every decade since 1980, Healthy People has provided science-based, 10-year …
Participation Trends
WebBetween 2019 and 2022, girls participation for ages 13-17 increased three percentage points while boys dropped one point. Boys still comprise 1.2 million more high school sports roster spots than girls, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations, primarily due to large football rosters.And separate federal government …
Coronavirus and Youth Sports
WebWhen the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, the Aspen Institute’s Project Play immediately helped leaders, coaches and parents adjust. We held webinars with health and sports experts, wrote articles examining the trends and impact, created resources and answered reader questions to help navigate the uncertainty, and surveyed …
Analysis: Serious knee injury among teen athletes grows 26%
WebFrom period one to five, the average annual ACL injury rate grew 25.9% to 7.3 injuries per 100,000 athlete exposures. ACL injuries now represent more than 14% of all injuries involving the knee. The analysis offers a major update of national ACL injury figures for high school sports participants. Drawing on medical reporting from more than 100
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