Value Statement for Youth Sports

Youth sports programs provide an enjoyable learning environment for the physical, social, and personal development of youngsters. The values of youth sports programs include:

• Promoting fitness
  

• Developing new skills
  

• Instilling a desire to succeed
  

• Teaching responsibility and commitmentTeaching cooperation
  

• Preparing one to deal with success and failure
  

• Providing an outlet for the release of energy
  

• Building character through discipline
  

• Teaching how to cope with the realities of life
  

• Instilling positive attitudes toward authority
  

• Providing a fun and enriching experience
  

The likelihood that youngsters will realize positive sports values is enhanced when adult sports leaders take the responsibility to serve as facilitators of desirable sports outcomes.

This can be achieved when coaches assume a role as teacher and carry out lesson plans, which develop skills progressively, emphasize positive sports values, and encourage life-long interest in sports participation.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND COOPERATION IN MAKING THIS A SUCCESSFUL SEASON!