NYSCA members to benefit from innovative ShapeStuff™ technology
Many years ago coaching youth sports consisted primarily of filling out a roster, rooting from the sidelines and then taking the team out for ice cream. As anyone who has coached a youth sports team in the last decade will attest, the role of a coach has grown well beyond that. Today’s youth sports leagues serve as an extension of a child’s developmental education, and as with all other areas of education technology is playing an ever increasing role.More...
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Passionate parents providing Hook A Kid On Golf clinics to underprivileged children throughout Chicago
Terrell Andrews and Hurman Mathus are your every day dads. When their children take up a new hobby or show interest in a new activity, they’re eager to get involved with whatever it is. However, when their kids began to show an interest in learning the game of golf, they noticed their options were limited.
“It took a lot of searching and calling just to find a program to get them started,” Mathus said. “I didn’t think that it should be that hard to get kids involved and keep them involved in the sport. I figured that if I had trouble, there had to be many others that were in the same situation. That inspired me and Terrell to look into ways of getting this to any child that wanted to learn.”
Mathus was right, there were plenty of children in the Chicago (Ill.) area who were interested in learning the game of golf but had simply never been offered the opportunity. After successfully organizing a golf team at his son’s school, Mathus and Andrews began exploring ways to offer golf programs to more youth in the Chicago area.
“Since my children wanted to learn I decided it would be important for me to learn so that I could help them in any way I could and to support their interest,” said Andrews, who is also a local law enforcement officer. “We discovered there was no open source of beginner’s knowledge at the time that was clearly accessible to the inner city youth."
AYF football coaches benefiting from NYSCA training in Connecticut
As one of the longest standing National Youth Sports Coaches Association (NYSCA) chapters in the country, Bethel Parks and Recreation (Conn.) understands the value of volunteer coaches training. That is why when they became affiliated with American Youth Football (AYF) five years ago, they immediately made it mandatory that all footballMore...
City of Arlington (Texas) Parks and Rec holding its coaches accountable
When the City of Arlington Parks and Recreation (Texas) surveyed the parents in their youth sports program the number one overall complaint was that volunteer coaches were not adequately trained. When the recreation department decided to address this complaint, athletic sports manager Andy Tarkington knew exactly where to turn.
YMCA of Florida’s First Coast using NYSOA to help prepare its officials
The YMCA of Florida’s First Coast in Jacksonville is committed to providing its youth sports programs with the best officials possible – and it shows.
Earlier this year it established a chapter of the National Alliance for Youth Sports (NAYS) to train its officials through NAYS’ National Youth Sports Officials
Terrell Andrews and Hurman Mathus are your every day dads. When their children take up a new hobby or show interest in a new activity, they’re eager to get involved with whatever it is. However, when their kids began to show an interest in learning the game of golf, they noticed their options were limited. 
As one of the longest standing National Youth Sports Coaches Association (NYSCA) chapters in the country, Bethel Parks and Recreation (Conn.) understands the value of volunteer coaches training. That is why when they became affiliated with American Youth Football (AYF) five years ago, they immediately made it mandatory that all football
When the City of Arlington Parks and Recreation (Texas) surveyed the parents in their youth sports program the number one overall complaint was that volunteer coaches were not adequately trained. When the recreation department decided to address this complaint, athletic sports manager Andy Tarkington knew exactly where to turn.
The YMCA of Florida’s First Coast in Jacksonville is committed to providing its youth sports programs with the best officials possible – and it shows.
