Center for Sports-Based Youth Development
The Up2Us Research & Evaluation team promotes the field of Sports-Based Youth Development by providing tools that will prove that sports programs have a positive impact on youth. Each Up2Us research publication will be available under the brand new Up2Us Center for Sports-Based Youth Development.
Up2Us publications are designed to:
Educate by gathering best practices from quality sports-based youth development practitioners and researchers and provide factsheets and research briefs to member organizations and the general public;
Evaluate by creating an evaluation toolkit to provide sports-based youth development programs with strong outcomes evaluation tools to measure their impact; and
Prove by matching researchers with sports-based youth development practitioners to provide evidence-based program outcomes and matching evaluation experts with programs who want to build a strong evaluation component into their program.
Research Quick Links:
| Childhood Obesity: Causes, Consequences, Solutions A presentation by Rania Dempsey presented at the October 2009 Up2Us National Conference |
| Childhood Overweight : References and Resources Resources to consult for additional information about the childhood obesity epidemic |
| Core Elements of Sports-Based Youth Development Successful Sports-Based Youth Development programs must be competent in Program, Safety, Coaches, Context, and Administration |
| Factsheet 1: Sports-Based Youth Development Defines Sports-Based Youth Development and the benefits of sports and physical activity for youth |
| Factsheet 2: Quality Components of SBYD Programs How adults can intentionally create sports environments that maximize learning opportunities |
| Factsheet 3: Girls and Sports-Based Youth Development Trends and benefits related to girls, physical activity and sports |
| Up2Us Public Policy Priorities Provides policy priorities on the federal, state and community level |
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Examines the impact of organized sports on the academic and intellectual achievement of students |
| Up2Us Position Paper on Childhood Obesity Outlines the scope and costs of childhood obesity on our society, and a call to action to Congress to increase funding for Sports Based Youth Development programs |