As Executive Director of Seattle’s Skate Like A Girl, Kristin Ebeling is doing her part to help evolve the culture of skateboarding to be more inclusive. Growing up, Ebeling admittedly had more of an affinity for scooters than skateboards, but in the early 2000s, that all changed.
Baltimore Ravens Partner with Up2Us Sports
Let's Start Networking
As a college professor, I often find myself talking to students about the value of networking, especially in the field of sport management, my area of expertise. My colleagues are in agreement that building a network, starting at least in college, is a good strategy when trying to find an internship or a full-time position.
Listen to Chief Marketing Officer Mario Argote on Behind The Game Podcast
Sab Singh: Everybody Can Use A Coach
Miami Kickball Tournament Raises $40,000 for #SheCanCoach
Give a kid the gift of a mentor
#Up2UsThanks
At Up2Us Sports we are thankful for all of the sponsors who make our work possible. Because of your gifts, we are able to train coaches to mentors and place them in communities where kids need them the most. This week, we want to highlight some of the people and local sponsors that have helped us grow and expand to new communities in the last year.
2016 Impact Report: A Year of Advancing Sports-Based Youth Development
Sab Singh on the Importance of Emerging Sports
Our goals for the long-term health of our society, especially young people, include having more individuals participate in (more) sports. Not just basketball, baseball, football, hockey, soccer, tennis or golf. It includes ultimate frisbee, lacrosse, rugby 7s, T20 cricket, Quidditch, professional tag, and pickleball, amongst others.
Sarbjit Singh on Overcoming Challenges of All Types
In the past seven years, I have highlighted in the Sports Doing Good newsletter and blog more than 4,000 stories of the “good.” This has included everything from on-the-field performances, work by non-profits, team and league programs reaching out to their fan bases, and of course, people overcoming challenges in their lives, big and small, to accomplish something important in their life. For this last category of stories, it is fair to think when overcoming “challenges,” we are talking about those physical in nature. Those are the ones that are the most obvious – someone’s physical challenge – is usually very easy to see. But, of course, it is not all about the physical.
REGISTER NOW: Up2Us Sports Trainings for Programs
This spring, Up2Us Sports is excited to roll out a new set of content focused on sports-based youth development program design, program quality, and evaluation. Targeted at program directors and program staff designing youth sports programs, this nation-wide launch includes new training events at every major regional Up2Us Sports hub during the month of April.