I’ll admit that I have yet to experience the youth sports frenzy that so many of my mom friends (and the internet) complain about. My 6-year-old plays in a local rec league where—how shall I put this?

At the rinks where our 10-year-old son plays hockey, we’re greeted with signs warning us not to threaten, taunt or shout obscenities at players, coaches, refs or other parents. Why do such signs exist ...

Across the country, young people are dropping out of organized sports. The share of kids ages 6 to 17 who participated in a team sport dropped by nearly 5 percentage points between 2017 and 2022. The ...

I have been involved in sports in one way or another for about 20 years, coaching, mentoring, parenting, and watching generations of kids come through local programs. What I want ...

As official brand ambassadors, they’re giving back to the organization that first set them on their paths, championing the Youth Sports Alliance’s mission to ensure every child has the opportunity to ...

Sixers’ Assists for Safe Communities initiative raised nearly $150,000 last season and helped thousands of local kids and ...

For too many families, the costs and culture of organized sports keep kids — especially youth of color and girls — from ...

As far as physical activity goes, American kids are mostly C and D students. And “everything is graded on a curve,” says Jordan Carlson, a professor of pediatrics at Children's Mercy Hospital in ...