[LAP-news] training coaches at scale

[Mark Rauterkus]

Hi,
If they want to get into swimming, we can help.
Mark
https://UCANSwim.org
https://Read.SwimISCA.org

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⚽️ Soccer 5 and NRPA Announce Partnership

*Soccer 5* and the *National Recreation and Parks Association* announced a
partnership focusing on small-sided soccer facility development nationwide
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The goal is to establish a public-private framework that creates more
spaces for kids to learn about soccer while bringing revenues to parks -
with no capital expenditure for the parks - by using underutilized spaces
for the downsized competitions, often 3-v-3 or 5-v-5. Soccer 5 has already
invested $15 million in parks nationwide and plans to invest another $50
million by 2030.

*The NRPA has 3 GOALS for 2029 to increase youth sports development*:

*Goal 1*: “Develop, disseminate and advance NRPA’s Youth Sports Framework
to achieve a 10 percent increase in key youth sports strategies” — the
program includes things like equity and inclusion in underserved
communities, and training coaches. How you measure a 10% advancement of
that… is unclear.

*Golazo 2*: “Funding and training more than 150 agencies and 45,000 coaches
to improve outcomes in under-resourced communities”.

*Gooooooooooooooal 3*: Increase participation in youth sports in parks and
recreation by 10% nationally.

Sorry, got carried away with the soccer references there.

*My take*:

Makes sense. Think of it as maximizing the revenue per square foot of the
United States.

*©Trend(s) Watch™®*:

There are several of them:

1) Lots of handwringing about access to organized sports in underserved
communities— tangible steps being taken here to address.

2) I think we’re about to see a *surge* in coach training at all levels of
youth sports, as evidenced by the NBA’s hard lean
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into
Euro-style development and the 45,000 coaches the NRPA aims to train. As
you expand the long-tail of sports participation, coaching quality becomes
a real concern without said training.

3) The upcoming World Cup and the Olympics will drive additional youth
sports participation— need more ways to play, at all levels of the
socioeconomic ladder.




New course: Mental Skills for Young Athletes
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