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06.15.2021
Announcing SCE’s Million Coaches Challenge Partners
When we announced our Million Coaches Challenge last Fall the world was at the height of the pandemic and nearly all youth sports were halted. Even pre-pandemic, fewer kids play sports each year. When many team ...
10.19.2020
FAQs: The Million Coaches Challenge
GETTING STARTED What are the key steps to this process? All interested candidates must follow the steps below to be considered for this funding opportunity. LOI Stage (through January 2021): All candidates must submit a letter ...
07.07.2020
Positive Coaching Alliance: Bringing SEL Training to 400,000 Youth Sports Coaches
More than forty million young people play sports each year. Combining physical activity, play, and collaboration, sports have near-limitless potential to help young athletes develop social and emotional skills like grit, empathy, and teamwork.
10.02.2019
Don’t retire, kid: Our four biggest takeaways from the Project Play Summit
Young athletes share their stories at the Project Play Summit. Don’t retire, kid. That message anchored the Aspen Institute’s 2019 Project Play Summit, which brought more than 500 leaders in sport and youth development to Detroit ...
05.29.2019
Can Sports Play Help Protect Against Damages of Childhood Trauma? Research says, YES!
In their latest Public Health story, NPR’s Susie Neilson shed some light on the conversation about lasting effects of youth sports participation. Pediatrician Molly Easterlin played sports most of her childhood and attributes many of her ...
04.24.2019
Can Youth Sports Coaches Really Shape the Future of Health, Well-being and Citizenship? ESPN Thinks So (We Agree)
Forbes recently published an online article in their Healthcare section that breaks down “What ESPN Has to Do With Improving Health.” Forbes contributor Bruce Y. Lee delves in ESPN’s 2018 Corporate Citizenship Report, to look at ...
03.14.2019
New Resources for Coaches to Support Social and Emotional Skills
What if coaches were measured not by wins and losses, but by the personal growth of their athletes? SCE is pleased to launch new resources that explore the role youth sports can play in developing young ...
06.11.2018
New Partnership Explores how Youth Sports can Improve Social and Emotional Skills
SCE is pleased to partner with the Aspen Institute’s Sports & Society Program and National Commission on Social, Emotional, & Academic Development to explore how youth sports can improve social and emotional skills. This year-long collaboration ...
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