Mission
NAYS seeks to make the sports experience safe, fun and healthy for ALL children. In addition, NAYS promotes the value and importance of sports and physical activities for the emotional, physical, social and mental development of youth. NAYS believes that participation in sports and activities develops important character traits and lifelong values. In addition, NAYS believes that the lives of youngsters can be positively impacted by their participation in sports and physical activities if the adults involved have proper training and information.
NAYS is committed to making sports safe and positive by providing programs and services that add value to these activities. NAYS believes this happens by:
- Providing children with positive instruction and building basic motor skills
- Training administrators (both professional and volunteer), volunteer coaches and officials on their roles and responsibilities
- Having parents complete an orientation program to understand the important impact sports has on their child's development
- Using the National Standards For Youth Sports (2008 edition) as a guide for operating youth sports programs
- Helping organizations understand the importance of conducting their youth sports programs in accordance with the Recommendations for Communities
Read more about this topic: National Alliance For Youth Sports
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