National Youth Sports Week

Saturday, Oct 29—Play Day

Celebrate the joy of simply playing and being active. Try a new sport! We’ll share with you how you can take advantage of opportunities to sample new sports in your area.

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Learn, Do, Celebrate

Youth sports are the backbone of each community. They provide opportunities to support and cheer young athletes and create a sense of belonging. Play can occur anywhere—including urban parks, suburban baseball diamonds, rural areas in the back forty, and on Native Lands. Join SportsEngine on Saturday, October 29th as we celebrate youth sports and the spirit of play!

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Learn

Families:

Tune into a special short with Simon & Marie from the SportsEngine For the Love of Sport podcast. They will share a 2-minute overview of their new favorite sport—pickleball. 

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Clubs & Teams:

Provide tips and tricks for learning new skills in your sport and share them with your members.

Start sharing

Do

Families:

Search SportsEngine.com to find local camps, clinics, or a new sport to try out in your area. Don’t wait! Sign up today! 

Sign up here

Clubs & Teams:

Share with your athletes a camp or clinic in your area that they can attend—or if it’s off-season, send out a message recommending a complimentary sport for them to keep their skills sharp. 

Explore sports

Celebrate

Families:

Get outside with your kid and play catch, go to the park, or go for a bike ride. Share photos with them celebrating ‘play’ on social media with the hashtags #nationalyouthsportsweek #playday and tag @nbcsportsengine on Instagram

Start sharing

Clubs & Teams:

Does your organization participate in a sport sampling day like Try Hockey for Free? Post photos from your last sport sampling day online and links to this year's registration.

Learn more

 

☆ BIG IDEA ☆

National Youth Sports Week Sport Sampling

Encourage and incorporate into your league the idea of sport sampling. Gain an understanding of why no child should participate in a single sport for more than ten months of a year.    

Get started with our new to sport guides

 

Don't See Your Org?

Create a free program listing on SportsEngine.com—the world’s largest directory of youth sports programs (now including virtual programs) featuring 100,000+ listings—to promote your programs, collect signups, and help more kids experience the joy and benefits of playing sports.

 

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