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Articles on Youth Sports

From Steve Geddes:

We are looking for articles / studies on youth sports and youth sports participants such as; numbers that participate, age of participation, drop-out rates, deficiency of fundamental skills to participate in team sports, etc. Can you be of help?

Answer: I can give you some participation figures for our association here in Ponte Vedra, FL but nothing on a national basis if that is what you are looking for. I don't think we have any info on drop-out rates of deficiency in skills stats.  I have seen some where on the web a compilation of some statistics on kids in sports but I can't recall the site. I will surf the web and see if I can find it again and let you know. Pop Warner has information on the number of participants on their site. I'll check around and see what I can find. Also I will post your question on our site and see if any one responds with the desired information.

Update: Steve, I managed to find a few sites that might be of use to you.

http://www.NSGA.org/public/articles/index.cfm?cat=14
A study done on youth sports participation.

http://www.americansportsdata.com/home.htm
Several studies on sports; fitness trends, participation, etc.

http://www.indiana.edu/~preschal/digests/sept97/sept97digest.html
Another study on participation.

You also might want to try the Institute for the Study of Youth Sports at http://ed-web3.educ.msu.edu/ysi/, and Coaching Youth Sports at http://www.tandl.vt.edu/rstratto/CYS/index.html.