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Strategic Planning in Youth Sports Physical Fitness Beyond Childhood

Explore redefining the mission of youth athletics to promote long-term health, strategic planning techniques, addressing attrition rates in youth sports, and fostering a vision of fitness for all. Learn about challenges and solutions in youth sports to encourage physical activity beyond childhood.

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Strategic Planning in Youth Sports Physical Fitness Beyond Childhood

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  1. Strategic Planning in Youth SportsPhysical Fitness Beyond Childhood David A. Novis MD Northeast Medical Association Mont St. Anne Quebec, Canada February 11, 2007 www.davidnovis.com and www.nemaonline.org

  2. Agenda • The current mission of youth athletics: does it make sense? • A proposal to redefine the mission: a vision of health to last a lifetime • Strategic planning to achieve the mission

  3. How a non athlete became interested in athletics

  4. Attrition

  5. ATTRITION Generation Y (born ’79-94) [2] Mature, Boomers, Generation X Most children in the United States do not engage in daily physical activity[1] [1] U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA, 1996 [2]] Lim C, Turco DM http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US7/REF/y-gen.html (Illinois State Univ. 2000

  6. ATTRITION 12-17 yo’s participating "frequently" in some fitness 1997 1986 ↓21 % SMGA, 1998

  7. ATTRITION Level of physical activity Age 12 Age15 ↓26 % Aaron DJ, et al. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002;156:1075-80.UPittsburgh ( (N = 782) Annual questionnaires

  8. ATTRITION 21.3% of students participate in one or more PE classes (N = 17 766) % Age Gordon-Larsen, P. et al. Pediatrics 2000;105:83 (UNC)

  9. Why the Attrition? This Ain’t Fun No More Kirshnit CE, Ham M, Richards MH. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1989; 18:601-615

  10. Why the Attrition? Getting answers is difficult

  11. Why the Attrition? The Business View

  12. Mission: Parents“Success on the sports field translates into success in the board room”

  13. Expectations: Sport coaches • Lesyk JJ, Kornspan AS. Coaches' expectations and beliefs regarding benefits of youth sport participation. Ohio Center for Sport Psychology. N = 109

  14. Whose mission is this? “[When kids are playing this sport in school] They are not just playing for their parents anymore, they are playing for their school and for their peers.” Where do the individuals figure in? High School Hockey Grows In Cincinnati 1//2/02 Jeff Wallner USAHockey.com quoting Jim Geyer, president of the Cincinnati Amateur Hockey Association

  15. Vision: Do the dots connect?

  16. Vision: know the difference between association and cause & effect ….and, at what price?

  17. Strategy: In Quest of ExcellenceCatering to the needs of few—Ignoring the needs of many

  18. Danger of building a program on a hunchThe Attrition Cycle Team vs Individual outcome Lost forever ATTRITION Can’t keep up Can’t make commitment Drop Out Deterioration of fitness Deterioration of interest

  19. Attrition: the end result

  20. How to Fix It The Business View

  21. Start with the Mission * *] U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA, 1996).

  22. Rethinking the MissionFocusing on Health

  23. Rethinking the Mission CDC National Center for Health Statistics 2006 Edition Chart 74 http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm

  24. Rethinking the Mission CDC National Center for Health Statistics 2006 Edition Chart 74 http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm

  25. Conclusions Excess body weight during midlife, including overweight, is associated with an increased incidence of death.

  26. Conclusions Both increased adiposity and reduced physical activity are strong and independent predictors of death. NEJM 2004;351:2694-703

  27. Eat more, exercise less: get fat Hill JO, Peters JC. Science 1998;280 1371-4. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA, 1996).

  28. See the vision, set the goals

  29. Decline in Team Sport ParticipationFrom age 12 to 17 (Source: SGMA/American Sports Data (1997)

  30. Strategy: What would it look like if…..

  31. What brings NEMA members to the slopes?

  32. Strategy: Fun and Diversity [1] U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA, 1996). [2] Aaron DJ, et al. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002;156:1075-80.UPittsburgh

  33. Tactics: 3 Fastest-Growing Youth Sports in US (Ages 6-17) Source: SGMA/American Sports Data (1997)

  34. Ten most popular sports; age 6 years or older • In-line Skating     • Mountain Biking   • Skateboarding     • Snowboarding     • Paintball     • Artificial Wall Climbing     • Trail Running     • BMX Bicycling     • Wakeboarding     • Roller Hockey     • SGMA 2001 Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association's

  35. SUMMARY

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