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What do kids need now from coaches during and after the pandemic?

Our kids are experiencing an event that could impact them profoundly for the rest of their lives

For more than five years, Nate Baldwin was an innovator while leading youth sports programming for the Appleton (Wisconsin) Parks and Recreation Department. The department’s youth participation in four sports (basketball, baseball, soccer and flag football) increased by 70% from 2014 until early 2020, including gains of 188% in basketball and more than 100% in […]

With virtual training you’re extending that ability to learn and you’re allowing great coaches and trainers all over the world to reach kids they never would have reached

“We don’t need organized sports now”