ABSTRACT
Youth sport has the potential to accomplish three important objectives in children’s development (Côté and Fraser-Thomas 2007). First, sport programs can provide youth with opportunities to be physically active, which in turn can lead to improved physical health. Second, youth sport programs have long been considered important to youth’s psychosocial development, providing opportunities to learn important life skills such as cooperation, discipline, leadership, and selfcontrol. Third, youth sport programs are critical for the learning of motor skills; these motor skills serve as a foundation for recreational adult sport participants as well as future national sport stars.
