The Center For Kids
FIRST In Sports, founded
by Regis Tremblay and Jerry Stitt, is a national resource
for young athletes, parents, league administrators, coaches,
and other adults who care about the influence of youth sports
on child development, families, schools, and culture.
Our
Programs are focused on changing the way young athletes, parents,
coaches, schools and leagues view and approach youth sports.
The primary emphasis of these programs is the health and emotional
development of children through life-long participation in
physical activities.
Program Goals
Address national concerns about the
health and fitness of our children.
Raise the level and standards for
youth coaches through workshops and on-going professional
development.
Assist parents with advice and counsel
on parenting young athletes.
Help Kids understand the importance
of sport and life-long physical activity.
Produce multi-media programs that
educate and inform.
Conduct research on the attitudes
children have about their involvement in youth sports.
Implementation
Schools
Facilitate the alignment of athletic
department goals with the educational and social mission
of the school.
Provide for the certification and
on-going professional development of coaches.
Provide Sport Awareness workshops
for faculty and parents.
Provide innovative approaches to after-school
sport programs that lead to life-long sporting activity.
Parents
Train adult leaders with our Blueprint
For Change Program.
Train and certify volunteer youth
coaches.
Deliver Parenting Young Athlete
Workshops.
Kids
Provide “Whole Person”
Workshops.
Administer the Kids FIRST Youth Sports
Survey to 15,000 kids nationwide.
Conduct our Kids FIRST Student Town
Hall Meetings for K-12 school children.
Provide leadership training
for student mentors and coaches.
Contact:
Jerry Stitt 520-795-5652
Regis Tremblay 207-400-4362
The Center
For Kids FIRST
In Sports
16 Hillcrest Drive - Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107
The Center For Kids
FIRST in Sports conducts
research to determine how young children think about all aspects
of their participation in organized youth sports. We will
administer our Kids FIRST In Sports Survey to 15,000 students
nationwide in grades K-12.
The primary purpose of our research is
to provide empirical data that will influence parental decision
making and choices with regard to sports and physical activity
for their children.
We also hope to influence public policy
that will impact the role of sports and physical activity
within our public schools so that all students have the opportunity
to be physically active and learn from their participation
in sporting activities.
Our Student Town Hall Meetings are designed
to allow children in grades K-12 to tell us what they think
about all aspects of youth sports. We professionally videotape
each Student Town Hall Meeting in an attempt to reach and
move the hearts and minds of adults in ways that statistics
cannot.
It is our belief that we should be listening
to what the children are telling us and we must involve them
directly in changing and improving the culture of youth sports.
