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Learn how five state governments have taken action to increase access, equity and quality in youth sports, and download a new two-page resource with 20+ examples to guide your work
Learn about our first state initiative, Project Play Colorado, and get involved with Colorado Youth Sports Giving Day
Players Health joins the 63X30 roundtable. Meet chief mission officer Kyle Lubrano and learn how Players Health got involved in youth sports policy in Colorado
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Watch philanthropist and new Baltimore Orioles owner David Rubenstein interview our Tom Farrey on how the country can lift youth sport participation rates to 63% by the end of the decade
Read about the NCAA league that could save the Olympic sport pipeline
Dive into insights about how school coaches prepare for and experience their roles, from our recently published National Coaching Survey
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Read the 63x30 press release and learn about our national roundtable’s plan to raise youth sport participation to 63% by 2030
Watch the 63x30 Project Play Summit session where our panel explored the value of organizations mobilizing at all three levels — national, state and local
Embrace the Ripken Way as Cal Jr. and son Ryan offer guidance on how to be a sports parent
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Project Play Summit 2024 Recap
Watch full session playbacks from the Summit
Jennifer Siebel Newsom, First Partner to the Gov. Gavin Newsom, shares her enthusiasm for the Project Play Summit heading to California in 2025 — sign up for presale tickets today!
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How city and county governments are growing access to youth sports
Sign up for the Project Play Summit livestream!
Youth sports participation is bouncing back after the pandemic. How is your state doing?
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1 million coaches trained? That’s the goal of this ambitious initiative
UPCOMING EVENT: Future of Sports: Olympic Reform in the Public Interest
Meet the student leaders growing access to sports in their communities
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1,860,000 quality years of life gained if we lift sports participation rates from 51 to 63% by 2030
UPCOMING EVENT: Future of Sports: College Sports Reform in the Public Interest
Christine Brennan joins Project Play Summit 2024
Last chance for early bird ticket prices!
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Cal Ripken Jr., Tatyana McFadden, Torrey Smith to speak at Project Play Summit 2024
Service Learning through Sports
Maryland pioneers new soccer model
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The Year in Play - enjoy some of our favorite moments of 2023
Apply to be a Project Play Champion
Read our 2023 Impact Report
and more, including inspiration from our friends at Project Play Mexico
Teen knee injuries on the rise
New sports governance resource hub
Meet our newest staff member, Ruby Avila
SAVE THE DATE…Project Play Summit 2024, May 14-15 in Baltimore - join the presale list!
Plus more ideas, insights and inspiration….
Comparing world sport systems
ACL injury prevention = more W’s
Future of Sports Journalism: Nov 15, noon ET
SAVE THE DATE…Project Play Summit 2024, May 14-15 in Baltimore
Plus more ideas, insights and inspiration….
Project Play communities mobilize in Oakland, Seattle-area and Baton Rouge
Reward NGBs for Grassroots Progress
Project Play 2024 Member Spotlight with MLS Executive VP Sola Winley
Project Play Champions recognition
Plus more ideas, insights and inspiration….
The future of sports governance
Where did the money go?
LeagueApps’ Jeremy Goldberg: Tech and advocacy matter
Replay our Future of Sports: What about special admissions for athletes?
Plus more ideas, insights and inspiration….
Treat knee injuries like brain injuries
Future of College Sports: Special Admissions
Champions spotlight
Summit Rewind: Why Sport Matters Now
Plus more ideas, insights and inspiration….
Growth of flag football
How to work with NGBs
Developing a plan to reduce knee injuries
Plus more ideas, insights and inspiration….
10 memories from our 10th Project Play Summit
Commission an “opportunity to think big”
School sports equity toolkit
Beyond Team USA is great human potential
Plus more ideas, insights and inspiration….
Full agenda release for Project Play Summit
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More Pepper, please!
Plus more ideas, insights and inspiration….
Expanding access to athletic trainers
Let’s “rethink” sport in America: Q&A with USOPC’s Rocky Harris
The physical activity divide
Plus more ideas, insights and inspiration….
Project Play Summit session announcements
Project Play Champion 2023 applications are now open
What sports parents need to know about NIL
Plus more ideas, insights, invitations and inspiration…
READ the Project Play 2022 Impact Report
WATCH our Future of Sports event honoring the legacy of Grant Wahl
TAKE our program survey and tell us how Project Play can better serve you in 2023
Holiday greetings from the Sports & Society team
