Sports-based youth development

Sports-Based Youth Development or Sport-Based Youth Development or SBYD is a theory and practice model for direct youth service. Grounded in youth development, sports psychology, and youth sports practice, SBYD aims to use the sport experience to contribute to positive youth development. Sports-based youth development is similar to sport for social development.

Origins

The term "sports-based youth development program" was coined in 2006 at a summit sponsored by Harvard University’s Program in Education, Afterschool and Resiliency (PEAR), Sports PLUS, and the Vail Leadership Institute. SBYD programs were defined as programs that “use a particular sport… to facilitate learning and life skill development in youth”.[1]

Characteristics of SBYD Programs

SBYD is based on the idea that sport programs should be intentionally designed to ensure youth have a positive, not negative, experience.[2] SBYD programs are defined as sports programs with the following features:

Others have applied best practices in youth development to the sport context and defined the factors most likely to facilitate psychosocial development as when youth are:

Organizations using the SBYD model can have different specific goals such as improved health, education, and delinquency prevention. Programs are often implemented in the after-school setting but can also be implemented in schools. SBYD programs do not need to completely devalue the competitive aspect of sport, but winning is not the central focus of the program. Often SBYD program target populations that typically have fewer opportunities for sport participation such as females and youth from low-income communities.

References

  1. 1 2 Perkins, Daniel F.; Noam, Gil G. (2007-09-01). "Characteristics of sports-based youth development programs". New Directions for Youth Development. 2007 (115): 75–84. doi:10.1002/yd.224. ISSN 1537-5781.
  2. Fraser-Thomas, Jessica L.; Côté, Jean; Deakin, Janice (2005-02-01). "Youth sport programs: an avenue to foster positive youth development". Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. 10 (1): 19–40. doi:10.1080/1740898042000334890. ISSN 1740-8989.
  3. Petitpas, Albert, Cornelius, Allen, Van Raalte, Judy, Jones, Tiffany (2005). "A Framework for Planning Youth Sport Programs That Foster Psychosocial Development". The Sport Psychologist, 19:63-80.
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