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Project Play Summit 2026: LIVESTREAM + WAITLIST
Project Play Summit 2026: LIVESTREAM + WAITLIST
From Norway to the American Way
From Norway to the American Way
The 2026 Winter Olympics concluded with Team USA winning more gold medals than it ever has – and tiny Norway winning even more, a record 18 gold and 41 overall medals. What to make of that? Tom Farrey, who leads the Aspen Institute’s Sports & Society Program, explains that if we understand what really drove those results, we gain the opportunity to build sport ecosystems that better serve children and communities.
Jumpstart/Canadian State of Play 2025
Jumpstart/Canadian State of Play 2025
State of Play 2025: Our Annual Report on Trends in Youth Sports
State of Play 2025: Our Annual Report on Trends in Youth Sports
Watch GOALS: ACL Injury Crisis Discussion
Watch GOALS: ACL Injury Crisis Discussion
Take the ACL Pledge
Take the ACL Pledge
Summit Recap: Project Play network rallies around 63X30
Summit Recap: Project Play network rallies around 63X30
BERKELEY, CALIF. – The largest crowd in the history of the Project Play Summit came to the campus of the University of California prepared to share ideas about what it will take to help the nation get 63% of youth playing organized sports by the end of the decade, a call to action made a year ea
State of Play Washington D.C.
State of Play Washington D.C.
Distrust in government has contributed to the privatization of sports
Distrust in government has contributed to the privatization of sports
Many youth sports providers in the public and private sectors don’t communicate much with each other, in part due to distrust of each other. There is a belief by some that no intersection exists between people who strive to use sports as an economic engine and people who focus on providing affordabl
What Kids Want And Need
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Aspen Sports & Society 2024 Inspiration
Aspen Sports & Society 2024 Inspiration
State of Play Baton Rouge
State of Play Baton Rouge
State of Play 2024
State of Play 2024
Project Play's annual report with youth sports participation statistics, facts and analysis of the benefits and costs of playing youth sports in 2024.
How regions can activate around the Children’s Bill of Rights in Sports
How regions can activate around the Children’s Bill of Rights in Sports
Every child has the right to play sports and, when in the care of adults, the human rights they are born with need to be respected. This simple idea informs the Children’s Bill of Rights in Sports , a resource designed to create a shared cultural understanding that all youth should have the opportu
Why Your Kid Isn’t Active and How to Fix It with Tom Farrey
Why Your Kid Isn’t Active and How to Fix It with Tom Farrey
In this episode, Joe De Sena talks with Tom Farrey, author of Game On: The All-American Race to Make Champions of Our Children, about the state of youth spor...
Million Coaches Challenge
Million Coaches Challenge
State of Play Kansas City
State of Play Kansas City
July Newsletter
July Newsletter
Provide coaching education for positive youth development
Provide coaching education for positive youth development
At all age and competitive levels throughout both valleys, we heard a strong desire from coaches and administrators for more education and professional development. Alternatively, there are children who feel unwelcome in sports, so they turn to other physical activities such as theater and dance. So
Creating scholarship portals
Creating scholarship portals
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Improve transportation in Colorado
Improve transportation in Colorado
Opportunities for Latino/a youth in Colorado
Opportunities for Latino/a youth in Colorado
State of Play Colorado: Aspen to Parachute
State of Play Colorado: Aspen to Parachute
Diana Flores at the Summit
Project Play
Project Play
Project Play Summit 2024 Recap
Project Play Summit 2024 Recap
Project Play Champions
Project Play Champions
How Baltimore is improving sports access for children
How Baltimore is improving sports access for children
Project Play Summit 2024
Project Play Summit 2024
Future of Sports: Olympic Reform in the Public Interest
Future of Sports: Olympic Reform in the Public Interest
Future of Sports: College Sports Reform
Future of Sports: College Sports Reform
National ACL Injury Coalition Resources
National ACL Injury Coalition Resources
State of Play 2023
State of Play 2023
State of Play Tacoma PC
State of Play Tacoma PC
State of Play Youth Survey - Canada
State of Play Youth Survey - Canada
School Sports
School Sports
Youth sports participation to 2030 goal: $57B
Youth sports participation to 2030 goal: $57B
Youth Sports Playbook
Youth Sports Playbook
Communities
Communities
Don't Retire Kid
Don't Retire Kid
School Sports Playbook
School Sports Playbook
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