NASSS 2018 Conference - Vancouver

What's a Parent to Do? The Contradictions Among the "Arms Race" of Youth SportsHow do parents cope with the “arms race in youth sports” in which conflicting and contradictory messages are sent that make it almost impossible to feel good about decisions made. “Kids should play... Read More →

Dance That Moves: Using student choreography as a vehicle for student expression and identity formationWith the emphasis on sports and athletics in a majority of high schools, dance teams and clubs are often overlooked as a valuable space to cultivate student voice, expression, and... Read More →

Interrelated Spaces of Youth Soccer in the United States: Group Identity, Sporting Development, Competition, and CommunityYouth Soccer in the United States is a social formation and an intersectional contested field of social reproduction with implications beyond the soccer field... Read More →

Systems influences on sport disengagement and disenchantment for traumatized and disadvantaged youthThe dominant sport for good rhetoric has biased theory, research, and praxis in sport for development and peace (SDP; Coalter, 2015). Notably, narratives which may question, disrupt... Read More →

Marc studied Sociology at Highline College. He developed a love for music and dance which he has pursued rigorously since. Over the years of performing he’s developed a love for developing choreography and teaching. Marc has a strong passion for the arts and continues to help the... Read More →

What's a Parent to Do? The Contradictions Among the "Arms Race" of Youth SportsHow do parents cope with the “arms race in youth sports” in which conflicting and contradictory messages are sent that make it almost impossible to feel good about decisions made. “Kids should play... Read More →

Within the last decade, Sport for Development (SfD) scholars have deconstructed the interplay between development discourse, policy, funding, practice, and local agency, with a particular focus on how global and transnational practices shape Global North-South relations (e.g., Darnell... Read More →

What's a Parent to Do? The Contradictions Among the "Arms Race" of Youth SportsHow do parents cope with the “arms race in youth sports” in which conflicting and contradictory messages are sent that make it almost impossible to feel good about decisions made. “Kids should play... Read More →

What's a Parent to Do? The Contradictions Among the "Arms Race" of Youth SportsHow do parents cope with the “arms race in youth sports” in which conflicting and contradictory messages are sent that make it almost impossible to feel good about decisions made. “Kids should play... Read More →