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Streamline Instructor Training
Columns Kathryn Boutwell Columns Kathryn Boutwell

Streamline Instructor Training

Among the many responsibilities of parks and recreation administrators is recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and training instructors who will manage recreation programs. These tasks can be overwhelming.

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NAYS Celebrates 40 Years
Columns John Engh Columns John Engh

NAYS Celebrates 40 Years

2021 marks 40 years since the National Alliance for Youth Sports (NAYS) was founded as the National Youth Sports Coaches Association. There have been so many milestones for the organization since my dad (Fred Engh) founded it in 1981, but none have had more impact than the Academy for Youth Sports Administrators, created in 1995.

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Take Advantage Of The Reset Button
Columns John Engh Columns John Engh

Take Advantage Of The Reset Button

I have heard the phrase “essential workers” thrown around quite a bit over the last year. And every time I have read a story about a youth-sports program closing because of COVID-19, I thought, “Somebody has to figure out just how essential youth sports are in our society!”

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Columns Bryan Buchko Columns Bryan Buchko

Earn Your CYSA

Would you like to become a Certified Youth Sports Administrator?The National Alliance for Youth Sports offers an online certification class.A CYSA credential can set you apart as a professional in

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