YouthSportsBase
Practical articles for comparing options and asking better questions.
HIVE SPORTS NEXT 3 BLOG POSTS - FINAL
Fifty dollars to sign up at the parks department. Fifteen thousand a year for a top-bracket travel club.
There's a version of youth sports that makes every family feel slightly late.
Eight hundred dollars to register. Five thousand to actually play.
Most youth sports coaches in the United States are unlicensed, unscreened, or both. Some clubs require SafeSport, a background check, and a coaching license. Most don't. The default is a parent who volunteered and a clipboard.
Twenty dollars a year for an unattached USATF membership. Seven hundred dollars for a full season at the most event-complete club in Fairfax.
Boardwalk Hall sells out the first week of March. Eight wrestlers per weight class. One champion. The NJSIAA brackets are public the night the seeds drop, and within a week every serious youth-wrestling parent in the state has read them.