For a sport skill to be considered a life skill, it must be successfully transferred and applied
beyond sport. Life skills transfer is an essential process, but it has yet to be fully delineated …

The purpose of this article is to review and critique the literature in youth sport that
specifically relates to parental influence on the experiences and psychosocial development …

Whether life skills are developed through sport greatly depends on how coaches create
suitable environments that promote the development of youth (Gould & Carson, 2008). The …

Researchers argue that sport must be deliberately structured to teach life skills. The purpose
of this study was to examine differences in program quality and positive developmental …

Background: Research indicates that some youth sport coaches have specific strategies in
their coaching plan to facilitate positive youth development (PYD) while others struggle in …

The aim of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of coaches' perceptions of their
role in the development of life skills in adolescent athletes in two different sport contexts …

In school sport the professionalisation of sport has reached the domain of school sport as a
grassroots incubator for sporting talent and for providing positive experiences that might …

Millions of high school student-athletes in North America practice sport, and national
federations communicate through their mission statements that this fosters student-athletes' …

The purpose of this study was to understand youth sport coaches' perceptions of life skill
development. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 23 youth sport coaches …

Background: Past research has shown that under the right conditions, youth can learn
values through physical education and sport (PES). Although some programs have been …