SUNY Youth Sports Institute Information

The SUNY Youth Sports Institute has been chartered by The State University of New York to identify the challenges of youth sports, refine its opportunities, to correct its inadequacies, to encourage the positive attributes of current sport programs, and to assist local communities create sustainable positive sport environments. The SUNY Youth Sports Institute has been authorized to develop research, produce evidence-based curriculum, provide best practices, use instructional technology and create a state-wide network of training centers through which coaches and other non-school youth sports officials will become certified to a common standard of coaching across all youth sports. All of our efforts are focused on fostering the health and well being of the children and the families in the youth sport communities in New York State.