Tomorrow's collegiate student-athletes are today's grade-schoolers and high-schoolers. That's why the NCAA, its members, and the corporations it teams with conduct and support many programs aimed at preparing youth for the challenges they will face in the future – in the classroom, on the job and on the field of play. Below are links to many of those programs and Web-based resources.
NCAA Kids Website
For kids aged 6-13, as well as teachers and coaches.
Take a Kid to the Game
A program encouraging adults to take children to collegiate athletic contests.
Sporting Geography ®
Provides teachers with reproducible lesson plans and desk maps that can be used at any time.
iHoops
A NCAA/NBA youth basketball initiative that will provide supporting services and programs for youth basketball players ages 6 to 18, their parents, coaches, officials, and team and event administrators.
Stay-in-Bounds Program
An NCAA Hall of Champions program teaching good sportsmanship to Indianapolis-area youth in grades 3 - 8.
The latest issue of Champion magazine features a tribute to former NCAA President Myles Brand, including comments from leaders within the NCAA membership. Other stories include a look at how institutions market women's basketball, and how a football program at Division II Mansfield has recovered in an unconventional manner after having been discontinued three years ago.
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