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Youth Sports Participation

February 24, 2017Ryan TremblayCoaches, ParentsNo Comments

Youth sports are vital to keeping children in shape and active, providing them with safe and enjoyable activities that reduce time spent playing video games or sitting around. Unfortunately, they cost a lot more than they did years ago, preventing some parents from letting their children play sports due to lacking the funds to do...

Youth Sports Playing Time

February 23, 2017Ryan TremblayParents, PlayersNo Comments

Playing time in youth sports is often a major concern of athletes and parents, as the more playing time players get, the more fun they tend to have. However, playing time is often limited, with the best players getting the most. Listed below are 10 ways for athletes to earn themselves more playing time. One...

Youth Sports Participation is Down

February 21, 2017Ryan TremblayCoaches, ParentsNo Comments

Youth sports are known to have many beneficial qualities associated with them, such as wellness and social exploration. However, despite, this, participation in youth sports programs has been trending down in recent years for a couple of reasons. One reason is that parents are making youth sports all about them. Although athletes tend to have...

NBA’s Guidelines for Youth Athletes

February 20, 2017Ryan TremblayCoachesNo Comments

Youth basketball is very important to the National Basketball Association (NBA), as it teaches young players how to play the game and grooms the next generation of stars. As such, the NBA has compiled some guidelines for young players, in the hopes of them turning out to be the best they can be. The guidelines...

NSID Partners National Travel Basketball Assn

February 16, 2017Ryan TremblayPress ReleasesNo Comments

PRESS RELEASE National Sports ID partners with National Travel Basketball Association (NTBA) to Ensure Youth Athletes are Age Eligible for their Tournaments. National Sports ID is proud to announce its partnership with the National Travel Basketball Association (NTBA), an organization that provides tournaments and games for basketball teams, giving similar playing time and exposure to...

Cheating in Youth Sports

February 15, 2017Ryan TremblayCoaches, Parents, PlayersNo Comments

Youth sports are supposed to be great ways for young athletes to engage in a healthy, competitive activity while making friends and learning good life lessons. However, there are some parents and coaches who decide to make things all about themselves, youth sports cheating “for their children” by staking teams or twisting the rules to...

Age of Youth Sports Participants

February 13, 2017Ryan TremblayCoaches, ParentsNo Comments

In youth sports, measures are taken to ensure that all participants are the proper age for the team they are playing on. However, simply asking for identification documents isn’t always enough, as there are many examples of occasions where players faked their age or had their documents faked by coaches in order to gain an...

Cheating in Sports

February 9, 2017Ryan TremblayCoaches, Parents, PlayersNo Comments

Cheating has been a problem in sporting events for as long as there have been competitions, and doesn’t seem to be going away any time soon. In fact, cheating in youth sports has become a big problem with playing older kids against younger kids. These older kids parents and coaches are using fake birth certificates...

Teammate Basketball is Using NSID

February 8, 2017Ryan TremblayPress ReleasesNo Comments

PRESS RELEASE National Sports ID partners with Teammate Basketball to Ensure Age Rules are Followed Mahwah, New Jersey February 8, 2017: National Sports ID is proud to announce its partnership with Teammate Basketball, an organization that provides tournaments and games for basketball teams, allowing “everyday” basketball players to receive similar attention and playing time to...

Pros and Cons to Youth Sports

February 7, 2017Ryan TremblayCoaches, Parents, PlayersNo Comments

Youth sports are highly popular pastimes for young athletes, with approximately 45 million children and adolescent participants in the U.S. However, just as with most things, there are pros and cons to be considered regarding these activities. One pro is that participating in youth sports keeps young athletes active. Although some may not know this,...