Youth
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.
Youth Programs
- NCAA Kids Website
- For kids aged 6-13, as well as teachers and coaches.
- The Chalkboard/Fast Break Program
- Tips on teaching and coaching basketball, improving curriculum and having fun.
- JJ Jumper
- The NCAA Basketball mascot.
- Take a Kid to the Game
- A program encouraging adults to take children to collegiate athletic contests.
- SPORTING GEORGRAPHY® Teaching Kits
- Provides teachers with reproducible lesson plans and desk maps that can be used at any time.
- First Team
- An education and mentoring program for male basketball students in grades 9-12.
- Stay-in-Bounds Program
- An NCAA Hall of Champions program teaching good sportsmanship to Indianapolis-area youth in grades 3 - 8.
- National Youth Sports Program (NYSP)
- A summer sports and education program for low-income youth administered by the National Youth Sports Corporation.
- Youth Education Through Sports Clinics (YES)
- Youth clinics administered by the National Youth Sports Corporations at selected NCAA championship sites.