Return to Sports With Confidence
This page includes resources and tips to help you lead your sports organization, team or group during this uncertain time. Keep checking back as new content becomes available.
Return To Sports
Supporting a Safe Return to Sports
- Winter Sports Season Guide — the NFHS is tracking modifications of Winter sports seasons by state associations across the country.
- Play it safe — What to expect if your kids play youth sports during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Mental health resources for coaches, athletes and parents — Identify your role in supporting mental health
- FlipGive Survey — 75% of parents concerned about fewer community fundraising options for youth sports
- Returning to organized sports — Eight questions families can ask about COVID-19 safety from the Aspen Institute
- The latest reporting and developments in youth sports and physical activity — From our partners at Project Play and The Aspen Institute
- Tools to support mental and emotional well-being from The Aspen Institute — The time is now to coach mental health in youth sports
- Tips to protect kids, coaches, and parents as we return to play — The latest from the CDC regarding COVID-19
Additional Tools and Resources
Other Resources
- Keep kids busy during school closures — 30 at-home activities to spark creativity and keep kids engaged
- COVID-19 sanity guide from Ten Percent Happier — Free resources to build resilience and cope with coronavirus stress and anxiety
- COVID-19 and youth sports — Project Play created a resource guide for parents, coaches and administrators to help young athletes
- How to deal with disappointment — The Positive Coaching Alliance created a guide to help you talk to your kids during this time
- We are in this together — Tips for athletes, coaches, parents and the sports community
- Meditation can reduce stress — Try a guided meditation with Brightmind
- Parenting through COVID-19 — What is the single most important thing we can do to protect our kids?
- What to read with sports on pause — The best sports books to keep you busy
- 10 of the best at-home workouts — Perfect if you are feeling overwhelmed with options
- Are your kids missing sports? — 5 sports-related activities to do at home