Research on the relationship and communication between parents and coaches.
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Evidence-Based Youth Sport
Research that helps improve youth sport.
Youth Sport Research is an independent, evidence-based platform that collects and organises research on parents in youth sport — from large-scale systematic reviews to small, specialized studies and white papers.
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Studies on parents' supportive involvement in their child's sport experience, including encouragement, psychological support, and facilitating participation.
Explore topicStudies examining parents' behavior, conduct, and emotional responses in youth sport, including pressure, aggression, and moral attitudes.
Explore topicStudies examining why children and adolescents leave organized sport, and parents' role in this.
Explore topicBroader education, coaching, and program-evaluation research relevant to the youth sport environment.
Explore topicResearch on parents' behavior toward young referees and officials in youth sport.
Explore topicStudies evaluating web-based or app-delivered education programs for parents and coaches in youth sport.
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Parents shape a child's experience in sport more than almost any other factor — through the climate they create, how they interact with coaches and officials, and whether that experience leads to lasting participation or early dropout. Yet research on parents in youth sport is scattered across journals, disciplines and countries, making it hard to get an overview of what actually exists.
Youth Sport Research was built to provide that overview. It's an independent, evidence-based platform that collects and organises research on parents in youth sport — from large-scale systematic reviews to small, specialized studies and white papers. The project grew out of academic research into digital parent-education programs in Swedish youth sport, and continues as a practical extension of that work.