[1] SBYD is based on the idea that sport programs should be intentionally designed to ensure youth have a positive, not negative, experience.
[2] SBYD programs are defined as sports programs with the following features: Others have applied best practices in youth development to the sport context and defined the factors most likely to facilitate psychosocial development as when youth are: Organizations using the SBYD model can have different specific goals such as improved health, education, and delinquency prevention.
Often SBYD program target populations that typically have fewer opportunities for sport participation such as females and youth from low-income communities.
Hoops 4 Hope is a non-profit organization in South Africa that uses basketball to help children from underserved areas become proactive leaders in their individual lives and in their communities.
[6] Their training teaches strategies for coaches to work with young people who have dealt with trauma.
[7] SquashBusters is a New England–based organization that provides middle and high school students with academic tutoring and squash instruction.
This youth initiative is designed to provide young people from underserved and diverse communities the opportunity to play baseball and softball.