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Paul Caccamo, A Sports-Based Youth Development Leader Using Youth Sports to Transform Public Education & Mental Health

 

Paul Caccamo is a 35-year veteran of the non-profit sector and the founder of the sports-based youth development movement. He has helped establish numerous nonprofits that focus on youth development, sports, and physical activity and education. He lectures and writes on the impact of sports on youth and community development. He founded the America SCORES national office in 1999 and Up2Us Sports in 2010.

Up2Us Sports is the only national service (AmeriCorps) program to recruit, train, and support youth sports coaches as mentors in underserved communities. Paul received his master’s degree in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and his Bachelor’s Degree from Georgetown University. In addition, he was awarded Harvard’s most prestigious graduate award for innovation in the design of social service programs.

In this week’s episode, Paul shares the following insights:

  • How little to no involvement in sports leads to a career in public service using sports as a vehicle for good • How all types of youth activities have led to life skills programs for today’s youth
  • The value of team participation and the most critical life skill is “Plan B”
  • The big question is, “Why do kids stay in school?”
  • His vision for a national service organization to recruit and coach youth coaches • How today’s world of sports specialization limits the life skills experience
  • We have become so focused on the outcome that we have lost the process • The difference between romantic and realistic views on sports
  • Being an athlete may be the core of academic success in underserved communities • Educating the parents about the role of a trained coach

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