Study On Cultivating Model Of Youth Athlete In The US

Development of youth sport is very important for continuable development of sport. The number of youth athletes is basis of country that competition sport is very excellent. The main reason why US is the most excellent in the area of competition sport is that there are so many youth athletes in the US. What is important question that theorist and practitioner care is how to make youth athlete excellent on both sport and academic performance. The purpose of this article will shed light on the system of development of youth sport in the US.Current research take development of youth sport in the United States as subject, by using of literature review, filed investigation, expert interview and questionnaire to explore youth sport policies, youth sport organization, features of training and competition, organization of youth swimming, training, competition, academic and consume of youth swimmer. Conclusion as follow:1Policies that influence participation of youth sport include Title ix of the Educational Amendments of1972, American with disabilities act and Amateur Athletic Act of1978. Education policies that promote academic performance of youth athlete include Equal Educational Opportunities Act of1974, No Child Left Behind.2Youth sport organization in the United States can be divided into six categories, namely, angecy-sponsored programs; national youth services organizations, club sports, recreation programs, intramural programs and interscholastic programs.3Training features in high school is that short periodicity and low training level. Training features out of school is that long periodicity and high training level. The same feature between high school and out of school is amateur. Community sport organizations play important role in the process of youth sport development, school-program play secondaryrole in the process of youth sport development.4Youth swimmers spend more than6hours on practicing per week with club team. Youth swimmers on national level spend more than12hours on practicing per week with club team. High school swimmers spend more than5hours on practicing per week with high school. High school swimmers spend more than10hours on practicing per week with high school. During high school season, most high school swimmers accept "double" training, high school swimmer on national level spend more than20hours on practicing per week. On the whole, the higher on skill level swimmers are1, the longer swimmers spend on practicing.5Each year, USA Swimming provides many events on different level with youth swimmers. The higher on skill level swimmers are, the more swimmers participate in competition. Most youth swimmers on national level take more than20competitions each year.660percent of youth swimmers'academic are excellent.90percent of parents think that participate in swimming don't affect academic performance.7Swimming is a kind of noble sport. The higher on skill level swimmers are, the more money spends on swimming.