The Future of Youth and Sports
A call to help Canadian kids find positive experiences in physical activity.
Read the latest article in canfitpro as Daryl Devonish shares the challenges and opportunities to support physical activity for youth. Growing up, Daryl gravitated to sports as a way to get a leg up and a leg out of his neighborhood.
Sports saved his life. And his goal is to inspire others to bring the fun back into fundamental movement to stay active for life.
Built on the same principles as the Long-term Athlete Development model (LTAD), the Quality Sport Operating System is about building best-in-class sport organizations that focus on quality and continuous improvement focused on all participant groups: players, parents, coaches, officials, educators and sport administrators.
Roller Hockey Canada is undertaking this in partnership with FSQ Sport, a division of FSQ Consulting, with the support of sport change champion and consultant Matt Young who adds, “After experiencing the sport system as athletes, parents, coaches, volunteers, and staff, we found the same challenges of running sport organizations across small grassroots clubs through to large national governing bodies. The approach of the Quality Sport Operating System is to focus on providing accountability, inclusivity, and cultural standards to help as many as possible, as long as possible, in the best environment possible.”
Daryl Devonish has devoted his professional career to promoting health, recreation, and quality sport for youth. Daryl has over 25 years of teaching experience from middle school to instructing Kinesiology at a university level.
He has owned and operated his own fitness facilities consisting of personal training and group training in the GTA for the last 17 years. As well, co-founding 60minkidsclub to help reinforce physical literacy across the globe, a program that is currently activated in schools worldwide. Recently he’s been active with local schools and youth sports teams teaching fundamental movement skills and assessing young athletes in fun fitness combines using the Personal Sport Record.