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by David Pierce, Ph.D.
During the spring 2024 semester, senior capstone course in Sports Innovation at Indiana University Indianapolis partnered with Mudsock Youth Athletics (MYA) in Fishers, IN, and the Center for Sports Transformation (CST) to examine recruitment, retention, and quality of volunteer youth sports coaching and present ideas that would help MYA to continue to create a healthy ecosystem for coaching. The students interviewed 45 youth sports coaches in Mudsock, and the CST held three four-hour zoom meetings with members of the Mudsock Board. Students watched these board meetings as part of their research process. (more…)