Helping Kids Connect: Participant and Staff Perspectives on Facilitating Social Relationships in a Physical Activity-Based Positive Youth Development Program for Youth From Low-Income Families

Youth sport programs provide skill-building opportunities for youth, both physically and socially. In this study, youth and staff in a recurring summer physical activity youth program identified multiple ways that youth benefited on intra- and interpersonal levels. Youth built positive relationships with staff and each other, and were able to transfer the skills they learned to home and school.