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National CYO Sports animates Gospel values in Catholic youth sports to encourage young people to live as disciples of Jesus Christ.
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Catholic Coaching Essentials
Now available! The American Sport Education Program (ASEP) allows preregistration for their special online course for Catholic Coaches. Open the National CYO Sports portal page on ASEP's website and preregister for these learning experiences.
- Read the statement on the relationship between NCYOS and ASEP
- View a PowerPoint presentation on Catholic Coaching Essentials
(10.8 MB)
Online Store
National CYO Sports has developed resources specifically for Catholic youth sports. Check out the prayer card, Prayer to See God in Youth Sports, and the brochure, Parents as Partners in Catholic Youth Sports. NFCYM's Online Store provides a modern, user-friendly Internet shopping cart experience with real-time credit card processing, a variety of shipping choices, automatic volume discounts, and more.
News and Notes
Resource of the Month for May / June
Every other month, a resource or publication will be added to our resource library and featured here!
Read a stirring story of life lessons passed down from parent to child over generations of tennis. Click here for the article "A Father's Tennis Story" by Ron Landfair, Director of the Office of Black Catholic and Multi-Cultural Ministry for the Diocese of Lansing, MIchigan, and a member of the NCYOS Leadership Team.
Also, click here for previous articles:
"A Coach Can Change a Life" by Liz Guneratne, Assistant Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Oakland.
"Allowing God on the Basketball Court" by Sister Laurie Orman, RSM from Holy Rosary Church in the Diocese of Rochester, N.Y.
"Faith, The Cornerstone of Coaching" by DeLaSalle High School, California, basketball coach Frank Allocco.
Bonus Resource – "Saints" Sports Awards
Is it the end of the season and time for your team's sports awards? Would you like to do something different and, at the same time, relate your team to faith? Click here for the "Basketball Saints Awards" from St. John the Baptist CYO in Napa, California.
Coming Soon – "Best Practices" for Catholic-Sponsored Programs!
The NCYOS is in the process of developing recommendations and standards for Catholic-sponsored youth sports programs. Areas for the practices and recommendations will include: Child protection and safety; Recuiting, managing and training volunteers; Standards of coaching behavior; Norms for parent involvement; Administration standards of excellence and best practices. Check back here soon for more details!
Sports and Prayer
Interested in the "Tim Tebow" phenomenon and how prayer relates to sport?.What involvement does God have with athletes and teams? Click the title for Joe Paprocki's insightful article "Tim Tebow, Sports and Prayer."
Partners and Sponsors
National CYO Sports is proud to have the following organizations as partners and sponsors:
National CYO Sports is a subsidiary of the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry (NFCYM)—an organization of affiliated dioceses and collaborating organizations. NFCYM's stated purpose is to “serve those who serve the young Catholic Church.” Through NCYOS the NFCYM furthers their mission by fostering the development of youth ministry throughout the church.