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| Welcome to Kids in Sports LA |
| Kids In Sports currently operates 15 clubs that deliver sports activities in baseball, basketball, soccer, softball, swimming and volleyball, and serves more than 8,000 youth annually. Boys and girls ages 5 to 17, participate in year-round sports programs at parks, and schools. Regularly scheduled practices and competitions are conducted after school and on weekends during the consecutive sports seasons. Each Sports Club is a partnership with the members of the community, parks, schools and Kids In Sports.
Parents and other interested adults are recruited to volunteer their time as coaches and Sports Club community board members. Organizations such as the city and county departments of recreation and parks, and area schools provide meeting rooms and sports facilities. KIS provides the overall technical assistance and resources to develop the individual Sports Clubs boards, organizes and purchases equipment and uniforms, and pays for officials and referees.
In 1996, KIS initiated the Girls In Recreation, Leadership and Sports (GIRLS) Program to recruit and attract young girls to the sports clubs. Unique features of this program include low cost registration, all-girl teams, women coaches, and all-girl practices and competitions. GIRLS programming began at one site in the sport of basketball with 90 girls participating in the first season. Since that time, the GIRLS Program has increased to involve more than 3,000 girls participating in basketball, soccer, softball, swimmin |
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Juan Hernandez
Former KIS participant |
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| The positive impact of KIS often touches entire families -- just ask Juan Jr., his brothers, mother and father. KIS has been a part of Juan’s life for as long as he can remember. Now a high school sophomore, he was encouraged by his father, Juan Sr., to start participating in KIS at the age of six. Over the years playing soccer and basketball as well as during his swimming lessons, Ju |
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