The Ready Lens is a place for thoughtful, experience-driven conversations about what it actually takes to help young people thrive in sport and in life.
The Ready Lens is about providing direction in a noisy world, helping families and organizations make better decisions that support capability and, in turn, confidence, for health and long-term well-being.
Holistic Development for Youth Sport Participation (Part 2)
Youth motivation isn’t missing—it’s shaped by adult systems. Learn how coaching culture, pressure, and environment either fuel or drain motivation in sport.
Holistic Development for Youth Sport Participation (Part 1)
Why kids leave youth sports has less to do with motivation and more to do with belonging. Learn how adult-created environments shape whether kids stay or leave.
Who actually owns athlete development in youth sport?
Most governing bodies in sport govern access—not development.
Parents pay a registration fee. Kids get to play. But once they’re in the system, the responsibility for developing their mind, body, and energy is quietly outsourced to clubs, volunteers, and families navigating an increasingly demanding environment.
By the time athletes gain access to the support everyone agrees matters—strength and conditioning, injury prevention, mental performance, and recovery—many already carry the cost of years of mismatched load and unreadiness.
Access without development isn’t opportunity.
And participation alone is not a development strategy.