Youth summit spawns sport appreciation.

With support from the National Football League (NFL NFL
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NRPA National Rifle and Pistol Association , a coalition of cities in Southern Nevada sponsored the Youth Sports Summit and Youth Sports Festival in September '2004, at the University of Nevada University of Nevada could refer to either of the universities in the Nevada System of Higher Education:

University of Nevada, Reno (UNR)
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Las Vegas (UNLV UNLV University of Nevada, Las Vegas ) campus. Southern Nevada has two cities designated as Magnet Centers for Quality Sports by NRPA and the NFL--Las Vegas and Henderson. Recreation professionals from these two cities assembled a coalition of agencies that included North Las Vegas North Las Vegas, city (1990 pop. 47,707), Clark co., SE Nev., a residential suburb of Las Vegas; inc. 1946. Tourism is the economic mainstay of this growing suburb. The city's population more than tripled between 1990 and 2003. , Boulder City, Clark County, NRPA, the UNLV Athletic Department, UNIX UNIX

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Dr. R. R. Apache, assistant professor at UNIX in the Sports Education and Leadership Department, spoke to a group of league organizers on strategies to curb youth violence, expand parent education tools, promote physical activity and health, and infuse in·fuse
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2. To introduce a solution into the body through a vein for therapeutic purposes. youth development elements into sports skill-training activities. The objective of the summit was to encourage leaders of youth sports organizations to take a leadership role in educating and training adult coaches about youth development strategies, helping them foster positive values among all youth through their involvement in sports. The summit organizers asked participants to help develop standards of practice that will benefit youth and adults in sports.

A free, three-hour, youth sports festival for children in grades K-8 at UNLV's Rebel Park followed the summit. Local league organizers were encouraged to provide information on their programs to tire public. Free skill-development stations for baseball, fast-pitch softball, flag football, golf and soccer were staffed by recreation professionals from Henderson Flag Football, Top Notch Cheer, UNLV Baseball, Youth Sport Journal, Youth Soccer of Nevada, Start New at Golf (SNAG) and UNIX women's fast-pitch stale The Las Vegas Wranglers team mascot entertained, two-for-one UNLV Rebel football tickets were offered, and Outback Steakhouse provided free coupons to participants.

Planning for the next Youth Sports Summit and Sports Festival in Southern Nevada is currently under way. For more information regarding this event, call Ted Lockamon, city of Henderson, at (702) 267-5700 or Mike Habighorst, city of Las Vegas

This article is about the passenger train City of Las Vegas; for the city, see Las Vegas, Nevada; for other uses, see Las Vegas (disambiguation).

The City of Las Vegas , at (702) 229-2542.

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Publication:	Parks & Recreation
Date:	Mar 1, 2005
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