Category: Advisory Council

January 3, 2022

Why kids are losing interest in playing team sports

Travis Dorsch, Utah State University Families in Sport Lab, joins The News with Shepard Smith to discuss why young people are less interested in playing team sports. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbGgaxhYgAg

December 6, 2021

Kids are losing interest in organized sports. Why that matters

For more than a century, team sports have been a mainstay of American childhood. What began as a way to keep boys in cities occupied and out of trouble has evolved into a $19-billion industry, with much of that revenue...

August 18, 2021

All play, no fun: Pushing back on the pressures of youth sports

The world of youth sports has become a pressure cooker – one that, for now, the Redds have managed to resist. “All we ask when she comes home,” says Ms. Redd, “is how was practice and did you have fun?”

August 5, 2021

The effects of the pandemic on young people and youth sports

In collaboration with The Aspen Institute‘s Sports & Society Program, Families in Sport Lab at Utah State University, and Louisiana Tech University‘s Minds in Motion Lab, TeamSnap released the results of its research study

April 29, 2019

The booming business of youth sports leaves some opportunities out of reach for kids of working families

From travel commitments to coaches’ salaries and equipment, the chance for kids to play can often come at an exorbitant cost; insight from Dr. Travis Dorsch, assistant professor at Utah State University and founding director of the Families in Sport

April 29, 2019

The human cost of raising youth sports to a ‘$17 billion’ industry

A 2016 Families in Sport Lab study found that parents reported spending between 2 to 10 percent of their family’s gross annual household income on athletic activities, per child. “You think about families maybe that have two or three or

May 8, 2018

Sport and the Commodification of America’s Youth – Dorsch TEDx Talk

“Participation is nice, but it’s being the best that matters most”, Travis says when it comes to sports. Travis’ talk challenges the way society thinks about youth sport in America. Should parents be expecting some sort of return on investment

December 29, 2017

Students with autism make music with iPads

SPEAK MODalities co-founder and Chief Science Officer Dr. Oliver Wendt (CFF Advisory Council member and Faculty Partner) explains why iPads are an effective learning tool for individuals on the autism spectrum.