SOCCER FOR SUCCESS PROGRAM
The Colorado Rapids Youth Soccer Club’s
SOCCER FOR SUCCESS PROGRAM
Overview & Mission
Soccer for Success is the U.S. Soccer Foundation’s free afterschool program that uses soccer as a tool to address children’s health issues and juvenile delinquency, while promoting healthy lifestyles in urban underserved communities.
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About Our Program
Soccer for Success runs for 12 weeks in the fall and 12 weeks in the spring. Nutrition education is integrated into a 90 minute soccer practice 3 days per week during the afterschool hours.
We’re Expanding
Soccer for Success is serving over 2,000 children this spring at 50 sites in Denver, Aurora, Adams, Westminster, Boulder and Jefferson County School Districts. By spring 2016, the program will serve 4,000 children per season.
Served over 3,000 children in the 2012-2014 school years at 22 sites. About Our Players
3% Caucasian
free-reduced lunch
41%
girls
59%
boys
3% Other
39%
k to 2nd grade
Children participate in 90 minute sessions three days a week.
MENTORSHIP
Each site is staffed by caring coaches who serve as mentors that are invested in the successful development of each child.
Mentors deliver educational activities where participants are taught the basics of nutrition, the importance of making healthy lifestyle choices, and the importance of maintaining healthy habits.
5% Multi-Ethnic
94%
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
NUTRITION
14% African American
75% Latino
Components of SOCCER FOR SUCCESS
61%
3rd to 5th grade
This data is representative of those players who self-identified during the fall 2012, spring 2013, fall 2013 and spring 2014 seasons.
FAMILY ENGAGEMENT
Soccer for Success strives to turn parents and family members into advocates who reinforce the program’s teachings by applying them in their homes.
The Colorado Rapids Youth Soccer Club’s
SOCCER FOR SUCCESS PROGRAM
Measuring Success
FOR THOSE 90 MINUTES, OUR KIDS
The Colorado Rapids Youth Soccer Club completes pre- and post-season measurements for Soccer for Success participants including: Body Mass Index (BMI) as defined by the CDC, waist circumference, PACER test as defined by the FITNESSGRAM and a nutrition survey. The information below reflects an average of this data over the course of four season from fall 2012 to spring 2014.
Body Mass Index
ESCAPE ALL THEIR WORRY AND STRESS. THEY HAVE THE CHANCE TO PLAY, LAUGH, LEARN AND HAVE THE SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE OF SOMEONE WHO TRULY CARES FOR THEM. Alex Kaplan, Coach, Kenton Elementary
BODY MASS INDEX DEFINED BMI is a proxy for human body
fat based on an individual’s weight
84%
Of participants categorized at the beginning of the program as overweight or obese:
Improved or maintained their BMI Percentile.
OF THESE PARTICIPANTS
and height. Players were categorized
45% Improved their BMI Percentile.
Waist Circumference
64%
or obese depending on their BMI Percentile as suggested by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE DEFINED Of participants categorized at the beginning of the program as overweight or obese:
Improved or maintained their waist circumference size.
OF THESE PARTICIPANTS
Waist circumference is a measure of
52%
Improved their waist circumference size.
Aerobic Capacity
86%
as underweight, normal, overweight
visceral obesity which is a form of
obesity due to excessive deposits of fat in the abdomen.
PACER TEST DEFINED
The PACER Test is a multistage
Of participants categorized at the beginning of the program as having high or some health risks:
Improved or maintained their Aerobic Capacity.
OF THESE PARTICIPANTS
fitness test adapted from the
20-meter shuttle run test that
79% Improved their Aerobic Capacity.
Colorado Rapids Youth Soccer Club | 1001 S. Monaco Pkwy #210, Denver, CO 80224 | 303.399.5858 | rapidsyouthsoccer.org
measures Aerobic Capacity. Players were categorized as being in the Healthy Fitness Zone, as having
Some Risk or as having High Risk based on their PACER score as suggested by the Fitnessgram.
SOCCER FOR SUCCESS PROGRAM
Overview & Mission
Soccer for Success is the U.S. Soccer Foundation’s free afterschool program that uses soccer as a tool to address children’s health issues and juvenile delinquency, while promoting healthy lifestyles in urban underserved communities.
4
About Our Program
Soccer for Success runs for 12 weeks in the fall and 12 weeks in the spring. Nutrition education is integrated into a 90 minute soccer practice 3 days per week during the afterschool hours.
We’re Expanding
Soccer for Success is serving over 2,000 children this spring at 50 sites in Denver, Aurora, Adams, Westminster, Boulder and Jefferson County School Districts. By spring 2016, the program will serve 4,000 children per season.
Served over 3,000 children in the 2012-2014 school years at 22 sites. About Our Players
3% Caucasian
free-reduced lunch
41%
girls
59%
boys
3% Other
39%
k to 2nd grade
Children participate in 90 minute sessions three days a week.
MENTORSHIP
Each site is staffed by caring coaches who serve as mentors that are invested in the successful development of each child.
Mentors deliver educational activities where participants are taught the basics of nutrition, the importance of making healthy lifestyle choices, and the importance of maintaining healthy habits.
5% Multi-Ethnic
94%
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
NUTRITION
14% African American
75% Latino
Components of SOCCER FOR SUCCESS
61%
3rd to 5th grade
This data is representative of those players who self-identified during the fall 2012, spring 2013, fall 2013 and spring 2014 seasons.
FAMILY ENGAGEMENT
Soccer for Success strives to turn parents and family members into advocates who reinforce the program’s teachings by applying them in their homes.
The Colorado Rapids Youth Soccer Club’s
SOCCER FOR SUCCESS PROGRAM
Measuring Success
FOR THOSE 90 MINUTES, OUR KIDS
The Colorado Rapids Youth Soccer Club completes pre- and post-season measurements for Soccer for Success participants including: Body Mass Index (BMI) as defined by the CDC, waist circumference, PACER test as defined by the FITNESSGRAM and a nutrition survey. The information below reflects an average of this data over the course of four season from fall 2012 to spring 2014.
Body Mass Index
ESCAPE ALL THEIR WORRY AND STRESS. THEY HAVE THE CHANCE TO PLAY, LAUGH, LEARN AND HAVE THE SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE OF SOMEONE WHO TRULY CARES FOR THEM. Alex Kaplan, Coach, Kenton Elementary
BODY MASS INDEX DEFINED BMI is a proxy for human body
fat based on an individual’s weight
84%
Of participants categorized at the beginning of the program as overweight or obese:
Improved or maintained their BMI Percentile.
OF THESE PARTICIPANTS
and height. Players were categorized
45% Improved their BMI Percentile.
Waist Circumference
64%
or obese depending on their BMI Percentile as suggested by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE DEFINED Of participants categorized at the beginning of the program as overweight or obese:
Improved or maintained their waist circumference size.
OF THESE PARTICIPANTS
Waist circumference is a measure of
52%
Improved their waist circumference size.
Aerobic Capacity
86%
as underweight, normal, overweight
visceral obesity which is a form of
obesity due to excessive deposits of fat in the abdomen.
PACER TEST DEFINED
The PACER Test is a multistage
Of participants categorized at the beginning of the program as having high or some health risks:
Improved or maintained their Aerobic Capacity.
OF THESE PARTICIPANTS
fitness test adapted from the
20-meter shuttle run test that
79% Improved their Aerobic Capacity.
Colorado Rapids Youth Soccer Club | 1001 S. Monaco Pkwy #210, Denver, CO 80224 | 303.399.5858 | rapidsyouthsoccer.org
measures Aerobic Capacity. Players were categorized as being in the Healthy Fitness Zone, as having
Some Risk or as having High Risk based on their PACER score as suggested by the Fitnessgram.
