How to Revitalize Your In Town Rec League

In the era of early-forming club teams and “youth sports tourism,” traditional community-based leagues can feel like a yesterday idea. But they serve kids at scale. So how to bring them back? Learn from leaders innovating in three sports, including the head of a youth soccer league in Cambridge, Mass., that has doubled its registrations over the past few years by transforming the in-city rec league with a series of bold interventions that slowed the flight to travel teams.
Jean Lee Batrus, Executive Director, MLB/MLBPA Youth Development Foundation
Candice Haynes, Senior Manager of Youth Basketball Development, NBA
Jason Targoff, President, Cambridge Youth Soccer Association
Moderator: Sebastian Salazar, Host, Analyst, Reporter, ESPN