Youth Leadership in Sport and Physical Education

Athlete leadership in sport teams: Current understanding and future directions

“…Indeed, there is a significant body of research that has explored the development of personal leadership skills through sport (Gould, Voelker, & Blanton, 2012;Martinek & Hellison, 2009), but much less that has explored the development of leadership knowledge, skills and behaviours in athletes (Voight, 2012). Blanton, Sturges and Gould (2014) developed a youth leadership club in which US high school athletes shared leadership principles.…”

Enhancing Youth Leadership Through Sport and Physical Education

“…However, we refer the interested reader to several books, chapters, and manuscripts in the area that provide more detailed reviews and summaries of the research literature (e.g., see Gould, Voelker, & Blanton, 2012;Martinek & Hellison, 2009;van Linden & Fertman, 1998;Voelker et al, 2011). Here we will summarize the main points.…”

Youth Sport Leadership Development: Leveraging the Sports Captaincy Experience

“…Over time, we at ISYS have developed a leadership philosophy that serves as a foundation for all of our outreach work in this area. This philosophy is based on the latest leadership research conducted with adults (Anderson, 2007), youth leadership research and theory (Martinek & Hellison, 2009;van Linden & Fertman, 1998), our own research on youth sport leadership (Voelker, Gould, & Crawford, 2010;Voelker, Gould, & Griffes, 2010;Voelker et al, 2010), and our staff's five years of experience in conducting CLTP. The fundamental principles of this youth leadership development philosophy follow:…”