This ABC30 special covers:
- Interviews with inspiring athletes and coaches
- The best girls' wrestling team in the state
- Healthy versus unhealthy competition
- The rise of one-sport injuries and concussions
- The participation trophy debate
- Your chances of getting a sports scholarship
- Adapted Physical Education in Fresno County
Children First is a year-round effort focusing on the challenges, problems and opportunities facing our youth in Central California.
The program shows how the average person can make a difference in a child's life and highlights local organizations working with kids.
The Children First campaign includes half-hour programs like "Kids and Sports," thirty-second public service announcements, and special stories on Action News.
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RESOURCES:
Valley Children's Hospital:
www.valleychildrens.org
Fresno County Office of Education:
www.fcoe.org
Educational Employees Credit Union:
www.myeecu.org
The First Tee of Fresno:
www.thefirstteefresno.org
Clovis Unified Sports and Rec Programs:
http://www.cusd.com/community-recreation/community-sports-and-rec-programs/
Fresno Sports and Rec Programs for Youth:
http://www.fresno.gov/Government/DepartmentDirectory/ParksandRecreation/RecreationandSports/YouthSports.htm
Fresno Unified Dept. of Athletics:
https://www.fresnou.org/dept/athletics
Adapted Physical Education:
http://specialeducation.fcoe.org/adapted-physical-education
Break The Barriers:
www.breakthebarriers.org
Hudl:
https://www.hudl.com/about
CIF-California Interscholastic Federation:
http://www.cifstate.org/sports/girls_wrestling/index
Probability of playing college athletics:
http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/research/estimated-probability-competing-college-athletics
American Development Model (ADM):
http://www.teamusa.org/About-the-USOC/Athlete-Development/American-Development-Model
Project Play:
http://www.aspenprojectplay.org/
Your chances of going Pro:
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/01/27/college-athletes-greatly-overestimate-their-chances-playing-professionally
Dr. Wade Gilbert:
http://www.asep.com/theCoachDoc.cfm
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ABC30 thanks its partners below for putting Children First in the Central Valley.
