Helping Families Navigate Every Stage of the Youth Sports Journey
Practical guidance, proven frameworks, and age-specific resources to help young athletes grow, in sports and in life.
Guidance for Every Stage
Find the Right Resource For Where You Are
Ages 3-11
Rising Rookie
First Season Starter Kit
A free 2-page resource to help your family start the youth sports journey with confidence, perspective, and joy.
Ages 11-14
Rising Middle Schooler
Middle School Reality Check
A free 2-page resource to help your family understand the mindset shifts needed for the middle school years.
Ages 14-18
Rising Freshman
HS Readiness Checklist
A free 2-page resource to help prepare your athlete and yourself for the biggest transition in youth sports.
The Complete Rising Athlete Collection
Everything you need for the youth sports journey, from starting out through high school.
Select each guide to learn more about what makes each of them unique.
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Why Families Trust Rising Athlete Project
Practical & Actionable
Real-world strategies you can use right away to better navigate the youth sports journey.
Age-
Specific
Guidance that meets your athlete and family exactly where you are to get you where you want to go.
Character-Focused
Looking beyond the scoreboard and skills to shape the person you want your child to become.
Proven Experience
Created by a veteran 4K-12th grade athletic director, coach, PE teacher, player, and parent to four kids.
THE PROJECT
Why "Project"?
Youth sports are full of scoreboards, rankings, and highlight reels. But the most important work is happening where few are watching — in conversations on the drive home, decisions made over months and years, and daily habits that shape both athletes and families.
That's why it's called the Rising Athlete Project.
A project isn't something you finish. It's something you continue to build. Every season brings new challenges. Every stage invites new questions. Every athlete — and every parent — is still growing.
The Rising Athlete Project exists to help families navigate that journey with confidence, purpose, and perspective through practical guides, free resources, and thoughtful insights for every stage of youth sports.
Created by Stephen Anderson, 4K-12th grade athletic director, coach, PE teacher, and parent
Behind the Project
Every season, I find myself having the same conversations — in hallways after school, along the sidelines, and in parking lots after games. Parents want to do the right thing. Athletes are trying to make sense of new challenges. But those conversations rarely feel sufficient.
The Rising Athlete Project is my attempt to continue them and cover the things I wish I could say if I had more time.
I'd be thrilled to connect with you. This project is just as much yours as it is mine.
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