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Overview

NAYS Parent Orientation & Membership Program, formerly the Parents Association for Youth Sports or PAYS, is an education and membership program that supports youth sports parents while helping youth sports organizations eradicate parent issues. NAYS Parent Orientation has set a standard for parent orientation programs by providing a video-based training which offers a simple, effective way to make youth sports parents aware of their roles and responsibilities, as well as ways they can make their child’s experience more enjoyable and positive.

The training and membership fee is $5 per family for parents affiliated with a NAYS Member Organization and $9.95 for others.

Membership Requirements

Parents participate in a 40-minute orientation course either online or at an on-site orientation. The video features acclaimed Bally Sports broadcaster Jessica Blaylock and covers how to be a model youth sports parent; helping young athletes navigate the many challenges that accompany competing; safety; injury prevention; nutrition; hydration; and more.

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Membership Benefits

After completing the training and signing the NAYS Code of Ethics for Parents, parents gain access to their membership benefits. Benefits include access to an exclusive online member area, free supplemental trainings for concussions and bullying prevention, an online interactive parent-child program, sports parent e-newsletters, and more!

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For Youth Sports Organizations

Would you like to offer the NAYS Parent Orientation & Membership Program to your parents? There are a number of ways you can implement the program. It starts with becoming a NAYS Member Organization, which is easy and free to do!

Implementation Options for Member Organizations

Parents take the NAYS Parent online orientation
- This option offers the most convenient way for parents and your organization to benefit from the NAYS Parent program. Parents complete the program online from the comfort of their own home or office. All parent information can be tracked by each chapter in their own member organization account. Cost is $5 per family and includes a one-year membership.
Host a NAYS Parent on-site orientation and track your parent membership
- Organizations may choose to request orientation materials and hold on-site meetings for their parents. After each orientation, NAYS Member Organizations will send parent rosters and fees to NAYS headquarters and all parent information can be tracked in the online member organization account. The cost is $5 per family and includes printed materials for your meeting and also includes a one-year membership.
Host a NAYS Parent on-site orientation without tracking your parent memberships
- For only $75.00, organizations can order the NAYS Parent orientation video and handbooks/parent cards for 50 parents. This option allows organizations to use NAYS Parent educational materials; however, parent information is NOT submitted to NAYS or maintained in NAYS' national database and parents will not receive the annual membership to the NAYS Parent member account. Additional kits are available for $50.00 (excludes DVD).

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Offer NAYS Parent Orientation to my parents

Whether your organization needs to address poor parent behavior or strives to maintain a positive atmosphere – NAYS Parent Orientation & Membership Program is the program for you!

To offer NAYS Parent Orientation to your program's youth sports parents, you will become a National Alliance for Youth Sports (NAYS) Member Organization.

Sports Parent Pledge

If you have a child in sports and are just interested in finding ways to be supportive, the Sports Parent Pledge is a great FREE resource.

You can help turn around the sometimes shocking behaviors that are becoming commonplace and representative of today's youth sports culture. Similar to how a drop of water ripples throughout a puddle, acts of positivity in youth sports can affect a team's environment and spread throughout a league - and even the whole community! It only needs one person to start. Will that person be you?

Sign up for the Sports Parent Pledge below for a free six-part email series packed with resources and tips you can use to be a positive change in youth sports!

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