From 2018 to 2022, the number of respondents to the Industry Report survey who reported that their programming lineup currently includes youth sports opportunities fell from 58.1% to 50.3%. The only respondents who were more likely to offer youth sports programs in 2022 than in 2018 were those from schools and school districts. Some 81.6% of school respondents in 2018 provided youth sports, compared with 82.5% in 2022.
Among parks, the percentage fell from 75.6% in 2018 to 70.2% in 2020 and 70.1% in 2022. Respondents from Ys saw very little change over the four years covered, with 87.7% offering youth sports in 2018, 88.4% in 2020 and 87.2% in 2022. Rec center respondents saw a fairly sharp decline, with 71% offering youth sports opportunities in 2018, falling to 63.5% in 2020 and 50% in 2022.