With more than 3.5 million youth athletes participating in cheerleading in the U.S., including competition and school teams, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is issuing recommendations to improve the safety of the sport and reduce the risk of injury, including concussions.

The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA), the trade association representing the swimming pool, hot tub, and spa industry, welcomes public review and comments on revisions to the ANSI/APSP/ICC/NPC-12 2016 American National Standard for the Plastering of Swimming Pools and Spas. Public review is a fundamental part of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards consensus development process.

The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), the nation’s leading advocate for parks and recreation, is proud to announce the organization is partnering with Nike to address and advance gender equity in youth sport.

On World Mental Health Day, YMCA of the USA (Y-USA), the national resource office for the 2,600+ YMCAs across the country, aimed to raise awareness about mental health, share resources and encourage conversations to help individuals understand how they can care for themselves as well as others.

The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA), the trade association representing the swimming pool, hot tub, and spa industry, announced this year’s winners of the PHTA International Awards of Excellence.

The American Sports Builders Association (ASBA), the national organization for builders, designers and suppliers of materials for tennis courts, running tracks, sports fields and indoor and outdoor courts and recreational facilities, has announced the publication of the 2024 edition of Tennis Courts: Construction & Maintenance Manual, which it produces jointly with the U.S. Tennis Association (USTA). 

The Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR), in collaboration with the Richard King Mellon Foundation, the PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship, and the Pennsylvania Office of Outdoor Recreation, hosted its inaugural National Leadership Forum on Rural Development through Outdoor Recreation.

The National League of Cities (NLC) announced that more than 1,000 cities have utilized the Local Infrastructure Hub’s free grant-writing trainings designed to help communities develop competitive grant applications for federal funding available through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act. 

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Chair Alex Hoehn-Saric and U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.-25) announced more than $2.5 million in grants to 10 awardees under the Pool Safely Grant Program (PSGP). 

International Play Equipment Manufacturers Association (IPEMA), a non-profit trade association, has published its 2024 IPEMA Insights Report which explores emerging trends shaping the playground equipment industry.