Leading the Way: Youth Leadership Guide was developed to improve youth leadership skills and to encourage participation in physical activity. This resource supports young people in developing and enhancing the skills they need to successfully plan, organize, and implement their own programs. Leading the Way can help young people do the following:

Develop positive attitudes toward youth leadership, cooperation, and participation in intramural sports and in health-promoting school and recreation activities
Learn how to plan, organize, and operate their own programs with increasing autonomy and pride
Develop individual and cooperative leadership skills through participation in organized leadership groups
Strengthen skills such as teamwork, trust building, responsibility, decision making, and problem solving
Develop lifelong skills through leadership training that will be beneficial in all areas of their lives