LibGuides: Junior sport should not involve scoring: Sources

Information from intenational websites

Should we do away with keeping score in youth sports?
The best age to start keeping score
Why keeping score matters
When there are no winners in sports, everybody loses

Fair Play and Integrity in Sport

Available as a PDF from the Public Drive - Library Folder - Issue in Society books.
Check out page 3 "Making Young Australians good sports through Fair Play".

General information from websites

Sport for children
Looks at the emotional and physical readiness of children from young children to age 12.
Junior sport
A position paper from the Western Australia Department of Sport and Recreation regarding junior sport.
Healthy competition is good for children
This article outlines why competition including scoring is good for children.
Aussie kids play to win - let's keep it that way
Argues against the no-score policy.
To participate or compete?
Discusses competitive sport for children.
This is our Game
The AFL’s Junior Football Match Guide is a framework which includes information about scoring in matches.

Australian newspaper articles

Expert warns rules outlawing kids’ victory or defeat a no-win situation for society
Not Keeping Score In Kids' Sport Is Missing The Point(s)
Experts warn junior sport strategy will backfire
No scoreboard, ladder or match results for junior footballers under changes to be unveiled by AFL
No points, no finals, no ladders, no match results? No problem
New junior AFL rules of not playing to win are a joke