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More opportunity. Through sport.

Connect with mentors, volunteer, find training partners, and give your time to sports programs in your community.

A volunteer coach helping young athletes at a community sports practice

Everyone has something to give. Everyone deserves a chance to grow.

A little guidance can make a difference. Eucleya brings together athletes, families, and organizations so more people can access the encouragement, experience, and support that help them take their next step.

Illustration of young athletes playing together while a mentor coach encourages them

Find a mentor for your child

Connect with someone willing to share their sports experience. Find a mentor who fits your child’s interests, start a conversation, and manage the relationship on their behalf.

Share what sport has taught you

Help another athlete build confidence, work toward their goals, and learn from your experience. You choose the opportunities that fit your interests and availability.

Find a training partner

Meet athletes who want to practice, improve, and encourage each other.

Give your time to your community

Discover volunteer opportunities with sports organizations. Help with a clinic, support an event, or contribute where your experience is needed.

Opportunity shouldn’t depend on what a family can afford.

Private coaching, camps, and competitive programs can put extra support out of reach. We’re working to expand access by connecting families with volunteer mentors and helping organizations find people willing to contribute.

$1,016Average a family spent on one child’s primary sport in 2024
+46%Five-year cost increase — twice the rate of U.S. inflation
$1,471Yearly gap between what the wealthiest and lowest-income families spend
$40BFamilies’ annual youth sports spending — twice the NFL’s revenue

The rising price of one sport

Average annual family spending on a child\u2019s primary sport. Add other sports and the total approaches $1,500 a year.

Costs are climbing fastest in the most-played sports

How much more parents paid for one child in 2024 than in 2019, by sport.

Who gets to play

Share of kids ages 6–12 who play sports regularly, by household income. Children from the lowest-income homes play at roughly half the rate.

Sources: Aspen Institute Project Play — National Youth Sports Parent Survey (2025) and State of Play (SFIA data).

Every person who shares their time can help create another opportunity.

Why Eucleya Exists

How it works

1

Choose your next step

Find a mentor, connect with a training partner, or explore ways to volunteer.

2

Find the right connection

Browse profiles and opportunities that match your sport, interests, and availability.

3

Start a conversation

Send an invitation or express interest. Once the connection is accepted, coordinate your next steps together.

Parents stay in charge

Parents and guardians manage their child’s profile, mentorship invitations, and communication. Children do not have independent accounts or direct private conversations with mentors.

Mentors must be 18 or older and approved by Eucleya before accepting one-to-one youth mentorship invitations. Profile approval is not a background check.

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More helping hands for your organization

Connect with people ready to support your sports programs. Post a volunteer opportunity, review interest, and coordinate participation in one place.

Register Your Organization

Your experience could be someone else’s starting point.

Share your time. Offer encouragement. Help create the next opportunity.

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