Beat the streets wrestling's mission is to develop the full human and athletic potential of urban youth and strengthen the culture of new york city wrestling. Through a partnership with the department of education, beat the streets works with middle and high schools in all five boroughs of nyc to provide student-athletes with a safe, positive atmosphere in which they can learn the essential life lessons of personal responsibility and teamwork, physical fitness and nutrition, self-confidence, and life-long learning, setting them on the path towards college and a professional career.

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The junior league program provides equipment, coaches, and organized competitions to nyc middle schools to create and improve wrestling programs. Junior league student-athletes learn how to be self-reliant and work on a team, improve their fitness and develop basic wrestling skills. The program supports 59 middle school teams, offering school sanctioned programs to fifth through eighth graders. In fy 2017, there were 1,051 junior league participants, 149 of whom were girls. There is a strong emphasis on continuing to accrue the benefits of an athletic career in high school, serving as a feeder program for high school-level public school athletic league (psal) wrestling programs. bts sends student-athletes to local, regional, and national competitions. By fully funding competition and travel, bts youth from low-income backgrounds are able to compete. In fy 2017, bts competed in 19 different tournaments and provided 508 competition opportunities, 103 of which were for girls. Bts claimed six individual all-american honors, national top eight placers, four of which were girls. Additionally, bts sent 45 students to rutgers university for a campus tour and college dual, as well as 15 students to the spartan leadership course and race. the training center program provides year-round neighborhood-training centers in four out of the five nyc boroughs. The training centers are open to all students from k-12th grade, with practices offered at least four days per week. In fy2017, there were 1,338 registered student-athletes, 297 of whom were girls, attending our training centers. Through the training centers, student-athletes have access to local, regional, and national competition opportunities. other program services include high school wrestling support, camps, holistic development, and coaches development. Bts provides mats, equipment, and tournament kits to help high schools establish and run their wrestling programs, which serve approximately 2,000 students annually. Bts put on three inner-city day camps during school breaks for 250 student-athletes and sent 118 student-athletes to a sleep-away camp run by cornell university wrestling staff and wrestlers. Bts offered 16 life skills workshops covering topics from nutrition to goal setting, as well as provided volunteer service workshops and opportunities. Bts provides online resources, in-person seminars, and one-on-one mentoring to coaches to help them refine their technique, sport pedagogy, and improve their capacity to serve their student-athletes.