(School of Leisure Sport，Shanghai University of Sport，Shanghai 200438，China)
Abstract: Summarizing the evolution course of social work in the service of young athletes in the United States, clarifying the opinions and practical strategies during different periods, the study finds that there are some essential features and experiences of American social work intervening in the service of young athletes: the actual needs of young athletes and the culture of "youth worship" are internally driven; resource sharing and standardized development are its external guarantee; community model is the main operational mechanism; diversified service content and global promotion are the future development direction. The nlightenment for China's youth athletes service as follows: paying attention to the physical and mental health of youth athletes, encouraging social workers to intervene in competitive sports service; exploring ways of cross-boundary cooperation between social workers and sports in order to achieve resource sharing effect; colleges and universities help social workers to intervene in the improvement of practice and theory with physical education.
Key words: sports sociology；social work；young athletes；ASWIS |
