Take it from Pro Bowl running back Jonathan Stewart: Youth sports are about giving kids a community to help them become young adults and develop positive habits that will last a lifetime.Stewart, who starred in the NFL for 11 seasons, now coaches a middle school football team alongside two of his former Carolina Panthers teammates, Pro Bowl tight end Greg Olsen and Hall of Fame linebacker Luke Kuechly.In addition to sharing his infinite football wisdom with his players, Stewart recognizes that football, and youth sports as a whole, gives something something more important than anything on the field: a community.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.
If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGECarolina Panthers running back Jonathan Stewart (28) rushes against the New Orleans Saints during an NFC playoff game at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, La., on Jan.
7, 2018.(David E.
Klutho /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)"The truth about youth sports, it is not for your kid to become an NFL great.Not to make it to the NFL, not to make the spectacle of being a star player.
Youth sports gives your kid a community," Stewart told OutKick in a recent interview."It gives them a sense of prioritization.You are a kid, you have to make time to play.
You have to make time to study, you have to make time to take care of the things at home, make your bed in the morning, wash your own jersey, iron your own clothes, whatever it is that you have to do, you are becoming a man, a young man.And this is the community for it.""This is the middle school age where we're now a community that's giving you the tools to be successful teenagers."While Charlotte Christian School in North Carolina may have one of the most decorated middle school coaching staffs of all time, Stewart emphasized that their credential...