Inspiresport Partners with Institute for Youth Sports Leaders (IYSL)

inspiresport is proud to announce a new partnership with the Institute for Youth Sports Leaders (IYSL) to support the upcoming Leaders Connect Rise & Evolve events, marking an exciting step forward in supporting and elevating youth sports leadership around the world.

Through this partnership, inspiresport will support IYSL’s events and wider initiatives, helping to enhance the experience and impact of their global community of youth sports leaders. With a shared commitment to developing high-quality leadership and management practices, both organizations are aligned in their ambition to create meaningful, lasting change across the youth sport landscape.

Inspiresport will be attending and presenting at the Leaders Connect events that take place on April 7-9, 2026, in Austin, Texas. The Rise event is built for leaders scaling staff and systems, growing membership, diversifying revenue, and strengthening operations. The Evolve event is aimed at leaders responsible for managing the coaches (professional and volunteer) and ensuring a consistently high level of service at every level.

Darran Walter, Vice President at inspiresport, said:

“inspiresport is delighted to partner with IYSL to help support their vision and mission to elevate youth sports leadership globally. We are strong advocates of developing best practices in leadership & management and look forward to being able to use our programs and previous work with organizations such as The Premier League to provide the best levels of holistic support and insight to IYSL and its members.”

This step reflects a shared belief in the power of sport to inspire, educate and develop the next generation of leaders, both on and off the field.

Find out more about IYSL.