Atlanta BeltLine Street Cup Series
This project's parent organization is Soccer in the Streets
It operates in United States
It uses Football (Soccer)
Entered the Sport for Conflict Resolution Award
More about Atlanta BeltLine Street Cup Series
Street-Cup Festivals , first introduced by Soccer in the Streets in 2001, are free one-day tournaments that use competition to test participants mastery of character traits such as respect, tolerance, and sportsmanship.
Games are played with small teams in order to increase interaction, teams are created on the day of the event in order to promote diversity, and games are played without referees to reinforce positive conflict resolution techniques.
The inspiration for Street-Cup Festivals came from mini-tournaments that were used to reward kids for their participation and introduce them to positive competition. The format was improved when the Soccer For Peace , no referee model, was adopted. We have incorporated elements of FIFA's Football3 format, which is used at every World Cup during the Football for Hope Festival.
Soccer in the Streets uses the power of soccer to reinforce the life skills lessons that are taught and believes that the kids should be able to manage themselves and have the freedom to play, interact, problem-solve, innovate and take ownership of their participation in the game.