examining young recreational male soccer players experience in adult and peerled structures purpose youth sport has the potential to be one of the healthiest and most beneficial activities in which children can partake participation in a combination of adultled and peerled sport structures appears to lead to favorable outcomes such as enhanced physical fitness as well as social and emotional development the purpose of the present study was to examine the subjective and objective experiences of 27 recreational male soccer players aged 10 to 12 years old m 1011 years sd 032 across adultled and peerled sport structuresmethod direct video observation and experiencerating scales were utilized in an effort to shed light on the impact of adultled and peerled sport structures on the same athletesresults in the adultled structures youth experienced high levels of effort and concentration while spending more time physically or mentally engaged meanwhile youth experienced high rates of prosocial behaviors sportrelated communication and general communication during the peerled structuresconclusions the results of the present study indicate that rather than one approach being superior to the other both adult and peerled sport structures have the potential to yield unique benefits toward childrens positive experiences in sport