As listed on the USA Table Tennis website http://www.usatt.org:

USA Table Tennis is seeking a Coach/Team Leader for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games. All travel and hospitality expenses will be paid by USOC for all meetings and for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG).

The dates of the entire YOG are anticipated to be August 12-26, 2010 pending ITTF and USOC programs.

Candidates who meet the following criteria may submit their application and resume to USATT National Office (USATT, 1 Olympic Plaza, Colorado Springs, CO 80909, or email: ceo@usatt.org by March 5th 2010:

1. Possess a valid passport that does not expire until at least six months after the conclusion of the YOG.
2. Be able to attend for the entire duration of the YOG.
3. Be in good health and able to withstand the physical rigors of traveling with and working with the Team.
4. Trained and skilled with respect to mental, physical and at-the-table training, playing strategy and techniques.
5. Proven experience/ability as National Team Coach to motivate, understand & work effectively with athletes.
6. Possess effective administrative and organizational skills.
7. Have the ability to work effectively with the USOC.
8. Have strong administrative, communication and organizational capabilities/skills
9. Previous Olympics, Pan Am or Worlds Team leader experience preferred but not required.

The selected candidate must pass a USOC approved background check.
Job description:
                               

• Fulfill all duties and requirements of the USOC including attendance at USOC YOG related meetings.
• Be available and attend the entire duration of the YOG and other training camps planned by ITTF or USATT.
• Coach the selected team in practice and during the YOG.
• Responsible for any communications between USOC and athletes and for travel logistics.
• Responsible for the entire athletes program during the YOG.
• Be responsible for Team’s adherence to all rules regarding discipline at the YOG.
• Write a detalied after-action report and submit it to USATT within two weeks after the event

link: http://www.usatt.org/news1/2010_YOG_coaches.shtml

As reported on channelnewsasia.com, 2010 is the first "twin Olympic year."

SINGAPORE : The 2010 Winter Olympics got off to spectacular start with the opening ceremony in Vancouver on Saturday morning.

But a group of Canadians celebrated the occasion thousands of miles away in sunny Singapore. (...) 

David Sevigny, Canadian High Commissioner to Singapore, said: "For us it is very important because this is really a twin Olympic year. This is an Olympic year both for Canada and for Singapore and again, we are looking forward very much in using this as a springboard for the Youth Olympic Games."

link: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1037354/1/.html

The International Olympic Committee has named host cities for the 2010 Summer, 2012 Winter and 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games in less than two years' time.

The host city for the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympic Games (Singapore) was chosen on February 21, 2008. The second host city (Innsbruck) was chosen on December 12, 2008 and the third host city (Nanjing) was chosen on February 10, 2010.

As reported on People's Daily Online:

Nanjing wins hosting right for 2nd Youth Olympics

Nanjing of China won the hosting right for the second Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in 2014 here on Wednesday.

Nanjing won the vote by a narrow margin 47-42 over the only other candidate city Poznan of Poland.

The result was announced by International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge at the 122nd IOC session in Vancouver.

link: http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90779/90867/6893178.html

"The Jakarta Post" reports that an Indonesian sports association received US$47,000 to assist in training 10 youth weightlifters in the 9 months prior to the 2010 Singapore Youth Olympic Games:

Weightlifting tackles money problems in youth development
Agnes Winarti ,  The Jakarta Post,  Jakarta

. . . This year, (The Indonesian Weightlifting, Powerlifting and Bodybuilding Association (PABBSI)) managed to get approval for US$47,000 in funds from Olympic Solidarity for the grooming of 10 youth weightlifters in the nine months prior to the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.   

“It is our first time to get funding specially designed for early-age development,” Alamsyah said, adding that PABBSI intended to maintain building up international achievements in the coming years toward the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil, so they could continue to receive funding.

PABBSI has recently proposed a Rp 4.9 billion (US$532,608) budget to the government for the development of junior and youth weightlifting athletes, but is still awaiting approval. Given past records, however, hopes are slim.

“We submitted a similar proposal following the 2007 SEA Games in Thailand. It was never approved,” PABBSI deputy Sjafriadi Tjut said.

 “The fund [for the 2007 SEA Games] was to cover the cost of grooming 30 junior and youth athletes under the age of 20. We once had a training center 15 years ago,” said Sjafriadi.

“However, we won’t stop our efforts there. We are now trying to get private sponsorship although we realize that weightlifting is not yet an attractive sports for corporations,” Alamsyah said.

Apart from from the financial issue, Alamsyah also highlighted the urgency for a solid system of early-age athlete development in the country, through the revitalization of the PPLP, or Student Training and Education Centers.

PABBSI is upbeat about Youth and Sports Minister Andi Alfian Mallarangeng’s plan to revitalize the PPLP as it could provide a firm foundation for the country’s largely neglected youth development program.

According to Youth and Sports Ministry official Tunas Dwidharto, there were 1,418 young athletes registered in PPLP centers throughout the country’s 33 provinces. The centers were established by the government in the 1970s.

“PPLP centers will function properly only when they collaborate with sports associations in terms of scouting potential athletes and monitoring their development,” Alamsyah said.

Over the years, private weightlifting clubs in Lampung, Bekasi and the PPLP center in Jakarta have been the main contributors in discovering and grooming young talented lifters.

The Gajah Lampung weightlifting club in Lampung is grooming 60 young lifters, the Patriot club in Bekasi has up to 40 lifters, while 20 youth lifters are registered at the PPLP in Jakarta.

link: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/02/08/weightlifting-tackles-money-problems-youth-development.html

The Singapore Football Association has urged FIFA for assurances that only eligible players will be present at the Youth Olympic Games, as opposed to observations that over-age athletes were present at last-year's Asian Youth Games.

Footballers at the Youth Olympic Games are meant to be age 15 and below.

link to Singapore Straits Times homepage: http://www.straitstimes.com/

As reported on San Antonio Express-News:

Reagan diver Kathryn Connolly is among 25 scheduled to compete in USA Diving’s Youth Olympic Games selection event, scheduled for Feb. 3-4 in Columbus, Ohio. She also will compete in USA Diving’s Winter National Championships from Feb. 4-8.

link: http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/high_school/82978087.html