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This study aims to provide an understanding of potential network characteristics which are associated with youth PA skill competency. Youth (\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 158) between the ages of 8 and 12 years recruited from two summer care programs (i.e., Boys &amp; Girls Clubs) participated in researcher-administered surveys. Youth self-reported their age, sex, involvement in team sports, weekly PA, and skill competency assessed using a version of the PLAYself measure. Youth were also asked to report up to five people in the summer program and five out of the program with whom they interacted the most. Linear regression was used to evaluate associations between skill competency and demographics, PA, and social network characteristics. Skill competency was significantly associated (\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">R<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    = .17) with age (\u03b2 = \u2212.06,\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                    = .01), sex (\u03b2 = \u2212.06,\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                    = .01), sports team involvement (\u03b2 = .16,\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt; .001), and weekly PA (\u03b2 = \u2212.20,\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt; .001). Skill competency was also significantly associated with the number of connections with whom the youth played frequently (\u03b2 = .09,\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt; .001), the number of connections that helped the youth to be active (\u03b2 = .18,\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt; .001), and the heterogeneity of the type of relationships within the youth\u2019s network (\u03b2 = .11,\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt; .001). Skill competency scores were significantly associated with both individual variables and social network composition. In addition, youth with networks comprising several types of relationships (heterogeneity) reported a significantly high skill competency. 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