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Five schools representing resource-driven, organizationally innovative, and resource-constrained contexts were analyzed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Organizational leadership displayed quasi-necessary characteristics but was not sufficient alone. Eight high-quality and eight low-quality configurations were identified. High-quality outcomes reflected either the effective transformation of resource advantages or organizational compensation under moderate resources, whereas low-quality outcomes arose from weak foundational support or failures in organizational transformation. Student experience played a process-related role in several configurations. Sensitivity tests showed that the main explanatory structure remained broadly stable across the tested settings.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>School youth sports activity quality is shaped by combinations of conditions rather than by a single factor. 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