Extracurricular leadership training plays fundamental roles in developing qualities of students. The body of research suggests that such participation can impact youth in multiple ways. The following review of literature will begin with defining youth leadership development, followed by an overview and summary of the current state including the goals, contents and approaches of youth extracurricular leadership development programs. Then the factors and related variables are discussed. The result presents that extracurricular leadership development training has been routine in recent years. Tod...