This article is the result of a study on the analysis of a rite of passage experienced within the sports intervention program of the Montreal organization DesÉquilibres. It aims to explore the conditions necessary to achieve positive outcomes through sports-based interventions. More specifically, the research aims to understand how sports interventions can be experienced as a rite of passage. To do this, a secondary data analysis was conducted with 14 students aged 14 to 18, who were in their third year of high school, and who participated in the DesÉquilibres program. The analysis of the participants’ discourse revealed five essential elements for sports interventions to be successfully lived as a rite of passage: the existence of a physical and mental test, the implementation of a common symbolism of the event, the social recognition of the participants, the presence of a “validation agent” and the enhancement of each person’s role and place within the group. Finally, the analysis highlights how this “ritualized” sports intervention contributes to the participants’ coming of age into adulthood.