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Young Athletes!
Welcome to the Young Athletes Training Homepage. Kids ARE NOT mini-adults and shouldn't train like them. We'll cover strength training guidelines and give you tips for working with young athletes.
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"Sport Specific" Training for Youth
Athlete and Parents Beware
Part 1
Brett Klika C.S.C.S
"Sport Specific" is the new marketing buzzword when it comes to strength and conditioning programs for youth. Uneducated masses of parents and coaches herd their sports teams at a young age into "athletic performance" programs that supposedly address the strength, movement, and speed demands of one specific sport. The idea looks great on a marketing flyer, particularly in the American youth sports culture of "win right now". Unfortunately the notion of early specificity ignores well established pedagogies of child development and motor learning, the foundation of youth sport skill acquisition and application. The fact is, most trainers implementing these programs aren't qualified to implement programs for anyone, more less youth. . . . keep reading
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Too Fat to Get Fit?
Addressing the Physical Development Needs of Today's Youth
Brett Klika C.S.C.S
It isn't pretty, but it's a reality. Our youth are getting fatter and unhealthier by the day. PE classes are either gone, or absolutely minimized in our educational curriculum. The classes that are still intact are ill-suited for the new generation. As trainers working with youth, many of us do a poor job of adapting our programs to these kids' needs. This oversight decreases the amount of impact we are able to have on these youngsters, both short term and long term. This article will discuss some common issues when working with overweight youth, and how to modify programs so that their needs are more appropriately met. . . . keep reading
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Show this to your kids!
Central Washington softball team offers the ultimate act of sportsmanship: Players from the opposing team carry injured athlete around bases after a home-run hit. . . . keep reading
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Developing Junior Golfers- An Audio Interview with David Donatucci
Anthony Renna
Listen to this interview about Developing the Junior Golfer with David Donatucci, Performance Coach at the David Leadbetter Academy and Titleist Performance Institute Advisory Member. This is a great interview with an extremely knowledgeable coach who has a ton of experience working with kids. . . . keep reading
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Training Youth "Old School"
Brett Klika
As the Chargers battle through a seemingly "uphill" season, the post game chatter on the wires is amuck with camparisons of the Chargers' new coach, Norv Turner, and the former Marty Schottenheimer. "Marty was an old-school guy, discipline, emotion, expectations, authority". I have to ask myself if I'm alone when I wonder "If those attributes are "old school", what does "new school" mean?" In my opinion, if my coaching style was described as any form of antitheses to these above attributes, I would consider it a significant slander. When did themes of respect, authority, hard work, discipline, honesty, accountability, and fundamentals get cataloged into "sport history" under the genre "old school"? . . . keep reading
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Hamstring Dominance
Brijesh Patel
Recently I’ve had sort of a training epiphany. Call me stupid for not realizing this earlier, but I know I’m not the only coach who has experienced the phenomenon that I will explain below. . . . keep reading
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A Complete "Point System" To Motivate and Manage All of Your Athletes
Robb Rogers
If you coach a team or train multiple athletes, this guide will be a big timesaver. It is an complete 'plug and play' point system you can implememnt immediately with your athletes to ensure program adherence (it was adapted from Larry Smith - former head football coach at University of Arizona, Southern California and Missouri!) . . . keep reading
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The Ultimate Trailblazing $.50 Workouts
Rick Karboviak
With this one simple item that you already have at your home, you can create innovative workouts. Just follow all the samples here and your athletes will have fun and get rapid results! . . . keep reading
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The 4 Sports ALL Kids Must Play
Brian Grasso
If you want a more skilled, more athletic and happier kid, here are 4 sports they MUST participate in (the answers will surprise you!)
"A must read for parents and coaches"... . . . keep reading
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Are Your Athletes Overtraining (Part II)?
Brian Grasso
See an actual training program and progression to make sure your young athletes are not overtraining! This is a true MUST READ for any sports coach or trainer who works with any young athlete! . . . keep reading
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