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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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The Front Squat/Back Squat Debate: Part 2
This is Part 2 of Jim Reeve's four-part article comparing front squats and back squats. In this segment, Jim analyzes the two lifts through video and picture. Due to the high number of pictures in the article, we had to post it as a PDF file, so please click on the link below to read it. This is some really good stuff. . . .
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High School Weight Room Proposal
Chris Mattingly
Chris Mattingly is a high school teacher and coach at Lake Stevens High School in Lake Stevens, Washington. Here is a copy of the weight room funding proposal that he sent to his district and booster club to help obtain funding for new equipment. . . .
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The Lighthouses of Training Youth
Brett Klika
A navy battleship was in stormy waters when they spotted the light of what appeared to be another vessel in the distance. The ship's captain made radio contact with orders for the other vessel to . . .
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Repetition vs. Repetitions: Training Youth Athletes
Anthony Donskov
The mother of mastery is deliberate repetition! As Coaches, we are always trying to find better ways to gain maximal results while promoting movement proficiency for our athletes. Variety plays an important role! Reps, sets, stress fluctuation, tempo and exercise selection are a few of the variables that need to be manipulated in order to produce maximal adaptation. . . .
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10,000 Hours and Early Specialization in Sports: Mutually Inclusive?
Max Prokopy
1997 was a landmark year for young athletes, burgeoning internet gurus, and helicopter parents. As Tiger Woods drained the final putt of a record-setting performance at the Masters, millions of parents, coaches, and educators watched in awe. Tiger's first TV golf appearance was at age 2(!). By age 21 he was the most formidable force in the sporting world. Either conscious or sub-conscious, these well-documented facts galvanized the early specialization movement. Best-selling books such as Outliers, The Talent Code, and Bounce are wonderful accounts of the grueling ascent to expertise. However, they might create as much trouble as inspiration. The message received by parents and coaches often places early specialization into one sport above the value of diverse movement. More importantly, it's held high above "play." While there may be more Tigers-in-progress than ever before, we've also seen a rapid rise in youth sport overuse injuries. . . .
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On Coaching Youth Sports
Cal Dietz
The following came to me from Cal Dietz at the University of Minnesota. It was written by Jay Bylsma; father of the Pittsburgh Penguins Head Coach Dan Bylsma. For those non hockey fans, Pittsburgh just won the Stanley Cup under Dan Byslma. I guess here you see one of the reasons why:
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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. . . .
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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. . . .
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Team Training for Beginners
Mike Robertson
When I first got into the strength and conditioning/performance enhancement business, I really had no clue what to do. Sure, I’d done what amounted to personal training for a year or two, but working . . .
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A Step by Step Model for Training Young Athletes!
Mike Kozak
Get an inside look at the EXACT training programs used to train any young athlete. Complete with 10 exercise pairs and how to create workouts based on the exercises including sets and reps! Perfect for any coach or trainer working with young athletes and looking for an easy program to implement. . . .
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