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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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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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Starting a High School Strength Program
Michael Boyle
If you get one thing out of this article remember this quote (author unknown). “ A bad program done well is better than a good program done poorly”. Keep it simple, and adhere strictly to the following guidelines . . . 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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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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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 . . . keep reading
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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. . . . keep reading
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