Injury Prevention and Youth Performance Training
Youth Performance Training,/h1> So here’s where I chime in. Want the truth from my perspective? Blunt and to the point as usual…. Injury prevention and youth performance training is...
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Overtraining Young Athletes – Part 1
Young Athletes I have long supported the notion that the zeal many Trainers and Coaches show with respect to conducting high intensity training sessions with young athletes is akin to the unsure...
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Young Athletes: Are they an Oak or a Squash?
Young Athletes Development “It takes God a hundred years to make an oak, but it only takes Him two months to make a squash.” –President James Garfield In our results-now, win at all costs,...
View ArticleHow To Shape Speed Training – Part 1
Speed Training Many articles, books and information products discuss the development of speed from its physiological perspective of bio-motor enhancement. How to get athletes stronger so as to create...
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Top 3 Mistakes in Youth Sports Training
Youth Sports Training It is customary to see young athletes being taught and drilled on how to run as fast as possible in a straight line. Coaches spend hours teaching the mechanics of ‘linear...
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Young Athletes & Coordination – Part 1
Young Athletes Coordination Series In this 3-part article, I will discuss the role and significance of ‘Coordination Training’ as it relates to both preadolescent and high school athletes: The myths...
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Young Athletes & Coordination – Part 2
Young Athletes & Coordination Series Part 2: Coordination – Can You Teach Young Athletes? The answer, in short, is yes. Coordination ability is not unlike any other biomotor – proficiencies...
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Young Athletes & Coordination – Part 3
Young Athletes & Coordination Series Here is the third and final portion of ‘Young Athletes & Coordination’: (3) Teenage Athletes Are ‘Too Old’ Now, while there is truth to the matter that...
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Making Youth Training Work No Matter What
Youth Training Systems (1) Create An Ascension System Prior to my arrival, if you watched the Novice Teams (8 – 11 years old) go through their conditioning regime and then you watched the Senior...
View ArticleStretching Young Athletes with Bands
Young Athletes and Resistance Band Stretching By Dave Schmitz What age is good to start band stretching? Is it appropriate to stretch young athlete ages 10 to 13 with Bands? Are there...
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