Young athletes hip turn whole-part coaching By Dave Gleason   Coaching any exercise to young athletes can be challenging. One of the most effective methods is to break down an activity into its component parts, often times all the way down to the smallest or simplest part possible.   This is very true when [...] read more

It’s great to watch a video or DVD and see what a quality training session is supposed to look like.   I always enjoy having exercise photographs at my fingertips with a visual representation of what each rep should look like along the way.   I also adore being able to read key information about [...] read more

  Training Young Athletes Resource I’ll be blunt with a message heading into your weekend:   If Complete Athlete Development is not in your library of educational resources, you are sorely missing out. DVD Collection of Coaching Cues, Training Programs & Exercise Selections Manual with Specifics on Speed, Agility, Coaching, Philosophy of Training Audio CD’s [...] read more

  The IYCA forces you to answer the question with young athletes, “Why”?   … But doesn’t ask you to play Monkey-See-Monkey-Do:     An Organization That TEACHES You What You Need to Know for young athletes… read more

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 many of the sensitive periods for coordination development lay during the preadolescent phase of life, it would be shortsighted to suggest [...] read more

Our standards have sunk.   Do you realize that?   The fitness industry creates nonsense aerobic-style classes for children and the vast majority of professionals claim them to be useful because "at least it gets kids moving"   Now understand, I’m the biggest proponent in the world of the "something is better than nothing" way [...] read more