By Melissa Lambert Young athletes require more than physical training As a former collegiate athlete, I remember spending my off seasons training every opportunity I had including weight lifting, running and playing with the men’s team to increase my speed of play. I took pride in having the top times in running and physically [...] read more

  I asked Jason C Brown and Pamela MacElree to answer some on kettlebell training for youth questions…   A ‘No-Charge’ Kettlebell Exclusive for you…   Listen right now: read more

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  Training young athletes… It seems that everybody dabbles in this market  Whether the fitness or sport training professional is a Physical Therapist by trade, Personal Trainer to the average adult clientele or Strength Coach to elite sporting stars, when stating their bios and areas or expertise, it seems that the sentence always ends with [...] read more

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High School Strength Coach Certification * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Get the entire audio event I recorded with Eric Cressey, Mike Robertson and Wil Fleming:   “The [...] read more

With youth obesity and sport performance training getting so much in the way of media attention these days, it stands to reason that the best and most efficient means by which to gain local interest in your youth fitness program is through large scale exposure via newspapers, television and radio.   Media exposure is widely [...] read more

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1) Earn Valuable CEU’s:   Just for coming to the 2-day main event, you will receive a full 12 CEU credits from the IYCA.   That’s enough to renew whatever level certification you’re on with us.   In addition to that, we are in the process of becoming accredited through NSCA, NASM, ISSA and more. [...] read more

So here’s where I chime in.   Want the truth from my perspective?   Blunt and to the point as usual….     Injury prevention and performance training is the same thing.     When working with young athletes in a well-designed developmental process, the goal is simply skill acquisition and advancement.   Done correctly, [...] read more

Almost without exception, every ‘sport-performance training center’ and youth sporting association in North America both markets and incorporates some degree of plyometric conditioning into the routines of the athletes they manage. More often than not, the trainer or coach prescribes an unintelligible series of jumping exercises and can be seen either holding a clipboard and [...] read more

How Young Athletes Are Portrayed In The Olympics I’m actually a big fan of the Olympic Games.   My favorite part is watching the Opening Ceremonies and seeing the athletes from lesser known countries glow with child-like enthusiasm as they walk into the Olympic arena.   But every four years, I find myself feeling uncomfortable [...] read more