Summer Youth Training  I’ve been getting a lot of questions about how to approach summer training.  You’ve got a number of options, so here’s my take on getting the most out of summer youth training for sprinters (or any athlete in any sport, for that matter):   Consider not training at all.   Summer competitions [...] read more

Training Strategies for Young Athletes With Battle Ropes …   Watch This:       Don’t Forget… Join Us LIVE On Monday July 11 @ 7:30pm (EST)…   read more

Youth Agility Obstacle Course Video Imagination, creativity AND biomotor improvements in speed and agility.   Have a look at this…   read more

Coaching Young Athletes – We learn from the Best…   (2) Coaching Presence   Yet another intuitive intangible that I truly believe cannot be taught… But CAN be improved upon so long as you’re prepared to look in the mirror…   A quality Coach has a presence.    Not because they are dictators or aristocratic [...] read more

Here is some fantastic and practical advice on how to create programs and drills that will make your young athletes quicker and more agile…     Young Athlete Speed & Agility Training Made Easy: Click Here —> http://CompleteAthleteDevelopment.com/   read more

Do you ever ‘test’ your young athletes?   Their speed?   Strength?   Flexibility?   If so, why?   You know, most Coaches and Trainers can’t answer that question.   They test because they think they’re supposed to.   That they need to in order to show ‘results’.   But there are other reasons…   read more

Sport Specialization Vs LTAD   The IYCA has championed the notion that the long-term athletic development model, or LTAD, provides the greatest benefit to a developing athlete, in both physical and psychological aspects, over time.    Contrary to ever-popular and growing model of early sport specialization, the LTAD model is intended to optimize performance slowly [...] read more

Youth Soccer Training Success For Soccer Coaches and Youth Fitness Specialists:   Watch This:         Soccer Speed Training ==> http://CompleteAtheteDeveopment.com   … Actually, This Works for ALL Youth Sports not just youth soccer training:   A Step-By-Step Blueprint for Making Young Athletes Faster   ==> http://CompleteAtheteDeveopment.com   read more

So here is my ‘Top 4 youth fitness business tips for 2011′ wish list:   1. Look At What Everyone Else is Doing… And Do the Opposite read more

  “What are the most important elements of Speed Training to teach when working with young athletes?”   That’s the first question I answered in ‘Part 2’ of my interrogation with Latif Thomas…   LISTEN RIGHT NOW: read more

  World-renowned Speed Coach, Latif Thomas, asked me to answer questions live on an internationally broadcasted conference call.   He allowed his audience to email any questions they had for me.   Roughly 100 questions came pouring in that night….   LISTEN RIGHT NOW:     Want to Know My Complete and Uncensored Training System [...] read more

A coach or trainer must possess a firm grasp of applied pedagogical science and have the ability to convert that knowledge into its practical art form.   Gone are the days of the ‘one size fits all’ approach to working with athletes. You cannot assume nor expect a given group of athletes, with their varying [...] read more

Before I get into the 3 Keys to successful speed camps, I wanted to tell you that after much deliberation we’ve decided to give you access the online version of the closed door Workshop that Pat Rigsby and I did on running Profitable Speed Camps & Clinics when you order the Youth Speed Specialist Certification [...] read more

While thousands of people worldwide have already taken advantage of the “$100 Off” discount I’ve offered you on my new Speed & Agility Specialist Certification, hundreds more have been emailing in some specific questions about the course itself.   So, I decided it would be a good idea to get you some answers.     [...] read more

International superstar Speed Coach Lee Taft and I agree on almost everything related to training athletes.   Together, we have found through our combined 40 years of experience that these are the 3 most important factors to a successful speed training program -     Speed Key #1 – Create a Developmental System Training for speed has to [...] read more

I have long contended that too much coaching when it comes to working with very young athletes is far worse than not enough instruction.   Give them ideas of what it is you want.   Offer more instruction if they need it.   And then let them play.   Allow them to figure it out. [...] read more

Training young athletes for speed is a topic that I love to chat about.   Mostly, because I learn from a variety of sources.   What’s your philosophy on speed training?   Deceleration first?   Systemic strength as a base?   Multiple parts of different kinds of stimulus?   I love to learn from IYCA [...] read more

What you’re about to see is one of the final phases of a system for teaching speed and agility to improve youth athletic development.   You start Youth Athletic Development by Introducing ‘Skill Sets’.   You then Teach ‘Deceleration Techniques’ through the Principles of Movement.   You then Integrate these techniques into a functional and [...] read more

Training Young Athletes Speed Is not all about making them sweat.   It’s about making them better.   It’s not about making young athletes tired.   It’s about teaching them so they become more effective.   A lot of my training system isn’t ‘sexy’.   It’s not the ‘cool, new, funky’ stuff that looks impressive. [...] read more