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 speed’.  Arm drive, hip drive, ankle push, forward lean – all the usual suspects.  Whether on a high speed treadmill, [...] read more

Speed Training Business Tips Hi Brian,   Erik here. I am currently waiting my approval on the level 1 IYCA Speed cert. Long story short. I am in a new area and have begun to approach facilities, coaches, organizations to be the go to guy for speed training.   I have a meeting set up [...] read more

    So a great question was asked on the message board over at www.IYCAMembers.com a couple of days ago.   "Why are high speed running treadmills NOT recommended for training young athletes?"   I’ve been talking about this issue for as long as I can remember.   So naturally… I offered my two cents. [...] read more

    Speed Training 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 [...] read more

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 more force production and absorption.   How many sets and reps are necessary in a given training program in order to elicit the greatest possible [...] read more

    Youth Speed Training Priciples The "101" doesn’t mean easy or beginner – It means "critical".   The stuff that is truly important.   The stuff that enables you to create the fastest athletes in the game through correct youth speed training methods.   The stuff that matters above all else.   And here’s [...] read more

    Fitness Programs For Kids 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 [...] read more

    Train Young Athletes Correctly From a study published in the Swimming Science Bulletin. Authored by Brent S. Rushall & John Marsden:   "All sports require high degree of skill for superior performance. The major emphasis of a (youth athletic) training program should be skill excellence. For skills to be developed, learning should occur [...] read more

    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 the same thing.     When working with young athletes in a well-designed developmental process, the goal is simply [...] read more

    Youth Speed Training success 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?   [...] read more

    Youth Speed Certification Rampage As I predicted, we literally sold out of the 50 spots within 3 hours.   And why wouldn’t we?   Two certifications.   Two credentials.   Three world-class professionals.   One price – only $197.   Our industry just doesn’t provide opportunities like this and I can’t say as [...] read more

    OK…   Youth Speed Certification Details first -   :: Saturday July 18, "Speed & Agility Certification – Level 1" taught by Lee Taft and myself   :: Sunday July 19, "Youth Nutrition Certification" taught by Dr. Chris Mohr   :: A free 3-hour informal ‘master mind’ with me on Sunday morning   [...] read more

    Youth Speed Training the IYCA way Facebook   Email   Phone   Even fax……   These are the means by which literally hundreds of Coaches, Fitness Professionals and Personal Trainers from all over the world have contacted me since Friday when I announced our exclusive Certification Weekend on July 18 – 19.   [...] read more

    Youth Speed Certification Okay, the questions have been flooding in and the hype around the industry is absolutely huge.   People want to know!   So here’s your inside track information for the Speed & Agility Specialit certification event-   Location: Prairie Stone Sports & Wellness Center, Hoffman Estates Illinois   Dates: Saturday [...] read more

    Youth Speed Training Mistakes Everyone claims to be an ‘expert’ don’t they?   It’s the one title that I truly can’t stand.   And I say that because there are very few real experts in the industry of fitness and sports training.   Gray Cook comes to mind as one of them.   [...] read more

    Youth Speed Training and Business   So I’m just back from a wonderful weekend in New Jersey at the Fast Track to Fitness Millions conference.   The conference was hosted by my two favorite guys – Pat Rigsby and Nick Berry.   The speaking line-up was an unbelievable ‘whose who’ of fitness industry [...] read more

    Youth Speed Camps success So you know that the first annual IYCA International Summit was an absolute monumental success.   You’ve read the comments from our attendees and seen a few video clips from some of the presenters.   But there’s something I haven’t told you yet.   Technically, the Summit was a [...] read more

    Speed Training with young athletes     The DVD’s from my first annual International Summit will be released in just a few short days.   The amount of information you will receive on strength training, programming, speed training and agility development AS WELL as guaranteed business strategies that work will absolutely stagger you… [...] read more

    Speed and Agility With Young Athletes     Speed and Agility with the IYCA has longer term development in mind with young athletes     read more

    Young Athletes and speed training Maybe this is something you don’t need to hear.   But then again, maybe it’s something you really need to hear.   I say that because we all ‘seem’ to know it, but then whenever I have a conversation with a Coach or Trainer about the topic, I [...] read more