Kettlebell Snatch For Young Athletes   by Jason C Brown read more

    High School Athletes Strength Training     By Wil Fleming Nearly all high school athletes, with very few exceptions, need to develop explosive strength.     The instances in which the skill of explosive strength are used in sports are endless, but when used “explosiveness” is very apparent.   A linemen firing off [...] read more

Strength And Conditioning Coaches Often Overlook Movement By Jim Kielbaso A lot of people in this field call themselves Strength & Conditioning Coaches. I don’t have a problem with the “Strength” part of the title, but the “Conditioning” part could use a little work.   As a former college S & C Coach, I fully [...] read more

IYCA Youth Fitness Specialist Spotlight   I am licensed professional counselor in the state of Connecticut and work as a child and adolescent clinician at Natchaug Hospital. I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Eastern Connecticut State University and was a four year collegiate soccer player earning All-Region and All-New England accolades as [...] read more

  Coaches for high schools and teams need specialists… by Ryan Ketchum   The biggest obstacle that arises with youth fitness and sports performance coaches and business owners seems to be figuring out a way to gain the approval and access to high school or team coaches. Honestly, 99% of you are probably doing it [...] read more

Long Term Training… Point #2 – M.O.L.D: The Key to Long-Term training and Athletic Performance   Taken straight from the IYCA’s Youth Fitness Specialist – Level 1 certification material, this acronym should be the calling card for every single professional and/or volunteer working with young athletes:   M = Movement Must Dominate   Every aspects [...] read more

High School Athletes   b) Learning Exploration (10 – 13)   Very similar in terms of primarily Outcome-Based (roughly 80%) and explorative in nature. In this phase, due to increased Training, Biological and Emotional ages however, we can add points of quantified instruction. The CNS is still very plastic and therefore adaptable to change – [...] read more

Training Young Athletes: exactly what the IYCA is all about. Specifically related to our Concepts when training young athletes long-term development.   There are certain core values as it relates to training young athletes and people that we disclose within our ‘Youth Fitness Specialist – Level 1′ certification course, and you either need to hear [...] read more

Youth Sports Training Protocols. I couldn’t agree with Dave Gleason more than I do…   Watch this and tell me what you think:     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

  Chris Scarborough is a professional Strength & Conditioning Coach who specializes in Young Athlete Development. His information is top-notch and reflects his unprecedented knowledge of this topic.       BG: What’s your background in youth sports and athletics? Have you trained a lot of young athletes?     CS: As a young athlete [...] read more

  The “High School Certification is NOW AVAILBLE:   Click Here Right Now -–> http://iyca.org/highschool/   ** Important Notice **   The High School Certification for Strength & Conditioning will retail for $297 starting Saturday January 29….   Enjoy a full $100 discount right now:   —> Click Here for ‘$100 Off’ the “High School [...] read more

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

Ken Grall is one of the very best Coaches (and people) involved in our Athletic Revolution franchise of Youth Training Centers nationwide. One of Ken’s young athletes (a 13 year old pitcher) has a Softball Coach who is rather… how shall I say this… INTENSE about what he thinks he knows to be true and [...] read more

Programming for young athletes Here’s where I left off yesterday…   Moreover, I’d be willing to bet that 90% or better of the 13 year olds who walk into your facility would ‘fail’ this standard assessment:   They’re growing and lack mobility They growing and lack coordination They sit all day and have inappropriate hip [...] read more

Youth Fitness Rules to follow When I look around the industry, I find myself becoming more and more discontented with the view.  It seems that there is a never-ending litany of new, innovative and advanced techniques in the field of strength and conditioning that are, in essence, just re-fabricated models and methods that have proved [...] read more

by Wil Fleming – www.beforcefit.com   I was speaking yesterday to a fellow strength and conditioning professional and the question came up "Do you like to do cleans from the floor or from the hang?"   Considering that my first experiences with training came at the age of 15 in an Olympic lifting club where [...] read more

Jim Ochse is an athletic trainer and strength and conditioning coach at DeSales University in Center Valley, Pa. He serves as athletic trainer for the women’s Volleyball, men’s and women’s cross-country, women’s tennis, and baseball.   During the summer, Jim presents SAQ camps for athletes from 10-18 years of age in northeastern PA.   BG: [...] read more

Chris Scarborough is a professional Strength & Conditioning Coach who specializes in Youth Athlete Development. His information is top-notch and reflects his unprecedented knowledge of this topic.     BG: What’s your background in youth sports and athletics? Have you trained a lot of young athletes?     CS: As a young athlete myself many [...] read more

Okay… So the ‘trouble’ really isn’t with high school athletes, per say, it’s with the training programs they’re often forced to use.   And frankly, they don’t know any better.   But then again, neither do many high school Coaches.   Not a targeted shot, just reality.   So here are some of the problems [...] read more