Young Athletes and Resistance Bands At least once a week I am posed the question about how to train my son or daughter using bands and in most cases all I can envision is kids being put through a grueling workout using big bands that literally throw them around like a human sling [...] read more

High School Athletes Programming   By Wil Fleming   Recently I gave some thought to how many questions arise when putting together programming for high school athletes. Questions about general strength training practices, how to prioritize training goals, and what to do for speed and agility are all important, but the most basic of questions [...] 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

  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

    Foot Strike: The most obvious but most overlooked component of training young athletes.     About eight years ago, one of my high school high jumpers, Danielle, came running down to me at a track meet to tell me the news. As the coach of the long, triple and high jumps I was [...] read more

IYCA Olympic Lift – Instructor Course Can Help Take Your Athletes To The Next Level read more

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Coaching Young Athletes, the caveat and ‘Point #2′…    (2) The Art of Coaching young athletes   read more

Is there a difference in ‘Injury Prevention’ for soccer versus baseball with young athletes?   How about hockey versus volleyball?   Interesting topic…   Watch this video on Youth Sports Injuries and see what you think:     read more

Youth Fitness Tools What do you REALLY need to train young athletes properly?   What if I gave you an exact template to spend no more than $50, but with that small investment, could stock your entire Youth Fitness & Sport Training business with exactly what you needed to both:   Get started now…   [...] read more

Over the past 3 years with the IYCA, I’ve spent a lot of time considering this subject.   Are Kettlebells safe for young athletes?   Are they just a fad that our industry is embracing right now?   Are the reputed performance gains you get from using Kettlebells real?   I considered it all.   [...] read more

Group One, Group Two & Group Three youth sports training classifications… But what else?   Here’s Part 2:   How efficiently an athlete learns the technical skills of a sport, strength training exercise or movement is determined by several variables -   Age – Complex skills are often understood and comprehended better by more mature [...] read more

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  High School Strength Certification will be released tomorrow. And today, I wanted to hit you with a few key points for your consideration…   Barrington High School Timothy Christian Prairie Ridge   3 of the numerous high schools I either worked at or consulted for from 2001 – 2009.   Without question the most [...] 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

‘Rare’ is another way of saying ‘scarcity’.   Uncommon.   But scarcity also means a ‘shortage of supply’.   And while I can absolutely assure you that there are no shortages in the supply of ‘Complete Athlete Development’ systems available, I can also positively promise that its rareness is something you simply must consider.   [...] read more

Strength Training & Young Athletes…   What’s right?   What’s wrong?   What you DO NOT know….   Listen and comment, as always: read more

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 in non-fatigued states… It is advisable [...] read more

There is no real danger in kids performing machine based training under the proper supervision and appropriate guidelines. Many studies done the world over have concluded that strength based training programs done on this kind of fitness equipment is very safe for young children (again under appropriate guidelines). My issue is not whether or not [...] read more