Youth sports training & (ACL) Injuries   By Jim Herrick   The good news about knee injuries these days, and Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) tears in particular, is that medical science has turned what used to be a career-ending injury into something most athletes can recover from in time. The bad news is [...] 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

    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

Coaching Young Athletes – Here’s the last part of what you need to know to become a great Coach…   (3) Constant Praise   This one is something I wish more Fitness pros understood when Coaching Young Athletes .   If your young athlete performs an exercise that is 90% incorrect, the only option you [...] 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

‘Sport Specialization‘.   Is it truly detrimental to the long-term success of a young athlete?   If so, how is it possible to spend the number of years necessary to develop the skill in a specific sport if your goal is to play at the next level?   Watch this –     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 Sports Training with Weights At what age should a young person begin lifting weights or using Kettlebells?   The question I get asked more than any other.   Here’s my brief thought on the matter (taken right from the curriculum found in the IYCA’s Youth Fitness Specialist – Level 1 Certification 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

Youth Sports Training For; Mobility & Active Flexibility Injury Prevention – Mechanics Injury Prevention – Deficits Torso   I had 20 minutes, one volleyball court and 50+ young athletes…   So, here’s how I broke it down:   (A) Mobility/Active Flexibility (7 Minutes)   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

Youth Specialization Interview Juan Carlos is the director and CEO of the Institute of Human Performance in Boca Raton Florida. His training methodologies have been successfully applied to the full spectrum of the population; youth, geriatrics, rehabilitation and elite athletes. He has authored numerous articles, books and videos, on various topics involving optimum physical performance. [...] read more

Youth Sports Training Vs Fitness How can you engage your young athletes with more than just ‘training programs’?   Is there a difference between ‘Youth Fitness’ and ‘Youth Sports Training’?   Watch This:       Your Key to Training ALL Young People (Athletes & Non-Athletes) Is Right Here   –> http://iyca.org/YFS1 read more

Do you involve Parents in your young athletes training programs?   Should you?   Does long-term success INCREASE when you do?   Why and How you can involve Parents in your facility or Young Athletes training programs to ensure success…     Speaking Of Long Term Success, Look At This:   –> http://CompleteAthleteDevelopment.com read more

Youth Sports Training **********************************************************************   The Importance of Speed Training for Young Athletes…   Click Here —> http://CompleteAthleteDevelopment.com   **********************************************************************     Open versus Closed Habits?   ‘Part 3′:   The core of technique development or learning is in the action of achieving perfect sensory-motor habits. A sensory-motor habit is simply a “learned activity of [...] 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

I found this archived article and wanted desperately to bring it to your attention.   There is SO MUCH MORE to youth sports training than just selecting some exercises and counting reps… ‘Part 1′:   Demonstrating good technique from a sporting perspective involves applying optimal movement ability in order to accomplish or solve a particular [...] read more

  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

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