65 Responses to “Want To Attend The 2010 IYCA Summit For Free?”

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   November 18, 2009 at 11:06 pm, Owen Browne said:

   Hi Brain,

   This is personal for me . My son was cut from his jv football team simply because he did not have the skills of playing organized football . I believe every youth should be coached not cut from the team for not yet having certain athletic skills . I would like to be there(IYCA SEMINAR) live so that i may help my son and others who deserve a chance .

   Thanks

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   November 18, 2009 at 11:08 pm, Chris Garcia said:

   Brian,
   I have the privilege being a high school football coach and a personal trainer. The high school for which I coach is also my Alma mater. Unfortunately, the school is located in one of the underprivileged areas of town. A majority of the kids come from single-parent families, many of which can barely afford to allow their children to simply play organized sports, much less the price of attending a sports specific facility. There is no monetary value comparable to the determination, dedication and hard work that the athletes at the high school and all kids of all ages and athletic ability put forth during training.

   As a trainer, there is no greater satisfaction for me than to see the end result of what each of the kids has accomplished while training with me. Of course to be able to make a lucrative income would be great but what matters most is the satisfaction I get from training any youth that wants to better themselves in their respective sport and who wants to get to the next level of play whatever level that may be.

   I believe that that IYCA Summit would not only broaden my education but also and more importantly, enhance my ability to help kids achieve their goal. Whether it be on a field, a court, a track or just to help them feel better about themselves by being in better physical shape and condition.

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   November 19, 2009 at 12:31 am, Erik Witt said:

   I have already signed up for the summit since I do not think that I will get the free tickets to go. There are many compelling stories here that i would not be able to touch. But, in the interest of saving a few dollars … who is looking to split a room at the Brown hotel for the 4 nights? Pre tax, group room rates are 115. Divide that by two over 4 days, that would be $230 for the 4 nights (plus tax). I will problably be running during the evenings and going to bed at a reasonable time. I am there to be alert during the conference and to share ideas with the other attendees. Not to party. Boring? Maybe. Dedicated? Always.
   erik.witt at ymail.com

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   November 19, 2009 at 1:52 am, Raj Thompson said:

   I just recently heard abou the IYCA and after research I had a good feeling about this program. Right now I’m a personal trainer and I’m moving to the athletic niche as I was once an athlete, playing football. I knew the idea of working with kids was a going to be a big business but $4 billion dollar industry is huge. The fitness industry is going in a dark place right now. Too many people only care about themselves, only about the dollar and not willing to learn new techniques to make them a better coach/trainer. I believe in making money but if a person can show they are doing good for a community and parents see that then they will trust you and only you. There are people in the industry that base their experience on the number of years they’ve been doing fitness. What difference does it make? There’s always new stuff to be learned and you can implement it into your own program. I’m a big proponent for learning new techniques and becoming progressive with my training style. Mix a bit of the old with some new and mixing it into a potent training style. The IYCA genuinely cares about helping the youth and I’m glad to become involved and eventually become certified. Thank you

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   November 19, 2009 at 9:25 am, Will Paulding said:

   Do you know that it is projected that by the year 2010 the number of kids which have Type 1 diabeties wil double? Take a minute and think about that. I think this organization is a great start in providing a solution for this. The better any one of us is at what we do the better chance their is for kids to stay involved in sports and activites to sustain a healthy lifestyle into adulthood.

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   November 19, 2009 at 10:20 am, Anna McConnach said:

   Hi Brian,

   When last we spoke I was asking about IYCA in Canada and you replied that there wasn’t anything here yet. I think what you have accomplished in such a short time is wonderful, unfortunately it is so far for me to travel and incur registration costs that I am appealing to you for aid in this regard.

   A little about my background. At 14 I started coaching recreational gymnastics, I am now 42, and still coaching recreational gymnastics. I have also coached my sons rep soccer teams throughout the years. He’s now almost 15, so I have done more than my fair share of volunteer coaching in the community and enjoyed every minute of it but it would sure be nice to be remunerated in the future for my long standing dedication to youth in sports. I have my NCCP Level 2 in Womens Artistic Gymnastics and Community Youth Soccer. I also have coaching training in Sprint Canoe & Kayak and would like to start my own canoe and kayak club here in Muskoka.

   As an architectural technologist who designs cottages and boathouses in Muskoka, a lucrative occupation, I always considered my part time coaching, community service. However, two years ago I fell down a set of stairs, hit my head and was knocked out cold. I still have not recovered fully from the trauma. I had to stop doing the achitectural drawings as it was just too much for my brain to handle and turned my focus to my coaching experience.

   I took my Can Fit Pro Fitness Instructor Specialist and now teach group fitness classes to adults and children, I also have training and experience in teaching AquaFitness. I have had the pleasure of teaching group fitness and aquafitness to children and love it. I still coach recreational gymnastics and work on a climbing wall at our local community center. I am lucky to have about 30 hours of work a week in different capacities. The salary is a lot less than what I am used too but I take on everything I possibly can each week in the field of adult and youth fitness in my community.

   I am confident that IYCA certification would give me the edge I need to become an independant contractor in the field of Youth Fitness and would very much appreciate your help in achieving this.

   Sincerely,

   Anna McConnach

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   November 19, 2009 at 10:38 am, Doug Garner said:

   Hi Brian – it has been great watching the iyca grow up. I have been in youth sports for 30 years now and your philosophies address the core of what I have always believed in working with and training young athletes. For the past 18 years I have taken my background and experiences and done what I can as a volunteer for training young athletes in adapted and wheelchair sports. This is a field where there is VERY little information on sport and/or fitness training, and I would like to visit with others in the iyca about adapting training information for special populations. I am the commissioner for the Junior Division of the National Wheelchair Basketball Association and volunteer my time helping professionals across the country provide sports training opportunities for students with disabilities and would love to use the information and networking from this Conference to help grow an educated group of volunteers and professionals working with this population. I think I could also maybe help educate your members about the growing market of young athletes with disabilities who could benefit from the work you are doing!

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   November 19, 2009 at 10:52 am, Abby Runner said:

   Why I’d like to have free tickets to the summit?

   The reasoon why I’d like to attend the Summit for free and for Lee Taft to explain his class speed training concept to me for no charge is due to the following reasons:
   As an athlete during my high school and collegiate years, I was expected to perform at a particular level as a sprinter and heptathlete, especially since I was on a full collegiate scholarship. I was advised I must sprint a certain way, hurdle from a particular distance, high jump using a particular method or form, and breathe a certain way during cross country training and conditioning. However, I was never informed why I must accomplish those tasks as I was commanded. So, my entire years of competing and being victorious, was based on how to train for competition and how to be a champion. When I graduated and began coaching, I, of course, passed on the same style of coaching – showing high school and collegiate athletes how to sprint, how to hurdle, what method to use for high jumping, and how to breathe during LSD training. One day, an athlete asked me why must she high jump using the technique I had shown her. My response, very quickly, was – “this is best for your height”. Again, she asked “why is it best for my height?”. My answer was – “this is a known fact from years past and I was informed that this was the best technique for people of our height”. She finally said, “oh”! After that conversation I began replaying it in my mind for several months.. I finally decided, I need to know, for myself, the “whys” to all of the “how’s”. I began doing research, studying more about the sport, and attending conferences and workshops. My desire is to be able to tell my athletes, on a high school level, and my clients, who I personally train, why a particular method works, or why they are expected to do a particular task a particular way. I believe Lee Taft’s training on “world-class” speed, will aid me in my continued research and studying on the “why’s” for every “how”. I pray that I will be selected for the free tickets so that I can learn from an expert, in this field, and be able to inform my athletes and clients of every necessary and intricate detail pertaing to their training. Too often, many coaches and trainers, who have been coaching and training for years, develop a “self-pride” in which they believe they have the answer for every question or delimma, or is too proud to ask or take advise from a known expert. I was somewhat in that boat, many years ago, but quickly learned how humility opens the door for agility in learning, developing, and training. I, now, look forward to hearing, with respect, the best spearkers in any given field. Thanks for this opportunity to share and I hope to see you at the summit.

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   November 19, 2009 at 11:02 am, Melissa Walker said:

   Along with co-owning a small fitness studio with my husband, I am also a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. We have started to work with high school athletes at our studio and have given them an alternative to the huge “speed schools” in our area. Working with athletes is great and something I continue to want to learn more about. However, the group I am most passionate about working with our the “not so athletic” kids. The kids picked last for kickball. The kids who think they cannot compete in any sports because they feel they just aren’t good at anything. Maybe they’re even a little overweight. I want to help these kids realize that fitness is fun and that by making healthy decisions, they can feel good about themselves.
   How do I attract these kids? I’ve tried networking with local pediatricians to see if they have any sedentary or even obese kids to recommend, but I haven’t had too much success. I would like to attend this conference and help get ideas to turn my passion into a successful program.

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    November 19, 2009 at 11:43 am, Brian Gaines said:

    After 12 years of being a trainer, this organization has changed the approach of me and my company, which I believe will set a new standard in my state. We are in the worst place to raise a child, the 45th unhealthiest place to live, and still do not focus on our own community to change the perception for everyone to notice we have over 250,000 families that live here. I believe the lessons we will learn from the Summit, will assist us to encourage our parents, and present them with a company that has incorporated what families need to enhance our child’s lives from within the household and affect them throughout life not just for the moment.

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    November 19, 2009 at 12:01 pm, Laura said:

    I have been interested in sports since I was a kid. I have been around sports my entire life. Until recently I was teaching PE and health in the public school system but often found myself frustrated with lack of space and equipment as well as the attitude that PE wasn’t that important. I recently relocated to NYC and became a personal trainer. As I am transitioning with my career I am finding that funds are tight. I am passionate about fitness, athletics and kids and would love to have the opportunity to attend this conference in February. At the fitness facility I work at the owner has asked me to coordinate and develop a youth fitness program and I am very excited about this endeavor! I have purchased both the Youth Fitness Specialist and Complete Athlete Development packages form you and find the exercises and routines to be invaluable. I would like to take it a step further and attend this conference. I am an athlete myself, I have been playing women’s full contact tackle football for 10 years!!! I have also coached youth football and co-ed flag football. Please help me to reach my goals!!!! Thanks, Laura

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    November 19, 2009 at 12:35 pm, Anna McConnach said:

    Hi Brian,
    When last we spoke I was asking about IYCA in Canada and you replied that there wasn’t anything here yet. I think what you have accomplished in such a short time is wonderful, unfortunately it is so far for me to travel and incur registration costs that I am appealing to you for aid in this regard.
    A little about my background. At 14 I started coaching recreational gymnastics, I am now 42, and still coaching recreational gymnastics. I have also coached my sons rep soccer teams throughout the years. He’s now almost 15, so I have done more than my fair share of volunteer coaching in the community and enjoyed every minute of it but it would sure be nice to be remunerated in the future for my long standing dedication to youth in sports. I have my NCCP Level 2 in Womens Artistic Gymnastics and Community Youth Soccer. I also have coaching training in Sprint Canoe & Kayak and would like to start my own canoe and kayak club here in Muskoka.
    As an architectural technologist who designs cottages and boathouses in Muskoka, a lucrative occupation, I always considered my part time coaching, community service. However, two years ago I fell down a set of stairs, hit my head and was knocked out cold. I still have not recovered fully from the trauma. I had to stop doing the achitectural drawings as it was just too much for my brain to handle and turned my focus to my coaching experience.
    I took my Can Fit Pro Fitness Instructor Specialist and now teach group fitness classes to adults and children, I also have training and experience in teaching AquaFitness. I have had the pleasure of teaching group fitness and aquafitness to children and love it. I still coach recreational gymnastics and work on a climbing wall at our local community center. I am lucky to have about 30 hours of work a week in different capacities. The salary is a lot less than what I am used too but I take on everything I possibly can each week in the field of adult and youth fitness in my community.
    I am confident that IYCA certification would give me the edge I need to become an independant contractor in the field of Youth Fitness and would very much appreciate your help in achieving this.
    Sincerely,
    Anna McConnach

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    November 19, 2009 at 12:52 pm, Scott Stevenson said:

    Brian… I have been coaching youth baseball for 9 years. I have just recently learn about the IYCA and feel that it is a great tool that I can use in coaches young athletes. I am currently coaching at the 15U level and going to continue with this team through 18U at that point I will start back at the 9U level and work up with that team. I really enjoy working with the players and watching them advance from a young child to a young man. I feel this program will help me help the boys reach their goals in their baseball career. I have just received the Youth Fitness Specialist Level 1 training program and currently working through it. All of it is very interesting and I can’t wait to get back to it every night. I feel the Summit will only help me advance futher as a coach and be able to share this great information with the players. Thanks for the consideration and a great program. Scott

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    November 19, 2009 at 4:03 pm, Jeff said:

    Well I met Brian, I think on his first ever teleseminar before he and the IYCA blew up the place. From the moment I heard him speack you could feel his passion for what he was doing and what he wanted to do and was great to see where he has taken the IYCA. I made a very bad business decision about a year and half ago, which has cost me a lot financially and caused a lot of money problems. Because of that I had to take a job that I absolutely hate in order to have a job and pay the bills to take care of my family. I have been working hard to try to get back to working with kids, but his job makes it really tough, but i am hoping the get things turned around for next year. I recently had to meet with a bankruptcy lawyer to discuss options and would hate to have to do that, because I just don’t want to feel like I have failed my family.

    I had to borrow money from my mother to attend a recent event in Louisville, which was so hard to do, but I didn’t want to miss that event and was glad I didn’t. I just can’t make myself ask for money to attend another event, so would be great to receive Brians grascious offer. I know everyone on here probably deserves the chance to go to the event and I hope everyone gets that chance. Well enough about me.

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    November 26, 2009 at 6:21 pm, Michael Labuanan said:

    Aloha Brian,

    I was wondering if I would be able to get that discounted price on the 3 day summit. I tried to connect on that discounted link the other day and was unable to ge that discounted price. My wife and I just had our third child a few days ago and it has been very hectic at home and at the hospital. When I finally had a chance to get to the computer the link sent me to the full price 3 day summit. I am interested in attending the second annual youth summit and would be traveling all the way from Maui, Hawaii. Please let me know if it is possible to attend the summit at the discounted rate that is no longer available. I would really appreciate it and will need to get my flight and hotel arrangements done asap.

    Thank You,

    Michael Labuanan Jr,
    Youth Fitness Specialist Level II
    ACSM Certified Personal Trainer
    Certified Speed, Agility & Quickness
    USAW Sports Performance Coach
    NESTA Master Personal Trainer
    http://www.mauisportsconditioning.com