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Youth Fitness: Goals for 2011

Posted on: December 22nd, 2010 by IYCA 2 Comments

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Youth Fitness Resolutions

I don’t believe in New Year’s Resolutions.

Never have.

But I am a determined and purposeful Goal Creator.

I’ve learned (from trial and error) that to get what you want (in life, your career, everything) there are 3 very specific and very notable steps you absolutely MUST take:

You must write your goals down
You must believe and have faith that they will ‘come true’
You must repeat your goals as an ‘inner dialogue’ several times a day

The trade secrets that have worked (wonderfully) in my life.

What do you want in your life during 2011?

What do you want in your youth fitness career?

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Young Athletes: Flexibility versus Mobility

Posted on: October 29th, 2009 by IYCA 10 Comments

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Young Athletes Priorities

by Mike Robertson

What is the difference between Flexibility and Mobility?

I’ve always used the Bill Hartman definitions; they go something like this:

Mobility – Range of motion under specific circumstances (specific)

Flexibility – Range of motion about a joint (non-specific)

So mobility is specific to a certain movement – i.e. you need a certain amount of hip mobility to squat, lunge, etc.

In contrast, flexibility is non-specific – i.e. you lay someone on their back and stretch their hamstrings. This gives you an idea of their flexibility, but it’s not specific. Just because they have great hamstring length doesn’t mean they’ll be able to perform functional movements properly or without compensation.

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When Do You Train Young Athletes?

Posted on: September 17th, 2009 by IYCA 4 Comments

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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 in non-fatigued states… It is advisable to schedule auxiliary training sessions either after a (sport) session or at some time that allows complete recovery from its execution so that no residual fatigue is carried over".

I’ve never mentioned this in literature, but have advocated it several times through lectures and seminars. Learning how to create appropriate training sessions is crucial to working with young athletes. If you are forced to have the technical practice AND the training session within the same day (as is typical), make sure that the training session comes AFTER practice. This keeps the body and CNS rested and for skill acquisition and demonstration during practice.

Ever notice that the "science" of strength, conditioning and fitness is more
complex than many realize?

Train Young Athletes

It’s really got nothing to do with just throwing some exercises together and
counting sets and reps.

Does speed training come before or after strength training?

When is it best to train the "core"?

Where does flexibility training fit into the daily picture?

Getting the most from your young athletes and truly making them the very
best they possibly can be means knowing as much as you can about how
to train them properly.

It’s not a day-by-day concept or fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants situation.

It requires a system.

A complete and comprehensive system that is internationally proven to be
successful and can be implemented by you TOMORROW with ease.

A system just like this one…