Posted on: September 19th, 2010 by IYCA No Comments
September marks the beginning of yet another long school year for kids all over the world.
I remember distinctly the feelings I had as the lazy summer days came to a close and the word ‘responsibility’ started
circulating through my daily thoughts.
Responsibility to wake up earlier than I had been used to.
Get to class on time.
Diligently tend to my homework nightly.
Posted on: September 5th, 2010 by IYCA No Comments
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 tried and true for literally decades.
This is especially true at the youth level where we tend to walk the fine line of wavering between dummying down adult-based prescription and creating ‘novel’ schemes of building the same results that can, and are developed through the standard basics.
When working with young athletes (aged 6 – 18) I implore you to resist the temptation of thinking too far outside the box and instead concentrate your time and effort on both pondering and answering these 3 specific questions:
Let’s examine ‘Concept vs Cool’ today…