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Speed & Movement Articles

Teaching the Basics of Movement - In the initial phases of training with a young athlete, the undeniable key and focus (outside of fun!) should be aptitude development. That being said, how does one begin the process of teaching movement habits?


Strength Articles

Strength Training and the Young Athlete - Should pre-adolescent kids lift weights or shouldn’t they? Will it stunt their growth or increase their likelihood of future sporting success? Hopefully, this article will help clear up some of the concerns.

ACL Injuries and Female Athletes - Is this epidemic of knee injuries truly caused by genetic factors, or is there a more we can do to prevent ACL tears in female athletes?


Coordination Development Articles

Coordination Development - The key to working with young athletes is providing global movement stimulation. Developing basic coordination through movement is a must, with the eventual goal of developing sport-specific coordination in the teenage years.

Sports ALL Kids Should Play - One of the questions that I get asked most routinely is which sports I believe offer the best development capacity to young athletes. So, here than are my top four sports that all kids should play...


Coaching Articles

Coaching Styles - Do you know how the most effective way to coach the different types of young athletes you encounter every day? Find out here...

Teaching Technique - Good technique is the foundation of sporting success and safety. See the system Brian Grasso uses to make teaching technique fun and easy.


Training and Conditioning Articles

Warm-up Design - This may be among the most controversial and misunderstood topics within the entire youth development industry. There is really only one way to safely and effectively warm-up your young athletes....

A Practical Prevention for Overtraining - In far too many situations throughout North America, strength coaches and personal trainers make common errors in their programming for young athletes, many of which can lead to overtraining syndromes... Here is a practical guide to prevent overtraining your young athletes.


Articles for Parents

Parent's Guide to Speed Training - As the parent of a young athlete, this is going to be the most important article you ever read. It has to do with speed training and, as a parent, what you likely don’t know about that topic. More over, the incorrect information that many other Trainers and Coaches are giving you.


Flexibility Articles

Flexibility for Young Athletes- Q&A with Bill Hartman - Training and rehab expert Bill Hartman shares his insight on mobility and flexibility training for kids.

Flexibility - Are We Hurting Kids? - Questions exist in many trainers’, coaches’, and parents’ minds as to the type of flexibility training one should perform, when they should perform it, and for how long. This article will may answer every question you have, but it will shed some light on a few key points.


Archived Interviews

Juan Carlo Santana on Functional Training - One of the best and most informative interviews you will ever read with a man, considered the world over, to be one of the greatest strength coaches of our generation.

Jim Ochse on Osgood Slater's Disease - An absolute MUST-READ for any parent, coach or trainer concerned about the prevention of injuries in young athletes.

 

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