Read More“I am all for young athletes participating in resistance training with one caveat - their bodies must be prepared to do the movements that will be required. …”
1. “Because it’s fun” remains at the top of the list of reasons why young athletes want to play a sport.
2. Not enough coaches and parents understand the learning process. The best learning happens slowly. Both parents and coaches are rushing skill acquisition on their children and athletes to the detriment of a foundation of fundamentals.
Read MoreI (Coach Milo here!) say that lucid of the fact that Father Time is undefeated.
But, age, it grabs us by the hamstrings and clenches, not allowing us to contemplate anything beyond the number of flickering candles on our last birthday cake. Seriously, as a society we are severely hoodwinked by age and generational characterizations.
Read MoreOne of these days we will realize the power of fitness. Read this article to gain more lucidity about what exercise does to the brain.
Read MoreSeriously, if given one exercise, of the litany of them available to help a person become physically better overall, sprinting is that exercise. Everybody I have ever trained learns better sprinting mechanics.
Read MoreI coach young athletes and teach youth athletic development in multiple countries on five different continents. I can say, with zero reservations, that the athletes we coach would play dodgeball every day if we allowed it.
EVERY DAY!
Read MoreIn both situations, coaches benefit by constructing drills such that the only possible outcome is the only one the coach wants, e.g., the one the athletes need. We, however, must make sure the athletes are motivated by something that gets them to complete the task.
Read MoreI may go into this in more depth later. But, for now, we simply need to understand that girls mature faster than boys. When girls go through puberty there is not the same radical physical growth that happens with boys. Girls' growth is steady from a young age throughout puberty. That slower growth makes it easier for a girl's brain to teach the body the proper movement patterns.
Read MoreThere are a few things that transcend age boundaries when it comes to developing athletes from an early age. What is good for 4- and 5-year-old athletes do not always equate to what’s good for their 8- and 9-year-old brothers and sisters.
Read MoreThe body supposedly is not ready for it. It’s still growing and developing. Growth and development are exactly why children should be strength training. Once upon a time there were these things outside called playgrounds. There were apparatuses named: slides, swings, monkey bars and teeter-totters.
Read MoreStrength training can make them stronger
But it must be done in a sequential manner, in a way that maximizes their present level of athleticism and increases the ceiling for their potential.
Read MoreLove LOVE LOVE! That athletes come to us wanting to get stronger, faster, quicker, more powerful, more mobile and more stable.
The only real regret is that we are getting these young athletes well after their earliest skills acquisition. Parents have paid a lot of money to teach the athletes how to swing a racket and a club and a bat and a field hockey stick.
Dear Coach Harbaugh,
Waited a couple of days to write this to hear from you publicly about the validity of this scholarship offer. Not hearing anything leads me to believe it is entirely accurate.
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