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Youth Sports Specific Training
The following video is uncut…unedited…raw footage of two 5 year old boys playing at Athletic Revolution as they await pick up.
They were left to their own accord to play with everything in the facility excluding the weights. I sat at the very desk I am typing this post from with a watchful eye to see what …
Sports Performance Training at 5 Years Old
Sometimes a video can speak a thousand words…with practically no words spoken.
View this video to see how through a process of discovery…5 year old Andrew teaches himself to jump rope.
Far too often kids are overcoached.
Have you seen over coaching?
Have you done it?
What are your thoughts…I want to know.
Til next time,
~Coach Dave
New England Revolution…at Athletic Revolution
Make no mistake.
Athletic Revolution is the only facility dedicated to youth athletic development and youth fitness – and we are backed by the ONLY organization in the world that educates trainers and coaches in youth fitness and sports performance training (International Youth Conditioning Association).
If you have read our other posts or watched our videos you …
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3 Myths of Coaching Youth Sports
Here is an article that I wrote that was just published in the Pembroke Mariner & Reporter:
3 Myths of Coaching Youth Sports
How to Coach Your Team to Success
Being a coach of a youth sports team puts you in a position to make an indelible impact on the children you are coaching. This is true if …
Youth Fitness and Sports Performance Advice…
The following is an excerpt from World Re-known Strength Coach Mike Boyle. Mike is highly respected and quite literally considered the best in the WORLD at what he does – prepare athletes to reach their absolute best. When the best trainers and strength coaches have a question…they go to Mike.
Recently Coach Boyle was asked a …
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Youth Fitness Assessment Day
The date has been set:
Saturday, March 2oth 2010 is the first Athletic Revolution Champions Assessment Day
From 10:00 am to 1:00 pm a group of Athletic Revolution athletes will display their athleticism in front of friends, family and neighbors.
This is a big deal and here is why…
Til next time,
~Coach Dave
Testing Youth Fitness and Sports Performance
All to often youth fitness programs assess their young athletes by measuring flexibility, strength, speed, power etc while using adult protocols including 1 rep max tests (or adjusted 1 rep max), sit and reach, shuttle runs and vertical jump…to name a few.
Watch this video to find out why this approach does NOT work when working with …
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Holiday Schedule
From our family to yours…we want to wish you HAPPY HOLIDAYS! This is such a special time of the year. It is a season of thanks, love, giving and family. With that, we will have and adjusted schedule.
Our Holiday hours at Athletic Revolution are as follows:
Thursday December 24th – Closed
Friday December 25th – Closed…MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Saturday …
Outrage Over Children’s Vitamins
Not too long ago Tobacco companies were using cartoon characters to influence children into thinking smoking was cool. They got in a lot of trouble for that, eventually.
Fast food companies partner with Hollywood and have all sorts of action figures from popular movies at their restaurants.
And corporations do the same to sell all kinds of …
Scheduling Young Athletes
One of most common questions we field at Athletic Revolution is “How does your schedule work?”
We use what is called a hybrid block scheduling system.
In short, this schedule allows for as many opportunities during the week and weekend for a young athlete to take advantage of our programming.
I made this video for you that explains …
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