Youth Athletic Development
Training athletes from the back forward
Most training programs for young athletes focus all of their attention on the big pushers and fancy drills. Bench pressing, squatting, high speed treadmills and the like are the mainstay of many sports performance center. These ways of helping a young athlete become better are ill advised and not optimal. The posterior chain is a …
Coaching from the sidelines
Coaches Corner by Dave Gleason Coaching from the Sidelines? “Youth sports are big business selling big dreams. And, the denial runs deep among sports parents.” At least, that’s the word from Aisha Sultan of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in an article that is garnering national attention. If your children are involved in sports, you’ve probably …
Pembroke Mariner & Reporter: Train Like a Pro; Are we hurting our kids?
Coaches Corner Training Like a Pro; Are we hurting our kids? By Dave Gleason There is a malady that is running a muck in the hyper competitive world of youth sports. The well intentioned and yet ill conceived notion of “more is better” that modern society places on young athletes in an effort to be …
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Speed Training For South Shore Young Athletes
Here at Athletic Revolution, we place an emphasis on making sure your young athlete is as fast as they possibly can be. Speed and Agility are very important to the success of any young athlete… … But most Coaches and Trainers make mistakes when it comes to training for speed. Here’s what I mean: It …
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Youth Fitness Testing and Assessment [Video]
Testing and assessing young athletes should not begin with adjusted 1 rep max or 3 rep max in the squat and or bench press. Collecting data on a young athlete who is beginning an athletic development program should not be be based on how many push ups, sit ups and pull ups they can perform …
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Pembroke Youth Soccer Exclusive Training
PYS Exclusive Train like a Pro with Pembroke Youth Soccer partner Athletic Revolution. Becoming a better soccer player begins with working to be a better athlete. Soccer drills mean so much more when your body is moving correctly. MLS All-Star Kevin Alston is getting his off season workouts at Athletic Revolution. Now …
Every Sports Parent’s Nightmare
Over Specialization in Youth Sports By Brian Grasso You’ve heard the term ‘Sport-Specific-Training’ before, correct? Well, let me give you the cold hard facts… It doesn’t exist. Especially not with young athletes. When working with preadolescent and high school athletes, the undeniable reality is that we are tending to an organism that is in …
Preventing Repetitive Motion Injuries
Repetitive motion injuries in young athletes continue to be on the rise and in my opinion can be avoided. Recently I posted a Youtube video on this subject for the IYCA. It is an honor to be the training advisor and columnist for the only organization that specializes in youth fitness and athletic development. Although …
Young Athletes and Nutritional Supplementation
Since I first posted about Gatorade on our Facebook Fan Page (some time ago now) I have admittedly become side tracked and the result is a huge delay in a proper response. I have been meaning to reseach and comment on Gatorade and their new G-Series for some time. …
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McMinnville High School Football – Lessons Learned?
The story based out of McMinnville High School in Oregon has just about every media outlet one can imagine. From the Associate Press to ESPN, the “mystery” of why several high school football players would be hospitalized raises many question and much concern. The initial national coverage by ABC News was quick (and irresponsible) for …
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