youth fitness
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 …
Balance Training for 10-13 year olds
Core strength and balance are important components of successful sports performance. Training these elements in young athletes can be fun and challenging or boring and time consuming. Static and dynamic balance can effectively be trained by partnering young athletes together and using an implement to “battle” for balance supremacy. At Athletic Revolution I will use …
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 …
Youth Sports Burnout
Coaches Corner by Dave Gleason Youth Sports Burnout Around the age of 6 (sometimes younger) our children begin to explore recreational sports. The experience of playing youth sports often continues throughout high school. Soccer, basketball, football, lacrosse, hockey and lacrosse are extremely popular. In a recent article by the Journal of the …
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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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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Has Physical Education Failed Our Youth?
The following video is one of the best I have seen in a long, long time. DO NOT WATCH THIS VIDEO… Without an open mind. This wraps up why I opened Athletic Revolution and why what we do is so different. We are constantly educating parents…informing them so they can make solid decisions as to …
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 …
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 …
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Youth Fitness and Athletic Development Ages 14+
Kids 14 years old and up are extraordinary and providing youth fitness and athletic development for this age group is a science and an art. This video will give you insight as to the correct way to provide fitness programming to this age group. Enjoy. Discovery Video (Youth Fitness and Athletic Development for Ages 6-9) …
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