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

Watch this video to find out why this approach does NOT work when working with developing, young athletes.

Leave your comments and questions below…

I want to know your thoughts.

Til next time,

~Coach Dave

Is it this picture?

Is it driving young athlete’s into the ground in the name of speed, agility and quickness training?

Is it placing cones, mini hurdles and other training instruments on the ground, showing young athletes how to perform a series of drills followed by them engaging in them until they drop?

If your young athletes are tired, exhausted or barely walking that is success right?

In a word…NO

I have two shining examples of how I define a successful speed and agility camp at Athletic Revolution.

The first is the fact that the young athlete’s at our camp this last Saturday were practically begging me to continue with the camp after two hours of intensive SAQ training.  They were alert, energized and wanting more…just the way I want it. 

Keep in mind the young baseball player who began the mantra for more was describing how he could barely finish the workout at another facility just a few days before.  You know…one of those we can teach the kids baseball and take care of the conditioning aspect of training as well…

You see I explained to them at the beginning of camp that the next two hours were not going to be about kicking their butts or running cone drills until they drop.  They were about to experience a type of training they have never experienced.

Our camps are about skill development.  Our camps are about skills – NOT DRILLS.  The drills we use are specifically chosen to teach each young athlete how moving efficiently and safely feels.

Secondly, each athlete left our camp with the ability to tell me what they learned over the past 2 hours and how what they learned will help them in their respective sport.  Once more (and this one is crucial) they all told me what they can use on a consistent basis on their own during practice and competition. 

Self correction.  Beautiful!

Unlike most SAQ clinics and camps, we focus on breaking down the commodities of proper deceleration, acceleration, hip turns and cutting techniques.  These are all skills which can be broken down and coached.  We spend ample time on posture, thorasic spine mobility, hip mobility, ankle mobility, arm action, foot placement and so much more.

We had fun, we learned and we helped some absolutely great kids teach themselves how to gain game changing speed, agility and quickness.

I thank them for the opportunity to work with them and I can’t wait to run our next one.

Stay tuned!

Til next time,

~Coach Dave

Our Holiday hours at Athletic Revolution are as follows:

Thursday December 24th – Closed

Friday December 25th – Closed…MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Saturday December 26th – Closed

Monday December 28th through Thursday December 31 – All classes as scheduled!

Friday January 1st, 2010 – Closed…HAPPY NEW YEAR!

**REMINDER**

December 28th through December 31st is “Bring a Friend Week”

Registration is required.

Til next time,

~Coach Dave

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 thing – including vitamins – for children.

Have you ever taken a good look at the labels of the leading brands of kid’s vitamins?
On there you’ll find:

• Aspartame, which is a VERY controversial artificial sweetener.
• DiCalcium Phosphate, which is used in the “feed” that poultry eats.
• Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, which NOBODY needs to be ingesting.
• And all sorts of artificial colors.

Does that look NUTRITIOUS to you???
“Yeah, that’s great. But what other choice do I have? If it doesn’t TASTE good, my kid’s not going to take it.”

Well, I may just have the answer to your prayers. But your child’s taste buds are going to have to decide. As a proud Prograde Partner I’m THRILLED to let you know they have just released an all-natural children’s vitamin. And they’ve gone to great lengths to taste test it with kids.

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Til next time,

~Coach Dave

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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 everything.

Click Here to view the current schedule

IF you have any questions please give us a call 781.312.7808 or shoot us an email at info@athleticrevolutionsouthshore.com

Til next time,

~Coach Dave

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)

Exploration Video (Youth Fitness and Athletic Development for Ages 10-13)

I’m so glad you have taken the time to get to know the truth behind youth fitness.

Til next time,

~Coach Dave

I would be remiss if I did not take the time to explain the same for our next age group – the 10-13 year olds.

We call our young athlete classes in this age range Exploration Classes.

We do so because at this age and development stage(s) our young athletes are still discovering movement BUT they are also learning movement.

Why?

Because developmentally that is what a child’s brain and CNS (Central Nervous System) are in a position to do.

Watch below to learn more about how to approach youth fitness for this age group.

Thanks for watching!

If you have questions and or comments please leave them below.

I look forward to hearing from you!

Til next time,

~Coach Dave

I wanted to leave you a message of thanks in a video.

After you watch it post your comments below and tell me what YOU are thankful for!

Remember to check back in at the end of the week for my post about our classes for kids 10-13 yrs. (Exploration).

Til next time,

-Coach Dave

Every now and then do things slip by us?  Yes.

Self confidence as it is marketed by fitness organizations is a case in point.

What is Self Confidence?

Why is that term a part of every youth fitness programs list of deliverables?

self–con·fi·dence  noun: confidence in oneself and in one’s powers and abilities

¹con·fi·dence  noun: a feeling or consciousness of one’s powers;  the quality or state of being certain.

Please watch this video as I explain how self confidence has a crucial impact on our children.

How does your child’s self confidence get nutured?

I welcome your comments below…

Til next time,

-Coach Dave