Improving Vertical Jump with Young Athletes
Gravity does it’s best to hold athletes down to the ground. The ability to jump well is a serious advantage in most sports. Not only does this skill move athletes closer to the clouds to hit, catch, or shoot, it helps with other skills like first step quickness...
An “On Field” Guide for Strength: The Foundation of Athletic Confidence in Kids
The ultimate reward for a youth coach is the sweaty smile we see when our young athletes experience success. This could come in the form of conquering a previously-difficult challenge; it could be a hard-fought win. Ultimately, it could come from a genuine enjoyment...
10 Simple Ways to Make Drills More Challenging for Young Athletes
Faster, Further, Heavier…. When an activity becomes easy or routine for a young athlete, coaches immediately default to one of the above interventions to make the activity more challenging. After all, each makes the activity harder. The body and brain respond to...
Easy Learning: 6 Steps to Teaching Movement Skills to Grade Schoolers
A growing number of children are entering sports and fitness programs lacking basic, fundamental movement skills. Once a task for physical education and play, youth sports and fitness coaches must now add the introduction of basic movement skills to their coaching...
Do Kids Need “Speed” Training Before Puberty?
Speed is the currency of success in most sports, even during the early years before sport skill is developed. This has led parents and coaches of young athletes to embark on a constant quest for gimmicks, gadgets, and gurus that could prove a shortcut for creating...
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