Why do Young Athletes Need to Future Proofing? Today’s children have swapped time outdoors for time in front of screens & even those participating in sport appear under increasing pressure to be the next big thing. Sadly, drop out rates in sport, whether it is a result of leaving the structured environment of school P.E […]
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If you’re working with youth populations in any context then maturation should certainly be a subject you’re familiar with. This infographic is a brief insight into growth rates for both male and females during puberty and the all-important PHV/PWV phases. It can be a delicate time for adolescents and without tracking it and knowing where
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Meet 15 year old Finn who’s been with us since Easter this year. Finn’s passion lies with football, and he currently represents Plymouth Marjon and Cornwall at centre mid-field. He’s been playing the game since he was 5 yrs old, and shows no signs of stopping any time soon. With trials for Exeter
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For two and a half years now, we have been running our successful youth athlete program, “Child to Champion”(). Over 60 young people from varied sporting and non-sporting backgrounds have been able to develop themselves physically and mentally on our programme and as a result, they perform at a higher level. What changes have we
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The squat is a fundamental exercise that we teach all our youth contingent very early on in their foundation phase of training. The exercise is a key performance indicator with regards to jumping height and sprinting and leaving it out of a training program would require a very valid reason. The graphic shows our progression/regression
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Trunk Training for the Youth Athlete Part 1 (Read here) of this series discussed the anatomy of the different muscles of the trunk and how this determines function as well as how you can categorise your trunk training to maximise your athletic performance Part 2 (Read here), introduced the concept of low load stability and
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Warm-ups… What do you know about this common phrase? Time and time again we hear of individuals preparing themselves ineffectively for their sport or training session. A quick jog around a pitch or a five minute cycle in the gym is simply not enough. Using the RAMP protocol inspired by the work of Dr Ian
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Trunk Training for the Youth Athlete Part 1 (Read here) of this series discussed the anatomy of the different muscles of the trunk and how this determines function as well as how you can categorise your trunk training to maximise your athletic performance Part 2 (Read here), introduced the concept of low load stability and
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No matter where a child is in their athletic development journey, motor skill competency should be a key part of the process. Below is an infographic based on one from High-Performance Training for Sports, that shows us the competencies that can be obtained. How we obtain these, however, is down to the coach. Low training
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In part 1 (read here ) we defined the trunk, explored the anatomy of the trunk, and used this to help lay out the parameters for optimising our trunk training for the youth athlete. Today’s post will dive into more detail on low load stability trunk training. Following this article you should: Understand how to
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