Coaching Articles - Young Athletes

• Profile of a young athlete

  The physical development of young athletes and what we need to take into consideration when coaching them.

• Back Injuries In Young Athletes

  This article is a review of the various problems related to common back injuries in young athletes

• What factors need to be adapted in youth resistance training?

  Kalan Jones discuss training adaptations when working with our youth. The growth and maturation process for adolescents varies with each individual. A child's maturation is often looked at according to their chronological age, but more importantly, maturation depends on a child's biological age.

• Muscle Balance: Getting it Right

  Muscle balance is important in the prevention of injuries and may assist in the development of maximum speed and improved muscular performance. If not addressed, through a well thought out and disciplined training program, muscle imbalances can slow down and possibly result in injury to the young athlete.

• Strength Development for Young Adolescents

  The experience of providing resistance training education to groups of young adolescents has been etched in my mind. For the most part this is, and can be, a very enjoyable experience, but it requires constant supervision and control. The focus of youth strength training programs needs to focus on correct technique, smooth controlled motions, less resistance and many repetitions.

• Encouragement and support is the key

  How to be successful in helping young athletes achieve their athletic goals.

• Aerobic and anaerobic development

  The benefits of aerobic and anaerobic training for young athletes.

• Resistance Training

  The benefits of strength training for young athletes

• Endurance Training

  The benefits of endurance training for young athletes

• Gaining the winning edge

  What it takes to reach the top of your sport.

• Endurance and the young athlete

  The factors to be considered with respect to the development of endurance in a young athlete

• If you coach children, you have to take particular care to avoid repetitive stress

  The problems that a young athlete experiences when their body cannot cope with the repetitive stress associated with a repetitive movement.

• What Should Young Athletes Eat?

  Some suggestions on appropriate nutrition for young athletes

• Strength Training and the Young Athlete

  Some final thoughts on the debate on strength training for young athletes.

• Is speed training appropriate for adolescents? (Part I)

  The benefits of speed training for young athletes

• Is speed training appropriate for adolescents? (Part II)

  The impact of flexibility, strength and speed training for young athletes and their coaches

• How to succeed with young athletes

  How to work effectively with young athletes

• Flexibility - Are we hurting kids?

  The type of flexibility training one should perform with young athletes

• Increases in joint range of motion with the Bodywall system

  The effectiveness of the Bodywall system in improving joint range of motion

• Resistance training for young athletes

  Guidelines for when starting a strength-training programme with young athletes

• Keep Kids off of Machines!

  Why we should limit the use of machine-based training with young athletes

• Steroid Abuse & Young Athletes - Do we facilitate this problem?

  Recent surveys conducted by the University of Michigan showed that 1 in every 30 high school males throughout this country are currently taking anabolic steroids.

• The key is aptitude training

  An approach to teaching a movement skill to young athletes

• Balancing young athletes' training with playing games

  Why young athletes should have fun when participating in sport

• Strength training for children

  Advice on weight training for young athletes

• How to succeed with young athletes

  How to work effectively with young athletes

• The Amazing Art of Coaching

  The importance of interpersonal skills when working with young athletes.

• Self-assess and try again

  The feedback is positive and students do not have to interpret verbal instructions or corrections while trying to interpret their own intrinsic feedback.

Literature Review - Coaching

• Meeting athlete expectations
• Stress levels already rising? - Then read on
• Now you can deal with your own stress what about your athlete?
• How do we know how much the athlete is committing?
• 'The act, quality, or power of withstanding hardship or stress'
• Masters are getting better
• Everything may be too much
• What's good for the goose may not be good for the gander
• Head-to-head with misconceptions
• Training loads and energy systems
• Carefully simmer for best performance
• Are rural coaches the best?
• Who to coach and how?
• Who to select and how?
• When not to give feedback
• Need I say any more?
• Athletes need more professional guidance
• Time of training relates to time of performance
• Interval training works with young children
• Strength and conditioning put through the hoops
• Running economy and the novice athlete
• Small changes might be significant
• Competition maintains fitness gained in preparatory phase
• Cyclists - get off your bike to improve performance!
• How different forms of training interact
• Active or passive recovery
• Decide why to train first
• Trends in elite sprinting performance in three different sports
• Athletes respond to coach behaviour
• Marathon preparation - ignoring the evidence?!
• Skill development in senior sports people
• Knowledge may be power but experience with knowledge reign

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