Posts Tagged ‘athletic development’
Training young athletes: Part 1 Frank Dick
I am starting this Olympic year with a focus on training young athletes. With all the hoo ha about the top end, it is important to remember how to get there. This week some expert coaches from Track and Field, Athletic Development and Strength and Conditioning have kindly donated some ideas.
Read MoreAthletes come in all sizes.
Some great news from our biggest and smallest athletes this week.
Elliot Hoyte (6’5″, 120kg) American Football Defensive End, has won a full scholarship to Boise State College in the USA.
The World’s best coaching session.
I train a group of about 24 developmental athletes from a variety of sports. This is a busy session, in a shared space with lots of information, distractions and big personalities.
I wasn’t happy with the way I delivered 2 weeks ago, so I sat down, discussed with 2 interns (Duncan and Rhian), and really thought about coming up with a good solution.
I designed the next session using a variety of exercises, mixing between a whole group and 6 sub groups, utilising the space better, and also the equipment.
Read MorePrinciples of Athletic Development : GAIN review 1
“Are you making athletes better or tired or more predisposed to injury?”
This was one of the key questions we were asked on the GAIN 2011 conference in Houston, Texas in June.
It is easy to make Athletes tired, it is easy to do STUFF, but making them better and knowing why you are doing things is difficult.
This is the 1st of 5 blogs that will review some of the things covered over the 5 day conference. It is a summation of my reflections and thoughts since then: hence the delay.
Read MoreAthletes in action
Just some random pictures this week of Excelsior athletes in action.
Read MoreCBEs- why all Excelsior athletes get them in the New Year.
CBEs- Character building exercises.
I am not a believer in beasting people, rather in getting them to beast themselves.
Sport and life require you to deal with adversity. Training in situations which are challenging and demanding will help the young person deal with pressure when the time comes that they need it.
As a coach you can help by creating an environment that seeks out challenge and guides the young people into working harder than they are accustomed to, or indeed believe they can.
Read MoreMotor skills development- spatial awareness and catching.
I am using a block of Autumn training as a motor skill development with endurance training period.
I am using tennis ball drills: catching, dribbling, turning, evasion and throwing for one set of development.
The other set is using the 4 limbs to perform different tasks whilst standing and then moving in different directions.
Most of the athletes can do 2 different things simultaneously, but not many 3.
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