Posts Tagged ‘LTAD’
Handy videos for parents of sports children
Trustworthy information to help parents I don’t profess to know everything, but I am lucky enough to know enough great coaches and experts that I can draw upon for advice. This means I can give the best advice to parents of our club members and individual athletes. Here are two great examples of conversations I…
Read MoreHelping your child become happy and active within sport
“Youth sports is a business plan that fluffs egos and packs pocket books” Said Randy Ballard of Illinois University at the GAIN conference in Houston last month. He was talking about how parents try to get their children to specialise in sport too early, without realising the dangers of this. “75% of kids quit sports…
Read MoreStructural Integrity: Building the Foundation for youth athletes.
How do I start training?
In the rush to get results fast and take shortcuts, or to “get to the interesting stuff” young athletes get broken.
One thing I have been working on over the last two years is improving the structural integrity of the athlete, before moving onto other areas of fitness.
Structural Integrity is composed of 4 key components:
Read MoreLet your child play sport rather than just compete
Children need to play more and compete less Children who get injured or burntout may be competing at sport too much and have too little opportunity to just play. These words on shoulder operations by Hall of Fame baseball player John Smoltz ring very true. “I want to encourage the families and parents that are…
Read MoreHow a good coach can help you become a winner
Why hiring an expert coach will save you time and money
Young athletes (and their parents) are overwhelmed with information from varying sources that is often conflicting. It is my job to help them navigate the maelstrom.
Originally designed as a concept to deal with organising and displaying online information and layouts, information architecture could as easily be applied to coaching.
Read MoreHow can I stop my child getting injured?
The evidence is quite stark if your child is spending too much time in organised activity rather than free play, if they have specialised in one sport and if they have gone through their growth spurt, then they are more likely to get injured (1).
Read MoreGiving our youth roots to grow and wings to fly
The above is a quote from Frank Dick. It is brought to mind because last week a young athlete said she wasn’t good enough to get to the Olympics.
At 13 years old, no she isn’t. What was disappointing was it appeared that any flame of ambition had been doused.
Read MoreHow much sleep is enough after training?
Sleep deprivation has shown to
increase cortisol levels,
decrease activity of human growth hormone,
and reduce the efficiency for glucose metabolism.
68 Lessons from the garage of pain
“Challenge Assumptions”
I have been reviewing things I have learnt working with athletes and coaches over the last 12 months. In no particular order and with some brevity:
How to manage “Growing pains”
A guide to common growing pains in athletes
Children and adolescents endure many of the same injuries and mechanical dysfunctions as adults. However, in the maturing skeleton there are some specific conditions that are only seen in the young.
Here is an overview of the common conditions, their causes and how to manage them.
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