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Adventure Themed Programming Ideas For Young Athletes

  Programming Ideas For Young Athletes     By Dave Gleason   Without a doubt, the most popular game amongst our youngest athletes (Discovery 6-9 years) is the Pirate Game. Many Athletic Revolution...

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Has the ‘Biggest Loser’ Jumped the Shark?

  Childhood Obesity Tackled By The ‘Biggest Loser’   By Dave Gleason   On September 4th 2012 the Associated Press Reported that in the shows 14th season “The Biggest Loser” will have children between...

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Throw Out Your Scale and Enjoy The Ride

  Youth Fitness: Throw Out Your Scale and Enjoy The Ride   By Kyle Brown   Imagine yourself out in the park, with a basketball in hand, playing an impromptu game with friends. You’re laughing, smiling,...

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Resistance Bands and Olympic Lifting

By Dave Schmitz   Wil Fleming recently wrote a very powerful article on “Why Olympic Lifts” that I found very thought provoking. I agree with Wil that when you begin to discuss Olympic lifting with...

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Specialization

By Wil Fleming   As coaches we no doubt know about the pitfalls of early specialization when it comes to young athletes. Despite much evidence that early specialization can lead to higher levels of...

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3 Lessons From The NFL Combine

By Jim Herrick This upcoming weekend, most of the nation’s top pro football prospects will gather in Indianapolis for the 2013 NFL Combine. It is what the league refers to as a ’4 day job interview’,...

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Flexibility and Mobility for Young Athletes

Flexibility vs. Mobility in Youth Fitness Programs By Mike Robertson What is the difference between Flexibility and Mobility? I’ve always used the Bill Hartman definitions; they go something like this:...

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Are We Really Getting Stronger?

Is Your Youth Strength Training Program All Hype? By Mike McGurn All sports I can think of require basic strength levels, and strength training has recently become a much sought after attribute in the...

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How Do You Assess Student Fitness Levels?

Alex Slezak – M.Ed, YFS, YSAS, HSSCS   Often I see physical education programs comparing student data to norms or standards and then inferring if a student is healthy or not. I have no problem with...

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Awaken the Sleeping Giant

By Alex Slezak – M.Ed, YFS, YSAS, HSSCS A while ago I wrote an article entitled There is a Sleeping Giant Among Us. The article basically stated that Physical Education programs in our schools are just...

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How to Become a Strength and Conditioning Coach

Opportunities Abound—Consider Your Strengths By Jim Kielbaso The field of strength and conditioning has exploded over the past 10-15 years, and more people are wondering how to become a strength and...

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Overworked and Underpaid

Overworked, Underpaid and…Exhausted? If you are reading this, it’s fair to assume it is because you answered “yes” to at least one part of that question. Let’s be honest here, most of us feel this way...

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Pushing Power in Athletics

When it comes to developing the ability to push someone around, a skill necessary for almost every team based sport, there isn’t a better training tool than the push-up. I’m sure there are plenty of...

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What Coaches Must Be, Have, & Do to Make a Difference

There are many reasons to become a sport performance coach. Whether it is an undeniable passion for working with kids, a need to fulfill a void that you never had during your athletic years, an...

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Bands for 6-13 Year Olds

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Plyometrics for Youth Athletes

Part 1. What are Plyometrics? Plyometrics is a popular term used in the strength and conditioning field. Many strength coaches implement “plyometrics” into their programs to improve power and...

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Monitoring Part 2- Monitoring Tools That Every Coach Needs

In Part 1 of this blog I discussed why we monitor and considerations for monitoring your athletes.  Part 2 is going to deal with how we monitor at the high school level. Monitoring can be an expensive...

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Baseball Season is a Marathon – Not a Sprint

As baseball season is well underway in most areas of the country, youth athletes across the country are dusting off gloves and bats and have geared their arms up for the spring season. At any age,...

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3 Ways to Optimize Performance of the Mind

Optimizing Performance of the Mind Get three case-study examples and mental toughness tips from Sport Psychology Expert, Dr. Haley Perlus…for FREE! Who else wouldn’t want the ability to help athletes...

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5 Injury Myths You Need to Know

Injury Myths: What You Need to Know Does it just seem that some people are more injury prone than others? I know this from personal experience, I was one of them. Perhaps that’s what drove me to become...

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