Unique Benefit 1-Enhancing the Kinetic Chain The human body is not a random assortment of isolated parts, but rather a wonderful interconnection of several subsystems. We were not put together like Frankenstein’s monster and for the most part should not train athletes this way. The human body is a series of linked systems that can be […]
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If you didn\’t already know, jumping and landing with varying ground contact times are a staple in the majority of our youth athlete programs. Fast ground contact times (<0.2secs) fall into the category of a true plyometric and therefore a fast stretch-shortening cycle response, whereas jumps with slower contact times (>0.25 secs) are classed as
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Kalos, from the Greek word meaning beauty. Thenics from the Greek word meaning strength. Some may scoff at calisthenics as being simple bodyweight training…and building up towards seemingly superhuman feats of athleticism, such as a human flag, handstand push-ups or one arm pull-ups, is simple..but not easy. Yet people often confuse the two. When using
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Strength training is often frowned upon by endurance athletes and coaches, and instead, the view is often taken that endurance is solely improved by the sport. Therefore, many fall into the trap of spending large amounts of time developing the cardiovascular system over strength and movement qualities. Endurance is seen as the ability to endure
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Plyometrics are the social media of the modern world. You may have heard of plyometrics… But you might be confused or unaware of their actual purpose. By the end of this blog you will know: · The benefits of plyometric training for the youth athlete · Some key guidelines for how to perform them ·
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(Credit RS Lloyd , JL Oliver) The Youth Physical Development Model holds valuable guideline information for any one wishing to embark on providing sound exercise prescription to children. We know that all of the physical attributes above are trainable but certain qualities need to have more emphasis at certain times in a child’s chronological age.
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Whilst post-pubertal athletes, or adults, can improve their strength through increased muscle size, pre-pubertal (especially young female) athletes do not have the hormonal building blocks of muscle that adult athletes do. Since pre-pubertal athletes have a limited ability to increase strength by building muscle, they typically improve how much force they can produce in the
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Meet 13 yr old Lillian who’s been involved with our Child to Champ program for a few months now. She represents Truro City at swimming and her medals hanging around her neck came from a recent haul at the SLS Nationals in Bournemouth. Her team sports interests lie with hockey and netball. From
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There’s not one week that goes by when one or more of our youth crew rolls into training with an injury. They vary from very mild niggles to limb breaks. However, regardless of injury (in most cases), we insist and encourage the guys to maintain consistency and commitment by continuing to train. Very often some
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Prior to my arrival, the pupils at the all-girls school I work at had no experience of a structured strength and conditioning program, so these lessons are as much my reflections on my first year leading the strength and conditioning program at Downe House school as they are about doing this in the context of
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