Keys to Training Youth - Part 1
Peter Twist
- Introduction
- Pete’s background in sport
- Youth -> corporate -> seniors -> everyone’s an athlete
- Challenges of new generation
- Primary fitness characteristics: cardio, strength and flexibility
- Secondary fitness characteristics: balance, coordination, agility, functional strength, movement skills and reaction skills
- Challenges of modern sitting generation
- Movement-based training applications across all populations
- Youth phases of development: neauromuscular, skeletal maturation, muscle maturation
- 0-12 years old – nervous system maturation
- Challenges of early selection process
- Building balance, agility and confidence
- Youth obesity and lifestyle challenges vs. yesterday’s lesser demands and PLAY in movement
- Average child watches 25 hours of TV per week
- Food options have expanded into packaged, junk and fast foods
- Solution – turn off the TV and go out and PLAY
- Inspiring kids to move again – exercise needs to be fun
- Tag and follow the leader – engaging the mind and body
- Working with the blank canvas
- Maturation phases
- Pre-pubertal – nervouse system development, controlled tempo, whole body exercise
- Bench press vs. dual stability ball push-up - Increasing recruitment and activation 1000%
- Pubertal Stage – skeletal growth but no muscle growth yet
- Increased injury risk with change in direction and deceleration
- Girls 8:1 ACL injury risk
- Controlled pace, agility drills
- Post pubertal – hormones now respond to strength training
- Increase load – hypertrophy + sports specific movements
Wrench, Mark |
15 Jan 2012, 15:10 PM
New favorite audio. Inspired by PTontheNet again. Very grateful.
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