How to successfully manage a young athlete’s emotions
“Every time I go out to play it means everything to me. I’m so competitive, I just can’t handle losing”.
These are the words of...
Strength Training: safe & essential for young athletes
To most people the 'squat' is an exercise performed in a gym. Think again. It’s one of seven foundation movement skills used by athletes...
Deliberate practise: vital to your success as an athlete
Even now I remember the intense pain that shot through my left foot as I whacked my toe hard into the top of the...
Summer training: How to stay on track & keep improving
Now that school’s out and the summer holidays are here it can be easy to get distracted from working towards your sporting goals. Therefore,...
Part 3. Goal setting makes all the difference
For a long time I thought the idea of goal setting was a waste of time - a tedious task that stands in the...
Part 2. Why treating athletes individually is a must
In last week’s blog I left you with an important question to consider: whose responsibility is it to drive training motivation in youth athletes?
As...
How to motivate your athletes without being over the top: Part...
Part 1 . Turn Up Ready To Work Hard
Skills can be trained, unlike a person’s height.
Training your skills is less about your genes and...
Sometimes just turning up isn’t enough.
It’s easy to fall into a pattern that returns good results and, because you're not going backwards, you're quite happy with the status quo.
However,...
Bigger, Faster, Stronger: Child Prodigy or Early Developer?
As a young kid I played just about every sport under the sun. Looking back on my younger years, I hardly spent any time...
7 ways to improve your coaching
I believe that coaching youth athletes is one of the highest impact and most rewarding things you can do. It’s your chance to make...
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Debunking a common myth: Youth weight training
There are these common generational myths that have been passed down to us and it would be fair to say that we really don’t...
AD Alumni: Anna Steven
We're shining the spotlight on some of Athlete Development's alumni who are doing great things in their chosen sport. Meet sprinter Anna Steven, who...
Preparing for school and club sport
Now that school and club sports teams trainings and games are gearing up again, what can your young athletes do to better prepare for...
Pat Chat: Sleep enhancement for youth athletes
In the second of our three-part series, AD Academy Programme Manager and Lead Coach Patrick Davenport focuses on the importance of sleep for the...
How can you build psychological safety?
When it comes to pursuing excellence, moving from where we are now to a place that is more effective, how we behave is what...
