Tag: athlete development
What makes sport fun?
The positive benefit sport can provide kids is highly dependent on one thing: continued involvement.
If a child drops out, which evidence suggests is happening...
Ep 77- Rick Howard – Professor and Expert Youth Fitness Coach
"I have a kid who could be a pretty good athlete, but if he gets a 97 on a test, his parents ride him...
Where do we find range?
Wherever you look, the world is becoming more specialised.
Education. Business. And sport… where specific environments are being prioritised at younger and younger ages to...
Range
I’d like you to do something for me.
Take a jump to the left, and then a step to the right, put your hands on...
Beneath the surface
A great vegetable garden requires regular attention.
But when your plants just don’t seem to thrive, no matter how much attending, pruning and fertilising you...
Free and efficient
For over 10 years, we've been helping young athletes to move better.
It's what our academy programme is all about.
But what really is skilled movement?
Well, this is how...
Motivation matters
Reaching elite performance takes time. Years, in fact.
Such time, while diffused with the satisfaction of improvement in skill and application, also comes with an...
Push play
Give a kid a skateboard, step back, and watch what happens.
Very quickly they recognise the opportunity to play.
To see what happens when they lean...
Beware the leaky bucket
The quickest way to fill your bucket of potential is to dump as much water as possible into the top. To find any old...
Control
Often, our job is not to teach a young athlete something new, but draw their attention to the familiar.
In a recent workshop I ran...
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5 Reasons Why Competition is Good (and bad) for your Child
What does the word ‘competition’ bring to mind? Is all competition a good thing? How do you distinguish between helpful competition and that which...
50 Questions Every Youth Athlete Should Ask Themselves
Asking good questions is an excellent way to assess your performance and become more in tune with what to focus on to get better.
At...
The Benefits of Training Accessories for Swimming: PT 1 Pull Buoys...
Have you ever watched a top swimmer walk into a swimming pool with a bright coloured mesh bag in hand and wondered why they...
A Deep Dive into our Muscles
Muscles. We are all made up of them, and in fact, we have around 600 of them. Just because you may have some that...
The Menstrual Cycle and How It Affects the Female Athlete
It’s well-known that sex differences between men and woman exist. Differences that affect your physiology.
But what’s not so well known is how these differences...
