Understanding your role when training young athletes Far too often, I see coaches and trainers treating young athletes like older and more mature athletes. It has been talked about a lot recently that being too overbearing and “pushy” with young athletes leads to drop out! I have seen this a lot! Some issues far to […]
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Last night I had a great basketball skill training session with three players. The take home message I tried to get across to all three of them is, they must completely buy into making positive changes in their skills in order for change to stick. Athletes must learn that changing a pattern will feel awkward,
Are You Willing To Tell The Truth “Practice! You want me to Practice?” These are the well-known words of a NBA superstar’s interview after he was benched for not attending a practice. When it comes to training, the attitude he demonstrated isn’t to different than many of the athletes and parents of today. It is
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Certainly, there are the obvious learning areas needed to help the learning process. Things like: learning styles, delivery of information and so on… However, there are four critical, not so obvious, important learning environments: 1. Focused Environment – Is there a lot of noise and distraction that distract your athletes from totally zoning in on
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Keep in mind when training athletes: 1. Train for mobility and stability so proper biomechanics is possible. 2. Train for skill development so efficiency of movement in all planes is possible. 3. Train force absorption so athletes can control and reserve efforts quickly and safely. 4. Train force production so athletes can accelerate as quickly
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