High School
Simplicity Is Always the Key When Strength Training Youth Athletes
What is the overall purpose and/or goal of training for athletic performance at the middle school and high school levels? Any response given to this question will likely file under [...]
How Old Does Your Child Need to Be to Start Working Out?
As the world presumably gets more competitive in academics and sports, parents are looking for ways to separate their children from the crowd and...
Parents Guide to Nutritious Team Dinners
If you're a parent (or a coach) of a Middle School or High School sports team, you're probably due for a large team dinner at some point in your son [...]
Using a Subjective Rating System with High School Athletes
Strength and conditioning professionals at every level face several challenges that are not easily solved. If you work in a high school setting, you will almost always have to do [...]
Dealing With Being Told You Are An Alternate
If you are told that you are an alternate for the cheer mat, you have a right to be upset about it. It's okay to be disappointed. However, that doesn't [...]
What We’ve Learned About Youth and High School Sports Durning the Pandemic
We've learned a lot through this pandemic and have only scratched the surface on what we'll take away from this. From a high school athletics standpoint, we've seen things take [...]
California Delays High School Sports, Bay Area Leagues Pivot For 2021
With the end of 2020 in the near distance, the scramble to prepare a 2021 plan of action is at the top of everyone's list. In California, high school sports [...]
The Most Important Class A High School Student Can Take
Now, more than ever, these classes are needed.
How to Help Students Care About P.E.
Motivating students in Physical Education class is tough. It's something that, as a PE teacher, I honestly struggle with quite often. When you are teaching upwards of 50 students at [...]
Less Than Half of American Children Get Enough Sleep Each Night. How Do We Fix It?
How much sleep is enough for children? According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, nine hours a night is the magic number. New research presented at the AAP’s National Conference [...]