What Coaches and Parents Need To Know About Training the Pre-Adolescent Female Athlete
Height is shooting up faster than you can say "growth spurt." Hip structures are widening. Thighs and legs are lengthening. Coordination feels funky and not as smooth as it once [...]
Eight Ways to Avoid Boredom When You’re Training
Have you ever thought about how many times you train in a gym? If you’ve squatted once a week for two years in a conventional 3x10 rep scheme, you’ve squatted [...]
Dear Parents: What a Performance Coach Wants to Tell You About Your Kid’s Training
Dear Parents, You are my teammate. I believe you and I both play a pivotal role in helping your kid develop a positive relationship with training and all the wonderful [...]
11 Reasons Every High School Needs a Strength and Conditioning Program
This article was originally featured on PLT4M. PLT4M partners with over 800 high schools as an online strength and conditioning tool, delivering customizable, research-based fitness and performance programs for every [...]
8 Mistakes I Made Training Youth Athletes (And What I Did to Fix Them)
When I graduated from college, I was looking forward to moving back home and becoming an assistant soccer coach with my high school program. I was just starting my journey [...]
4 Big Lessons Kids Learn Through Fitness
Youth fitness programs are an excellent way to keep your child active. But the benefits of training extend far beyond the body. Weight training is a very powerful medium to [...]
Design Your Own High School Strength and Conditioning Program
Back in my high school days our football coach had a pretty solid strength and conditioning program. Kids lifted, got stronger, and we had a pretty good...
Why You Don’t Need a Barbell to Make Kids Better Athletes
The barbell is considered the essential implement in modern strength training. And for good reason. The first written record of the barbell came in 1854 from French strong man and [...]
Why In-Season Strength Training Is Essential for Soccer Players
"In-season training is not necessary," one youth soccer coach once uttered to me. "My kid is too busy to make time for in-season strength training," one parent has told me, [...]
Deadlifts, Dead Bugs, and Superfields: Inside the Training of a Women’s Soccer Pro
The North Carolina Courage are one of the best women's soccer teams in the world. Not only are the reigning NWSL champions, but they've led the league in points both [...]