When working with youth on athletic development; quality of movement, dynamic stability, and rest should be the key components. Most club sports (soccer for example) have rigorous schedules. They practice at minimum three times a week, usually have 1-2 games/week, and then the athletic development program that the parents shuffle them to. When does the kid rest? When does the kid get to be a kid? These "club" sports add a lot to a child's plate so the professional that the parents seek to develop them athletically should be aware of this and not just run them through the mill, although this is what usually happens. When it does, overtraining/burnout sets in and they usually get injured (may be a nagging injury or a major one). The parent and the professional (I use this loosely) then tells them to "suck it up", or "you have to play through it", and they justify it by saying it "builds character"......Really?! It builds character? No, it sets the kid up for a miserable sports career unless someone notices and takes the proper action to get them on the right track.
Youth Athletic development should focus on maintaining the athlete through this process, teaching them how to move properly, how to take care of their bodies, make them stable in a dynamic environment. It should also teach them how to develop power and how to use it effectively. It should teach them about overtraining and the early warning signs. It should be fun, but challenging. If it is none of the above, reevaluate. An injury prevention program for youth is more than making them stronger by addidng external resistance that they cannot stabilize. It is not depth jumps before the proper age, it is not pushing them until they cannot take anymore. Wake up "professionals", stop taking the kids in for the $ and start to develop these young athletes correctly.
BIOMechaniks: Train the mind and the body will follow
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