Boy Do The Young Athletes Need This

Last month, I was giving a group of personal trainers and coaches a presentation on the aspects of
long-term development and training for young athletes.

"The contemporary 6-week programs just won't cut it" I was pontificating.
"Aiming for short-term biomotor gain is easy... and quite frankly, something you can't really be sure you are responsible for."

Hands shot up everywhere.

"What do you mean by that?" one inquisitive trainer asked.

"What do I mean by what?" I asked, knowing full well where this discussion was about to go.

"That we can't be sure we are responsible for the biomotor gains we see in our young athletes."

Now we were getting somewhere.

"Well, look at it this way" I began. "You have a 16 year old athlete. You train him for 6-weeks, being sure to test
his vertical jump before you start the training program and than follow up with a post-test at the end of the 6-weeks."

Everyone was with me thus far.

"What are you likely to see in the second vertical jump test?" I asked.

"An improvement" one coach offered.

"Correct!" I was closing in on my point. "But why?"

"Because you trained him to be more powerful so he could jump hire" offered the same coach.

"Quite possibly" I conceded. "But are there any other reasons that could account for this?"

Blank stares.

"What's the fundamental biological difference between a 16 year kid and a full grown adult?" I was hinting now.

"The 16 year is still growing?" said one trainer who appeared to understand where I was going.

"Right!" I said. It was clear this trainer was on the right track.

"The fact the 16 year is still growing and producing tons of testosterone means that the power
increase he showed on the re-test could have as much to do with his natural developmental process as it did with your training program" the same trainer continued.

Bingo.

"So are basic performance tests, like a vertical jump, accurate portrayals of how well
your training program is working?" I asked cautiously.

"No" offered one trainer sheepishly.

They finally got it.

"Right. But what else?" I kept pressing.

"What do we know about the performance results we're going to get from teenagers" I really wanted them to get this point.

More blank stares.

"They're guaranteed" I finally broke the silence.

"How do you mean" asked one trainer who was clearly asking the question that everyone else in the audience wanted to ask.

"Well, teenagers are growing" I started. "They are producing testosterone and have natural restorative
capabilities that are at a life-time high. They are in the process of becoming adults. In short, their bodies are in a perfect state to 'become better'."

A trainer in the back row broke the silence - "So it doesn't matter what you do, teenagers are going to respond and improve".

Turn out the lights, the parties over.

"Precisely!" I practically yelled.

That has been the point all along. Any degree of basic fitness training will yield results in a young athlete. Period.

The subtle nuance of the situation resides in what's BEST for the young athlete.

You see, this is the difficulty of the youth athlete industry - no one is truly right or wrong as
much as they are MORE right or MORE wrong.

Put a kid on nothing but leg extension and leg curl for 6-weeks and you WILL see an improvement in force output... but you'll also be pre-disposing them to injury by not training the leg muscles in a synergistic and complimentary way.

Train for speed on a high speed treadmill, and you WILL see speed and power gains... but you won't transfer
them to the field or court with near the same efficacy as you would have if you had trained on a real surface,
and you certainly won't be teaching the importance of change of direction or deceleration.

"O.K., Brian... so how DO we train young athletes?" A trainer standing on the side of the auditorium asked.

And that's why I decided to write this article for you.

How DO you create a long-term, developmentally-based program for a young athlete?

How do you guarantee that you are being MORE right?

Let's me start the discussion by offering you a free resource that you simply must have.

It is an audio interview I did with Dr. Kwame Brown on motor skill development.

The audio interview can be found at the IYCA Free Resource Center -

http://www.iyca.org/Free-Resource-Center-c8.html

Dr. Brown is one of the most incredible and intelligent professionals I have ever met in the sport-training
industry... and it is MORE than worth your time to listen to this man speak.

He has a PhD in neuroscience, tons of clinical and research experience, but is also a coach.

Seriously... after years of working in the research end of the sport-training industry, he moved into fulltime
coaching and now works with young athletes everyday putting his clinical knowledge to work in a practical setting.

Before I continue, you know what I find most interesting about this topic?

Every single trainer, coach or parent who owns my Complete Youth Training system already has the answers to this issue.

While other pros may want to charge you upwards of HUNDREDS of dollars for some basic information
and concepts, my Complete Youth Training system is just that... a COMPLETE SYSTEM... and it only costs you $47.

Parents who own it know exactly what is right and wrong for their own young athletes and can intelligently
hire the best trainer possible for their kids.

Coaches who own it understand exactly how to create practice and game warm-ups and conduct training
sessions that are time efficient and effective.

Trainers who own it can create a system that enables them to develop young athletes properly and even
more, understand how to establish a sustainable and profitable business in training young athletes.

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The Complete Youth Training System:

:: Training Young Athletes - The Grasso Method book

:: The Art of Coaching eBook

:: Speed and Movement Economy Development eBook

:: Coordination Development eBook

A COMPLETE SYSTEM that won't take you hours upon hours to read or understand for $47... that beats the
tar out of paying $100 for an endless array of information that takes WEEKS to sift through and STILL doesn't give you an all-encompassing system.

Check out my system here -

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If you already have my Complete Youth Training system, than you are way ahead of the curve and will
find the rest of this article easy to understand and a 'no-brainer' to implement.

If not, than trust me... your current system is not near as good as it could be.

Next week I will finish off explaining how to develop a long-term system for young athletes...

It is a resource I PROMISE you won't want to miss.

'Till next time,

Brian

P.S. - Free Resource Overview:

Interview with Dr. Kwame Brown -

http://www.iyca.org/Free-Resource-Center-c8.html

Complete Youth Training System -

http://www.thegrassomethod.com/gm1.htm

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