These sessions build upon athletic movement skills and begin to advance training content with strength, plyometric, and speed focused exercises and activities. This programme of training will be of benefit to youth-level athletes wishing to progress within their sport, as well as young individuals who wish to learn how to train effectively for strength, speed, and power.
Tag: youth strength training
When can children lift weights?
This post is based another question posed recently by a parent. To begin, any concerns around risk of injury (e.g., damage to growth plates) has now been put to bed. Instead, there is a substantial body of evidence supporting the benefits of strength training, including improved bone-mineral density, improved biomechanics (associated with a reduction in […]