tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16454210267704978362011-12-30T10:53:34.966-06:00Welcome to the BEST resource for Youth Athletic DevelopmentWill Haskell, YCS Lev. II, ACEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00512390102982647779noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645421026770497836.post-80032592198172680192008-05-14T06:19:00.000-06:002008-05-14T06:50:59.930-06:00

"...be a part of a 4-billion dollar industry...""...earn a 6-figure income...""...this is the ONLY Certification..."As our industry develops, the Youth Development & Fitness sector is saturated with these types of claims.Be wary!If I were to attach these claims to any other product, you'd laugh. Yet, in this industry, trainers are forking over hard-earned dollars for these types of promises.For

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Nothing.I am constantly flooded with parents and coaches requesting "sport-specific" training for their athletes. While the culture of youth sports in America is currently failing our athletes by demanding early specialization, we will simplify our position into three crucial reasons why "sport-specific" training doesn't make sense for ANY young athlete.1. Athletes can play multiple sports.Many

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http://www.velocitysp.com/willowbrook/articles?news_id=86I love the concept that trainers and facilities are now going to put a guarantee on athletic improvement. Take a look at this article and I'll be glad to point out the flaws.1. Testing---These tests have no real value in determining long-term athletic success. If the tests can't determine athletic success, how can you put the guarantee of

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Before I get started, bear in mind that I love my career. Nothing offers me more satisfaction than seeing young athletes learn and succeed. However, our industry is currently being speculated for a monumental collapse. A collapse that can be blamed on the industry itself and most importantly, an industry that is becoming more eager to get its hands on children and young athletes in an attempt to

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My apologies for the few the read my posts. Since my last post, I've had a broad spectrum of events occur that have taken my time away from my bloggly scribblings.1. Met Joe Montana, Butch Davis, and Jim McMahon.2. Got offered a job as a strength coach for a major Division I program.3. Watched the Red Sox go 9 games up in the AL East.4. Contributed to an awesome basketball project.5. Lost my

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Every time I talk to another coach or speak to a parent, I constantly get the same comment; "I want them to get faster". "Will, you have to get him stronger."The problem with those comments is that most trainers, coaches, parents, and even the athletes don't understand what that means. They typically think that everything has to be overly challenging and hard if we are going to see any

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I wanted the timing of this post to be consistent with the "big" event going on right now in professional sports---the NFL Combine. News media sources have been covering the training and preparation leading up to the combine, coaches testimony, "expert" analysis, and everything else revolving around this battery of tests. Unfortunately, every one of these analysts and coaches contradict

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Recently, I've been inundated by requests from coaches to test their athletes. Speed, agility, power, strength--everything that could be deemed athletic. While this is clearly a great marketing tool to get more kids involved in our programming, it's very Machiavellian to take part in this behavior.All else aside, what does testing our athletes really prove? As a scientist, I like to believe

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My title is a bit misleading. Let me start over. Youth Sports--Way Behind the Information.Most youth sports coaches don't have the information to take the reigns of the physical development for their athletes. Yet, on a daily basis, I see teams performing static stretching as a warm-up routine, long-distance conditioning, an lousy strength instruction. Amazingly enough, within 5 minutes of

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The original plan for this blog was to have a continual schedule by which each new topic would be introduced in each previous post prior to the information being unveiled. Unfortunately, while this post was supposed to be about why youth sports are behind the times, I was recently witness to several ridiculous comments that sadly came out of the mouths of parents. These comments were so

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The first post I would like to make revolves around the pursuit of the title. The #1 status many parents and coaches are trying to achieve at early ages is destroying any developmental progress needed to reach this significant status.Most recently, I was fortunate enough to speak before a local Little League organization about different concepts regarding the development of their athletes and in

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