Hi everyone! Firstly, a big thank you to those who continue to support this blog. I have received messages from people around the UK and overseas and it is truly rewarding. Today I wanted to give my take on the fundamentals on creating a strength program for the youth athlete. Program writing is a process […]
Hey Everyone! Today I want to talk about an area which I am always trying to optimise, management; both on an individual and a group scale. Today’s blog will stem from another great course from the guys at ALTIS and some of my own personal thoughts, and I am excited to share this with you […]
A word from APA owner, Daz Drake. This week’s blog comes from APA coach Konrad McKenzie. Konrad has done a terrific job of summarising his thoughts on feedback and also leaves a few of his own thoughts on how this could relate to youth athletes. This is a two part blog. In case you missed […]
Today’s blog comes from APA coach Konrad McKenzie Hi Everyone, Today I wanted to review a paper by some great lecturers at Leeds Beckett University, who consistently produce practical research around the area of strength and conditioning and in particular youth athlete development. I am going to split this topic into two parts, Part 1 […]
Nailing the basics: Youth athlete nutrition Young athlete nutrition is vital due to the sheer volume of work they may be exposed to. Some young athletes take part in numerous training sessions and games per week as a result of school and external club sports. Additionally, growth and maturation add in another energy demand. […]
A word from APA owner, Daz Drake. This week’s blog comes from APA coach Konrad McKenzie. In my last two blogs I wrote about the topic ”There is no such thing as a sport specific strength exercise.” In case you missed it you can read Part 1, and Part 2. These two blogs were inspired […]
In this part 2 I’ll be diving into the strategies proposed by Frans Bosch that respect the laws of motor learning and training. If you haven’t already read part 1 go back and do that first. In this part 2 I wanted to finish up with a final section of motor learning as I […]
Okay folks, this is about my twentieth post on the topic- each time I move forward with my thinking on sport specific training. Today’s blog has been inspired by my Tennis colleague Ruben Neyens, who was on a conference call with me and a few mutual friends where we were talking about strength training […]
Building self-efficacy in youth athletes A couple of distinctions I have found between mental toughness, confidence, and self-efficacy: Mental toughness vs self-efficacy? Firstly, I hesitate to use the words ‘mental toughness’ as sometimes, this may be used as an excuse to force young athletes to work excruciatingly hard, all the time (I am […]
APA coach Konrad McKenzie will be doing a weekly guest blog looking at topics related to Tennis and the youth athlete. In today’s blog Konrad gives an overview of the the physical demands of the game using the APA framework of the 5 S’s of Athleticism. Physical Attributes of a Youth Tennis Player I […]
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