Conditioning Young Athletes

Conditioning for Young Athletes provides coaches instructors teachers and parents of future sport stars the best training advice exercises and programs for establishing an overall fitness base and maximizing athletic development for youth. This authoritative guide includes numerous exercises that safely increase young athletes coordination flexibility speed strength and endurance. It contains a proven regimen geared to three developmental phases long- and short-term training plans and specific programs for sports such as baseball basketball football ice hockey soccer swimming and track and field. Tudor Bompa brings you the expertise that has helped train everyone from youth athletes to Olympic champions. Together with Michael Carrera he provides parents teachers and coaches with more than 182 exercises appropriate for children ages 6 to 18. These exercises take into consideration critical factors such as a childs developmental stage motor functioning and sex-specific considerations to ensure that the workouts do not hinder development and growth. Regardless of the sport Conditioning Young Athletes has you covered with ready-to-use programs for both short-term and long-term development.