The
development of sports training programs for young people requires a
deeper understanding, a mental state different and more complex than the
creation of programs for adults tools. The
demand for services that teach skills for youth sports - especially
those that help develop motor sports and basic technical skills - is
increasing in the United States. The
rooms vary in entertainment, fitness centers are running programs of 7 -
to 16 years, with emphasis on programs for speed and agility to
children playing baseball, football and basketball.
Children
lack of recreational activities and the alarming trend of early
specialization in sport are two of the reasons why sports training
programs for young people can be beneficial in the development of
movement skills, weight and general fitness. However,
the quality of services and the interests of children are at risk if
proper guidelines and specific approaches are overlooked in the heat of a
profitable time. It
is a fact that creating sports training programs for young people
requires a deeper understanding, a mental state different and more
complex than the creation of programs for adults tools.
In this regard, the following eight concepts should be the basic philosophy of all sports training programs for youth success:
1. Children are not small adults
Coaches are often not educated enough on children and young Exercise Physiology - added to which are forced to always win. Many design training programs based on the goals and skills of adults. The intensity and duration of exercise, and the exercises themselves are often in a training session for mature athletes.
Sometimes I see a football team of 10 to 1 pack of 12 years in my home. When
I see the team sprinting in the heat, in full swing, running round
after round and falling on the floor, I began to think about the purpose
of the exercise. My guess is that the goals are the development and metabolism mind possibly force. However,
due to the inability of young body to respond to the mode of training
given, it is unclear whether the purpose of the training will lead to
success on the football field. In
other words, even if these young athletes develop physically and
mentally at the perforation, the lack of running technique and poor
motor skills under fatigue probably translates positively to the same
reading of the sport. The
same exercise can be great for athletes who are able to use their
advanced motor skills and reap the metabolic benefits, but not their
younger counterparts. This example shows a situation in a sport, but you can see in some form in all youth sports.
Two. Athletes First, Second Players
Coaches
often tempted to teach and practice specific skills to play more
general athletic skills, such as specific skills in the game are the
ones who ultimately determine which team wins and who loses. Limited
training time and high expectations of successful people can also lead
to over-emphasis on the development of specific skills in the sport. Overall
capacity development sports such as jumping, landing, jumping, lunging,
twisting and jumping to lay specific knowledge bases in the game and is
essential to become a healthy and successful athlete. Reduce
the diversity of motor skills before the foundation has been
established risk sport long-term development of a child and repress
their true potential.
Injuries
- especially overuse injuries - at a young age are often a sign of
problem gambling specific training at the expense of overall fitness and
motor skills. Learn
to integrate the components of sports development in the training
program is the key to creating a successful sports program,
child-centered. It
is good to remember that athletes practice these skills throughout
their careers to improve their specific game performance and avoid
injury.
Three. An age-sensitive approach
Coordination,
balance, speed, flexibility, agility, strength and endurance are
important elements of human movement and sports performance. The different stages of growth and development of children determine motor skills should emphasize training programs. For
example, the speed and agility of optimal progress in the "skills"
hungry year of 8-12 years, while the strength and endurance become
important in the following years. A
10-year-old, is at its highest speed for improved acceleration and
change of direction through games like cat tracks or short haul. The exercises incorporate multidirectional leg jumps are well absorbed by children of 8-12 years.
During
puberty, on the other hand, some of the decline in fine motor skills
that the body adapts to enormous changes in the size and muscle mass. One
of the major targets during this critical period should be the learning
exercise patterns and the basic movement dynamic flexibility and
strength of the base. Exercises
such as tenderloin or a single leg squat variations at all levels
combine the goals of strength, flexibility and coordination, and help
the body maintain and improve athleticism, even during periods of
physical maturation uncomfortable.
Stages of development before and during puberty should focus on children's strengths, not weaknesses. Later,
during the high school years will be time for young people to develop
their sporting skills by integrating all aspects of the formation of the
movement in the program. The flexibility becomes more important, and the strength and resilience is absorbed better at this stage than before.
It is important to recognize, too, that each individual has a different pace of development. The
aggressive push "peak" in high school sports, and even before, often
neglects the physiological needs of the potentially great athletes. As a matter of fact, many internationally renowned athletes have found their sport in college or even later.
April. It Must Be Fun
The importance of pleasure is often overlooked or misunderstood in youth sports. A
persistent view in this country is the only one that gives results is
hard work, even with regard to children and physical activity. Sometimes
a limited understanding of the population is that means fun telling
jokes between exercises, or everyone laughing hysterically all the time.
Often
people want to separate based on the results of the activity of fun,
and you can not connect the results and fun in their own minds. What is "fun" - and may actually be an important part of performance improvement?
It's amazing how well they learn something if you have fun doing it. Emotions are an important part of human multidimensional systems. Emotions are closely related to physical performance and the response generated by physical activity. Motivation or inspiration promotes learning in a cognitive, physiological, and so the pleasure is so important.
"Fun" can be defined as a balance of skill and challenge. A positive experience, the fun can be created if the task is difficult but rewarding, too. Sometimes the fun is expressed through laughter, but can also take the form of a deep sense of inner satisfaction. How to know if the program is running is fun? Children ask for more, week after week and month after month? The pleasure is really the only thing that will keep the kids return to practice.
Evaluate your program for the number of children that begin and end there. Also, see how much return, and how to refer to other future programs.
May. Development is not successful in the long term, short term
Are you sure that your coaching philosophy to help athletes in their career beyond high school and college? Does your approach to training as a young athlete coach varies with the age-predicted maximum? Are your training methods and training an important part of the progressive development of athletic maturity? And if so, why?
Coaches
do not always realize that the decisions they make in their training
programs could be crucial when athletes reach the top of their
competitive careers. youth coaches tend to see the first success in the race the athlete as the best measure of their efforts. The
real challenge, ethically and professionally, is to recognize that the
actions of the coach may decide today the long-term future of the
athlete, and evaluate training methods in the years that followed his
high school and possibly college.
A
young coach should always choose the training methods of long-term
career in mind, which could mean a compromise short-term success. Are you willing to do for the good of the child, or is it too much to win today at the expense of the future? Obviously, we can be a successful athlete and a young athlete successfully master - the optimal situation. The greatest dangers to long-term development are specialization, training or high-intensity premature many competitions. The lack of basic sports skills training or high intensity can affect the development of a young athlete too.
June. Safety and productivity
A
safe environment is a prerequisite for learning, success and pleasure -
and, indeed, everyone says they make safety a priority in their
programs for youth. While
recognizing that accidents can happen even when risk management is
handled correctly, planning and implementation of well structured and
orders is what ensures that the security program.
Beyond mental and social security, are equally important to the success of a program. Mental Security develops in an environment where there is freedom within limits and discipline through attention. Productive mental atmosphere is created by the rules and clear instructions and "lead by example" attitude. Children need to know and understand the rules, and see that the instructors take seriously the rules, too. If
a coach tells players to respect their teammates and then proceeds to
make fun of a particular player, the concepts of mutual respect and
rules disappear. More than any other group, young people require their coaches have a lot of character and maturity.
The
coach is also responsible for the social security of the group and each
child needs opportunities to express himself without the negative peer
pressure. Bullying can not be part of the program or the team of children successfully. Small team "hard" can not be allowed to step in and take over. The coach must be clear rules and follow them too.
July. Do what you can do
How to teach a new skill? Are you able to demonstrate an exercise or the exercise of the attitude and technique that requires its athletes? The golden rule with children is to teach what he can do and show yourself. Can you explain the drill in detail, but the rally will decide how to perform the drilling. This is a physically demanding task, but coaches should always be prepared to demonstrate the performance as well as they can.
Work in an area of interest at a time and give specific signals such as "knee high elevation" or "keep the count of three." Always
start corrective feedback with a positive comment and research
strengths in performing accelerate development in these areas, "Alex,
excellent footwork in the shuffle - show me if you can keep the toes
pointing forward to the next round. "
The ability to focus on new learning is short. In
education, you can go beyond this potential barrier to give the same
exercise several times while changing a little each time. For
example, a single leg balance can be practiced as a timed test of
balance, through a hole in the leg and a game of tag in the leg. After being taught the main competency movement, it is time to practice in the most random of a game. The game will show if the competition was actually learns, and can be expected to be transferred to the situation of sport.
August. Keep It Simple
Rarely enough training time to conduct everything from sports development of sport-specific skills. If the practice is carried out three times a week, is a good idea to give simple tasks like homework. Independent Short bursts of exercise gradually accumulate and the results show the long term. Duties also teaches responsibility and the importance of daily physical activity.
It
is always a good idea to start training in the same way and create an
open and warm, so that children can possibly do without protocol
instructions. A
combination of exercises done in a logical order not only prepare the
body for practice, but it also happens in the mind to be ready to meet
and absorb. If you decide to give the task, give time to the practice of observing the results and encourage students to more active home.
Unscheduled
recreational game is the most important to develop motor skills and
help secure a future in the sport and time heals. Youth
coaches must accept as recreation with friends can be more beneficial
for children of any organized activity offered, including sport coach. The free game culture is disappearing, and lovers of youth sports should be in the trenches fighting to preserve it. This is the reserve of the sport of nature, and the best coaches can give you homework.
Operation Guide for sports programs for the training of young
• Create strong core values to the program. A successful program for children must have a solid foundation of values and guidelines. Each member of the program should be able to communicate their values and goals. A set of values or a mission statement is the foundation on which are based all program variables. The ethical foundation validates the program and improve its longevity.
• Educate parents and the public. Another successful feature of the program is to educate young people involved. Each program of youth sports is the same in the poster or flyer, but the content is very variable. How parents can make informed decisions for their children if they rely on marketing materials? Managers and coaches must be situations for parents to share important knowledge that can benefit their children. Demonstrations and workshops for teachers and other coaches are also an effective way of sharing information. Hands practical situations will make an impression and transfer of learning in sustainable education.
• Choose great role models as instructors. Why do we think that basically anyone without a criminal record can teach children? Is that reflect how we value the future of our children, or just ignorance? Training
and education of children is a responsibility of the most influential
adult education, and should be taken very seriously. Train
children do not require a PhD, but a true parenting and the desire to
learn more about coaching, teaching and training of young people. Who does not remember elementary school physical education teacher or coach whose influence carries over into our lives? Every youth coach is a role model, and I hope they know.
• consider the objective beyond the score. We
must recognize that we are in the field of improving the quality of
life of children and create a lifelong interest in health and fitness. We
have a crucial role to help children with the tools and the physical,
mental and social that will help them succeed in the future. Children learn best by doing and moving instead of sitting and thinking, and the field is the class where they learn life. Emotions such as joy and satisfaction, as well as the disappointment and frustration are part of the sport. youth
coaches are in the best position to mentor young people with their
words of encouragement and correction, and more, by their example. All children have the sport or physical activity, and our job is to help them stick in time. For some, this means that the Olympics. For others, it simply means being happy and healthy.
