Coaching Kids: The Changing Pace of Sport and the Need for Speed
Sports in the 21st Century has taken a quantum leap and along with it the need for speed in most sports has never been greater.
The pace at which nearly every sport is played has dramatically increased which has brought with it greater physical demands upon younger athletes across all sporting codes.
Along with such demands upon the athletes themselves, coaches and other sporting professionals are becoming more and more aware of the need to prepare the elite athletes of tomorrow at a much younger age in order to achieve their future goals.
The role of the professional coach has moved to another level and in itself is swiftly becoming one of the most rapidly changing industries in the world.
The success of your team and the athletes depends on the coach's interest in improving the most fundamental element of sports success: SPEED.
Nine times out of ten, the teams or athletes with the most speed are going to win.
While some coaches get it and focus on developing the skill of speed as a primary element of their training, others haven't caught on yet and are still coaching the same as they did decades ago.
Perhaps you've mistakenly bought into the idea that speed can't be coached - that athletes are born with 'it' or they aren't, or perhaps they just like sitting in their comfort zone.
Speed has many different characteristics, and whilst an athlete may be quick in a 20 yard straight line dash, they are quite likely to be lacking in other areas that are necessary to possess all the tools needed to win more events/games.
Improving speed and sports performance involves more than just practicing sport specific patterns and plays over and over again, today's young athlete must be proficient in multi-directional speed, agility, powerful, flexible and strong.
I hear many coaches and parents say "you can't coach speed, teach athletes how to run faster or make serious improvements to multidirectional speed and agility or explosive strength and power".
Well fortunately there are many "modern" coaches who are embracing the needs of today's athletes and they are fast becoming the coaches in demand.
Just as people pay for a tutor to improve their child's grades at school to improve their chances of obtaining a university placement, people are employing the services of quality coaches who will give their child the skills necessary to forge a career in their chosen professional sport.
Speed is a skill you can learn, any modern, forward thinking, proactive coach can teach and reteach athletes how to run and run fast.
With pure speed training you will have the tools to take your team, child or clients to the next level of success.
The pace at which nearly every sport is played has dramatically increased which has brought with it greater physical demands upon younger athletes across all sporting codes.
Along with such demands upon the athletes themselves, coaches and other sporting professionals are becoming more and more aware of the need to prepare the elite athletes of tomorrow at a much younger age in order to achieve their future goals.
The role of the professional coach has moved to another level and in itself is swiftly becoming one of the most rapidly changing industries in the world.
The success of your team and the athletes depends on the coach's interest in improving the most fundamental element of sports success: SPEED.
Nine times out of ten, the teams or athletes with the most speed are going to win.
While some coaches get it and focus on developing the skill of speed as a primary element of their training, others haven't caught on yet and are still coaching the same as they did decades ago.
Perhaps you've mistakenly bought into the idea that speed can't be coached - that athletes are born with 'it' or they aren't, or perhaps they just like sitting in their comfort zone.
Speed has many different characteristics, and whilst an athlete may be quick in a 20 yard straight line dash, they are quite likely to be lacking in other areas that are necessary to possess all the tools needed to win more events/games.
Improving speed and sports performance involves more than just practicing sport specific patterns and plays over and over again, today's young athlete must be proficient in multi-directional speed, agility, powerful, flexible and strong.
I hear many coaches and parents say "you can't coach speed, teach athletes how to run faster or make serious improvements to multidirectional speed and agility or explosive strength and power".
Well fortunately there are many "modern" coaches who are embracing the needs of today's athletes and they are fast becoming the coaches in demand.
Just as people pay for a tutor to improve their child's grades at school to improve their chances of obtaining a university placement, people are employing the services of quality coaches who will give their child the skills necessary to forge a career in their chosen professional sport.
Speed is a skill you can learn, any modern, forward thinking, proactive coach can teach and reteach athletes how to run and run fast.
With pure speed training you will have the tools to take your team, child or clients to the next level of success.
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