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15 Realities of the Pathway to Becoming an Emerging Adolescent Athlete (opens the original)
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I was recently asked to give a presentation at a coaching conference focused on the talented, emerging adolescent athlete. You know - that nationally-ranked 16-year old high school sophomore or junior, who has been tagged as a “can’t miss” prospect. A potential future superstar.The charge for the presentation was not to focus on the adolescent athlete, but rather the realities of the pathway to becoming an emerging adolescent athlete. How they get there, how they become or emerge as a talented a
The Foundation is Cracked: Youth Fitness, Public Health, and the Search for a Holistic Cure (opens the original)
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A few days after writing a piece about the old geezer doing ass-to-grass squats, I saw the other side of the fitness spectrum at the local wellness center.No, not a dysfunctional elderly person, but rather a young teenage boy.And not a youngster with good movement quality enhancing their physical fitness, but rather an obese teenage boy.First and foremost, this post is not about “body shaming”, but rather than importance of developing and maintaining a healthy lifestyle beginning in the first tw
Observations of ‘The Best’: Practices and Behaviours of Elite Athletes (opens the original)
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I love connecting with colleagues and coaches and listening and learning from their experiences. One of my favorites is Johnny Parkes, whom I have highlighted previously in this forum. Johnny is a well-educated hybrid coach - sport coach + strength & conditioning coach - in the sport of tennis. Besides coaching at the collegiate level, he also works with a few players on the tour. Following Wimbledon, he shared a message about his observations of the best. Here it is. Read and learn.On Preparati
Q&A with the Small-Town, Three-Sport Athlete (opens the original)
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The previous post on the small-town 3-sport athlete made its way from Washburn, North Dakota, USA (population 1295) to around the World in thanks to social media. Besides my family and friends from North Dakota commenting on Facebook, a national and world-wide collection of individuals viewed, read, shared and commented on it via LinkedIn and X.As I wrote that piece, I was also gathering insights from a couple of current three-sport athletes from back in the hinterland. Both are high school seni
The Three-Sport Athlete Isn’t Dead—You Just Have to Know Where to Look (opens the original)
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In today’s world of sport specialization, it might be hard to believe that there was a time when being a three-sport athlete was not unusual.For many American boys who are my age (56) or older, you likely played football in the fall, basketball in the winter, and baseball in the spring and summer. Or maybe you participated in track & field in the spring. [Or maybe you did 4-sports … and attended track meets when time permitted. True story - I once pitched the first game of a doubleheader, took o
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