"Discover How To Best Help Your Child or Players Improve For Their Specific Sport"
Athletic development rightly focuses first on the needs of the players themselves.
But the environment and long-term vision that coaches and parents provide is a critical factor in deveoping successful, confident and well-adjusted young athletes.
This page is dedicated to passing along information on what we have learned from some of the best coaches out there, along with announcements of programs Power Source offers that are geared specifically towards parents and coaches.
Here, you will find:
NOW AVAILABLE - 2 New Coaching Seminars!
5 Creative Ways To Add More Speed And Conditioning Training Into Your Practices Without Losing Instruction Time
Teams that are fast and in great shape almost always come out on top.
Coaches already have precious little practice time to go over sport skills and team strategies, and often struggle finding time to properly develop these key skills.
In this seminar, we will show you:
- How to organize a pracice warm up routine that efficiently and completely prepares your players to practice at their best.
- Helpful tips to build position-specific speed training into practices.
- Creative ways to add more enthusiasm and team-building into your conditioning drills, to help your players get more out of the same old drills.
Developing Smarter, Tougher, and More Confident Players
Are you at a total loss as to why your players make some of the decisions they do?
Do you wish they would play with more intensity and enthusiasm?
Would your players benefit from developing higher levels of self confidence?
We'd like to introduce you to Sports Axiology, a powerful new program that unlocks the often mystifying mental side of athletics.
Here, you will discover:
- What Sports Axiology is all about, how it is being used at the highest levels of sport, and what it can do for you and your players.
- Why the 3D Coaching Model will help you more effectively reach those players that seem to be tuning you out.
- What the 10 Athletic Intelligence skills are, and how to build each of them
Be one of the first to gain insight into this powerful new tool for elite sports performance.
Youth sports organizations can organize a free coaching clinic with Power Source for their staff. We can also tailor the seminar to a topic that may be of more value to your group.
Thank you to all the Central Mass Youth Basketball League coaches who participated in our first clinic on October 9, 2010.
If you are interested in obtaining more information about organizing a seminar for your coaches, contact Jim Herrick directly by e-mail or phone (978-798-1391)
Sport-Specific Training Suggestions
We do not profess to be experts in every sport. But having combined years of personal coaching expereinces with the opinions of sport coaches and other experts, there are some clear areas where Power Source can offer parents and coaches some general guidelines on what the training priorities should be for athletes in each of the following sports:
Newsletter Articles From Power Source
By becoming one of our free monthly newsletter subscribers, you'll get valuable training guidance and information sent directly to your inbox every month.
Here is what you've missed so far:
July 2010
How To Become A More Confident Athlete
The Secrets of Developing Speed
August 2010
5 Proven Training Strategies to Prevent Non-Contact Injuries
Double Your Strength Training Results With The 95% Rule
September 2010
Truths & Misconceptions About Protein and Supplementation
October 2010
Kettlebell Training's Immense Value for High School Athletes
Why Athletic Development Is Critical Between The Ages of 7-12
November 2010
Dream Big!
Which Skill Is More Valuable - Starting Speed or Stopping Speed?
How Sports Massage Can Positively Impact Your Performance - by Pam Shifrin
December 2010
The Truth About The World's #1 Supplement
What Are Plyometrics, And How Do They Help Athletes Succeed?
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Check Out These Other Great Resources!
Below, you'll find links to our favorite websites and blogs pertaining to youth sports performance.
To access their sites, simply click right on the images.
This is Lee Taft's blog, where you can find regular posts about how real speed is developed for sports.
Lee is truly one of the greatest speed development coaches you'll find anywhere. He'll give you the honest truth about what works, and what doesn't.
For more information on the cutting-edge science of Sports Axiology, Jeremy Boone's 'Inner Tactics' blog is the best there is.
And that makes sense, because Jeremy is the man pioneering this program to the sports world. He has brought it to elite tennis, golf and volleyball players, not to mention the NFL and many Division 1 college teams.
He also works with younger athletes, and can shed some great insight on how axiology can make a difference in your child or team's performance. His brief but thought-provoking posts will open your eyes to a better way to develop athletes.
Power Source uses the Functional Movement Screen when assessing the injury potential of an athlete.
This is a simple, yet highly effective series of tests to detect any areas of movement deficiency. It is used by many pro and Division 1 college programs to help identify and correct any injury risks before they become a bigger problem.
This is their website, not a blog, but they do have pleny of articles and a running forum where you can find a ton of useful information regarding this great tool.
The International Youth Conditioning Association, or IYCA, has quickly grown into the leading authority on youth sports trianing. This link takes you to their website, where you can access their blog from the top menu.
The founder, Brian Grasso, updates this blog regularly with quality information. And he is a highly opinionated person, so his posts are rarely boring.
Brian has become a worldwide leader in the field mainly because he truly cares about the athletes he and his organization work with, and he is extremely knowledgeable. This blog will rarely disappoint you (except that it is occasionally hard to access).
