Youth Athletic Development: Resources from the Pacey Performance Podcast
This post is another attempt at knowledge management - the strategic process of creating, sharing, and managing a collective knowledge and information to improve efficiency, innovation, and decision-making. This process also ensures that the right people get the right insights at the right time.
This time around I have curated a collection of podcasts on youth athletic development from the Pacey Performance Podcast, a well-established, practitioner-driven resource hosted by UK strength and conditioning coach Rob Pacey. It has long been one of my favorites in the field of sports performance.
Give a listen and enjoy the collection below. I trust you will find some excellent nuggets to make you think and/or implement into your program from outstanding leaders in youth athletic development .
Growth, Maturation and Performance
Monitoring maturation, biobanding and training through rapid growth - Sean Cumming
The impact of growth and maturation on youth performance - Rhodri Lloyd
Monitoring growth and maturation in youth athletes, and long term athletic development - James Baker
Assessing growth and maturation, developing an LTAD framework, and talent identification - James Baker
Programming for early and late maturing athletes, athlete case studies, and identifying gaps in development - James Baker
Soccer Academies
The Arsenal academy philosophy, the need for an S&C union and advice for young coaches - Des Ryan
Working with the countries most promising young football players at Arsenal academy - Paudie Roche
How the best football academies in the world develop their players - Perry Stewart (Arsenal FC), Jack Ade (Rangers FC), Matt Allen (Tottenham Hotspur FC)
How to get players through the academy pathway and into the first team - Frankie Hunter (Middlesbrough FC), Russ Wrigley (Blackburn Rovers FC), Luke Jenkinson (Derby County FC)
Youth football roundtable - Paul Bower (Barnsley FC), Luke Jenkinson (Sheffield United FC) and Kevin Paxton (Leicester City FC)
S&C in Schools
S&C in schools, managing parents and the school to performance connection - Scott Drawer, Alan Richardson, Graham Williams (Millfield School)
Creating and developing a high school strength and conditioning programme - Joey Bergles (JJ Pearce High School, Dallas TX USA)
Strength and conditioning in schools and designing environments for youth development - Craig Harrison
Holistic Approach to Youth Training
Coaching young athletes; obstacle courses, gymnastics and integrating multisports into a programme - Jeremy Frisch
Changing the narrative around health and performance of young athletes and people - Kelvin Giles
Speed Training for Youth Athletes
Speed training for youth athletes - Alan Murdoch, John Garrish, Micheál Cahill
Maximising resisted sprint training and speed training with youth athletes - Micheál Cahill
Speed training for youth athletes: Lessons from the national high school S&C coach of the year - John Garrish
Early Sport Specialization
Benefits and risks of early specialisation in late specialisation sports - Luke Jenkinson
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