Comments on: Understanding Youth http://speedinsiders.com/2471/understanding-youth/ Leading the way in innovated speed training and development Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:33:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gil http://speedinsiders.com/2471/understanding-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-1082 Gil Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:08:39 +0000 http://www.speedinsiders.com/insiders/?p=2471#comment-1082 Hi there Lee Ditto ditto ditto and to you also Francois Couldnt agree more - I coach Softball to this age group - and all I ever do is teach/coach Softball skills - these little bodies (some are bigger than others tho - I have a 12yr old with a 16yr old body!) will gain weight - height - body shape/form etc in their own body life cycle and at what ever pace it naturally takes to get them there Leave them alone - just let them create themselves coupled with the skills you are able to give them - in whatever code you coach Gil Gurney New Zealand Hi there Lee

Ditto ditto ditto and to you also Francois

Couldnt agree more – I coach Softball to this age group – and all I ever do is teach/coach Softball skills – these little bodies (some are bigger than others tho – I have a 12yr old with a 16yr old body!) will gain weight – height – body shape/form etc in their own body life cycle and at what ever pace it naturally takes to get them there

Leave them alone – just let them create themselves coupled with the skills you are able to give them – in whatever code you coach

Gil Gurney
New Zealand

]]> By: Gina http://speedinsiders.com/2471/understanding-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-1081 Gina Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:24:50 +0000 http://www.speedinsiders.com/insiders/?p=2471#comment-1081 Bravo Lee! Thank you for putting it out there! Bravo Lee! Thank you for putting it out there!

]]> By: Francois http://speedinsiders.com/2471/understanding-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-1080 Francois Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:14:59 +0000 http://www.speedinsiders.com/insiders/?p=2471#comment-1080 Thanks for writing about this again. I could not agree more. I think the main issue here is coaches who coaches young athletes in the same way they have been coached when they last played. For most of these coaches it would be the coaching they received as adults. The message needs to be put out there that young athletes are not little adults. And as such needs be coached in a different way as adults/elite athletes. Francois Nel South Africa Thanks for writing about this again. I could not agree more. I think the main issue here is coaches who coaches young athletes in the same way they have been coached when they last played. For most of these coaches it would be the coaching they received as adults.
The message needs to be put out there that young athletes are not little adults. And as such needs be coached in a different way as adults/elite athletes.

Francois Nel
South Africa

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