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THE PITFALLS OF 'MORE, YOUNGER' MINDSET Why Starting Kids Too Early and Pushing Them Too Hard Can Backfire in Youth Sports

Better Coaching

Parents and coaches, bombarded with stories of children being offered collegiate scholarships in middle school or making national-level teams at age ten, feel an impetus to accelerate their own childrens development. As children grow older, this conditional approval can encourage a cycle of anxiety and fear of failure.

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Preteen Beats ACL-Meniscus Tear With Grit and Great Care

Stanford Childrens

The Children’s Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center provides the latest treatments for a wide range of orthopedic and musculoskeletal conditions—from simple to highly complex. I would do it after school. His results indicated that his knee strength and biomechanical symmetry were all above 90% of goal.

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Youth Sports Coaching Mistakes

Better Coaching

Most of these volunteers are former players, some from the high school or even college level. Kids are clearly different now, biomechanical techniques have changed, processes have changed, regulations have changed, medical advances have occurred, and conditioning and stretching (warmups) improvements have been made.

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Strength Training For Injury Prevention

PLT4M

We explore the what, why, and how of strength training for injury prevention and how it relates to the high school weight room. Strength Training For Injury Prevention In Action High school physical education and athletic departments all across the country are embracing the power of strength training for injury prevention.

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Overuse Injuries in Amateur Sports: Identifying Risks, Prevention Strategies, and Recovery Protocols

Better Coaching

Kids start playing organized sports at increasingly younger ages, encouraged by coaches, schools, and often, parents. The sport requires constant running, cutting, and kicking, which can lead to stress fractures, shin splints, and chronic conditions like patellar tendinitis (commonly known as "jumper's knee").

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Teaching physical education for effective learning

Learning Through Sport

Learning experiences I like Rink's (2006) definition of a learning experience as "a set of instructional conditions and events that gives structure to student experiences and is related to a particular set of teacher objectives" (p. The learning experience must have the potential to improve the motor performance/activity skills of students.