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The Science of Training Young Athletes

Seventy percent of kids drop out of sports before their high school graduation. Only 15% leave because they feel they are not good enough. Almost 70% leave because they were not having fun, or due to problems with the coach. Injuries cause 30% to give up sports. This course is packed full of practical sports science information that provide youth coaches and parents with the practical pediatric sports science insights to successfully retain young athletes and develop their sport potential while avoiding injury and overtraining. We begin by examining the multidimensional nature of coaching, the relevant sport motor performance abilities, the impact of growth and development on motor skills, the gene versus practice controversy, and briefly overview the body structures strengthened through training. Then we explore the athlete's energy supply, where this energy comes from, and how it matures along with the athlete. Finally, we examine the development of strength, power, anaerobic capacity, coordination and flexibility through the life span. The optional text manual for this course is available at: http://www.learnitez.com/HighPerformanceScience/manuals/

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Rating 4.9 based on 81 ratings
Length 6 weeks
Effort 5 weeks of study, 2-3 hours/week
Starts Jul 3 (42 weeks ago)
Cost $49
From University of Florida via Coursera
Instructor Dr. Chris Brooks
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Language English
Tags Personal Development

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This course gives great insight into the training of Young Athletes and has been a great help to me as both a Rugby Coach and Personal Trainer Great course , learning more detail everytime I study this topic!

I learned a lot about how to coach and train young athletes from an early age through puberty.

Same goes for a more in-depth look into the psychology of athletes in general and young athletes in particular.

An excellent course to get an insight into scientific training of young athletes.

Great course and great tools for coaching young athletes good coursera , and go for youth sport coaching Great base to build on.

Filled in my gaps with regards to physical/physiological development of young athletes.

The course addresses quite precisely and pragmatically every aspect regarding young athletes anatomical and physiological development.

The course covers with deep detail all aspect of training with young athletes.

Exceeded my expectations.This should be a mandatory course for ALL young athlete coaches!

I feel the concepts have been explained well and can be utilised in training & creating relevant training programmes for various age-groups - not just young athletes.

It is really improving my knowledge.. Great course to learn more about coaching young athletes.

I gat help to develop young athletes by the help of this course.

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Great course to cover some basics of training young athletes.

Excellent course is better than I have taken online, very good teacher Very good course covering everything about the basics of training young athletes.

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Very interesting and skill developing sports program!

Very interesting and valuable for whom participating in all kind of sports whatever their label is.

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Dr. Brooks has covered the young athlete's physical, mental and emotional development in great detail and the course provides really good reference material to design and deliver the right coaching methods targeted toward the children.

Great job by Dr. Brooks!

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The course is very informative - what I wanted was to gain a basic understanding of coaching/training so as to better understand the details of exercising.

The course was very informative with latest research into developing young athletes.

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Rating 4.9 based on 81 ratings
Length 6 weeks
Effort 5 weeks of study, 2-3 hours/week
Starts Jul 3 (42 weeks ago)
Cost $49
From University of Florida via Coursera
Instructor Dr. Chris Brooks
Download Videos On all desktop and mobile devices
Language English
Tags Personal Development

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