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Best Athletic Development Books of 2011: Part II

by Allan Phillips | Fri, 01/06/2012 - 20:24

For my midyear report from several months ago, please go HERE.

What's Your Training Age?

by Allan Phillips | Tue, 11/22/2011 - 22:29

How old are you?  I can't think of a more loaded question in sports, other than "how much do you weigh?"  Sports in general take a superficial view of age, whether with young kids or with masters aged adults.  Mostly we think of age in terms of years having lived.  For training purposes, there are three general ways to think of age:

Notes from 2011 National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Arizona State Clinic: Day 2

by Allan Phillips | Wed, 11/09/2011 - 12:23

Only one session on Day 2, but there was so much good information flowing that the program ran more than an hour long.  One of the unique things about this conference was that each presentation complemented the others.   

Long Term Athletic Development (LTAD): Paralympic Athlete with an Acquired Condition

by Allan Phillips | Thu, 06/30/2011 - 16:25

Last weekend was a great weekend for one of our athletes, Paralympic cyclist Kara Vatthauer. At the USA Cycling National Championship in Augusta, Georgia (home of the Masters, of course), Kara earned a berth to the Paralympic cycling world championships with a victory in the Road Race and a second place in the Time Trial in the Visually Impaired category.

Long Term Athletic Development (LTAD) Principles for Ironkids Triathlon: Part 4

by Allan Phillips | Wed, 04/13/2011 - 22:13

 

The Learn to Train and Training to Train stages are the most important stages of athletic preparation.  During these stages, we make or break an athlete!

-Canadian Sport for Life

Long Term Athletic Development (LTAD) Principles for Ironkids Triathlon: Part 3

by Allan Phillips | Tue, 04/12/2011 - 22:38

Old school multisport...Triathlon hadn't yet appeared in the Olympics when this picture was taken!

If you haven't done so, please see the first two installments of this blog series at:

Long Term Athletic Development (LTAD) Principles for Ironkids Triathlon: Part 2

by Allan Phillips | Sat, 04/09/2011 - 16:10

 

 

 In the first installment of this blog we talked about general concepts related to a Long Term Athletic Development approach for the Ironkids Triathlon age bracket of 6 through 15.  In part two of this blog, we'll delve more specifically into the first two stages of the LTAD model: Active Start and FUNdamentals.

Active Start

Changing the Paradigm in Junior Golf: Titleist Performance Institute Junior Development Presentation

by Allan Phillips | Tue, 11/09/2010 - 22:31

Dr. Greg Rose created a presentation last year for parents at the Titleist Performance Institute Junior Performance Center in San Diego.  This presentation provides an overview of the entire TPI Junior Development philosophy.  The TPI system transcends junior golf development and is perhaps one of the finest junior development systems in any sport in any country.