Amy Spencer & Megan Hill (Southampton FC): Maturation in a Professional Football Academy.
Amy Spencer is an Accredited Sports Psychologist at Southampton FC. She has worked at the club for the last eight years ranging […]
Category: biological maturation
Ask the Expert – Tom Smale (Leaf Academy)
Would you mind giving us a bit of background about yourself? I studied at University of Stirling getting a BA (Hons) in […]
Ask the Expert – Digby Webb (Kingswood School)
Digby is the Athletic Development Coach at Kingswood School, as well as being a qualified science and maths teacher…
Sleep and the Youth Athlete (Video)
After the success and positive feedback of the last animated video on Relative Age Effect in Youth Sport, I decided to continue with […]
Relative Age Effect in Youth Sport (Video)
An animated video for coaches and parents, describing Relative Age Effect in Youth Sports…
Ask the Expert – Andrew Pichardo (St John's College)
Originally hailing from the USA, Andrew Pichardo is currently the Director of Athletic Development at St John’s College in Hamilton, New Zealand, as well as a PhD candidate in Youth Athlete Development.
"Squats hurt your knees" – myths every sport parent needs to know
What not to say to a youth athlete about squatting and deadlifting…
"Weight training isn't safe" – myths every sport parent needs to know
Unfortunately there are a number of untruths that continue to negatively influence youth athletes, parents and coaches. In this series, I am to address a number of them which continue to hamper the progression of youth athletes to full senior level performance…
"Weight training stunts your growth" – myths every sport parent needs to know
Does lifting weights really stunt your growth? Should Under 18’s lift weights at all?
5 ways early specialisation hurts athletes
The assumption of early specialization in 1 sport, is that by selecting a single sport to focus upon at an early age, the athlete will be able to excel to a higher level than if their attention or time was divided by participating in a number of sport.