Objective of the Course

The objective of this course is to ensure coaches working with juvenile athletes, players or teams understands and appreciates:

• the importance of functional exercising and development for the 6 to 12 year old athletes and players
• is conversant with the type and range of skills that are critical in the overall development of juvenile athletes and players
• the emphasis that needs to be placed on basic coordination and function in the training of 6 to 12 year olds

The course provides coaches with 240 different skill exercises each one is explained, illustrated with coaching notes and is aimed at taking the young athlete/player from 6 to 12 years of age.

 Course Content

Skill is the most important component of fitness in most sports. Functional skills are part of the skills that coaches need to train when working with juveniles. Function can be difficult to define but in the case of juveniles it includes teaching the children to use their bodies and limbs effectively and with greater coordination in movement and physical skill execution as well as adding to their adaptability to situations in life or in sport.

Learning new skills whether in movement or function is a skill itself. The more the coach teaches children the most effective ways of exercising and completing any type of skill the better that child becomes at skill development.

This course examines the 6 categories of functional skills – squatting, lunging, bending, rotating, pushing and pulling and demonstrates the importance of each category in the physical and overall development of the athlete/player. In the case of the young people there is a greater need for developing the general skills of movement and function rather than the specific skills of the sport. Coaches who undertake this course will be in a better position to let the athletes/players experience and develop the key skills that will make him or her more athletic first and then make them better sports players.

In this course we present over 175 functional skills for use by the expert juvenile strength and conditioning coach that will be of great assistance over the 6 years the child remains in the juvenile ranks.

Topics of the Course

The following topics are covered in this course:

Introduction to the course

This topic introduces the course and its main aims and objectives

Understanding Functional Movement Exercises

This topic introduces the coach to understanding functional development, functional movement and functional training and how improving function is good for the young juvenile athletes and players

Understanding Anatomical Adaptation

Anatomical adaptation is a term associated with functional movement. This topics explains why some athletes and players need to adapt how their bodies function so as to become better sports performers.

Categories of Functional Movement Skills

There are six different categories of functional skills and this topic examines the importance of all of theses – squatting, lunging, bending, rotating, pulling and pushing.

Functional Skills Evaluation

This topic presents the concept of evaluating the function movement capabilities of young athletes and players

Importance of Functional Movement Skills

This topic explains why strength, mobility and function are the basic steps in coaching all juvenile athletes or players irrespective of sport.

Squatting Skills and Exercises

This topic presents, explains and illustrates 51 different squatting movement, activities and exercises for the athletes and players

Lunging Skills and Exercises

This topic presents, explains and illustrates 40 different lunging movements, activities and exercises for the athletes and players

Bending Skills and Exercises

This topic presents, explains and illustrates 45 different bending movements, activities and exercises for the athletes and players

Rotation Skills and Exercises

This topic presents, explains and illustrates 43 different rotation movements, activities and exercises for the athletes and players

Pushing Skills and Exercises

This topic presents, explains and illustrates 14 different pulling movements, activities and exercises for the athletes and players

Pulling Skills and Exercises

This topic presents, explains and illustrates 24 different pushing movements, activities and exercises for the athletes and players

Course fee

Te fee for this course is €49.95.

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