Why You Should Slow It Down For Your Youth Athletes
Accelerated Adaptation
With our youth athletes training, we make it a priority to develop the different types of muscle action within the movement.
Again and again, we find that implementing Isometric work with novice athletes and lifters stimulates accelerated adaptation within multiple aspects of development.
Some highlights:
1. Neuromuscular efficiency - think the brain learning to coordinate with the body through ranges of motion.
2. Stability
3. Improvement of the amortization phase - think the ability to quickly reduce and redirect force [SPEED] and improving on any energy leaks.
Important note! Make sure the athlete is staying TIGHT and CONNECTED through the movement and focus on finding the depth and position that is the most challenging for the athlete to hold. This will be different based on the individual.
Implement some different tempos into your training and let us know how it goes! By slowing down the movement and allowing mental connections to be made your athletes will experience healthier and more efficient movement!
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Darren was born and raised in Pocatello and graduated from Highland High School in 2010. While attending Utah State he was the facilitator/founder of the USU Strength and Conditioning program that served over 150 students and athletes each semester. During this time he also competed nationally in Olympic Weightlifting and has since been named a National Coach for the United States Of America Weightlifting Association.
After receiving his degree in Exercise Science he spent a year in Salt Lake City learning from the S&C coaches at the University of Utah while growing his online coaching platform that currently houses athletes from all over the world.
Darren took his first opportunity to move back to Pocatello to open up a physical location for HansenAthletics with a focus on providing an individualized coaching experience that takes a performance-based approach to develop proper movement patterns, strength, and pain-free movement that has a direct carry over to life and sport. Through nearly a decade of coaching, he has worked with a wide array of clients and has experience with all ages and ability levels.
BS Exercise Science, CSCS, USAW National Coach, CrossFit L1, FreeMotion, Power Athlete Methodology, Power Athlete Block 1
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