Episode 42: U18 - Maximizing Youth Performance and enhancing the sport experience

Coach Jeff, Keegan and Mikki discuss Maximizing Performance for Youth Sport, maximizing potential and enhancing the sport experience through a focus on Movement Skills & Quality, Positional consistency, Injury prevention, Skill acquisition and power production. Starting at the Foundation in Base and Building mobility alongside Stability.Episode Highlights:1:17 Sport IS Performance and the focus of performance is how we are doing in our sport.2:25 Maximizing Potential in the Boost Phase and Enhanced sport experience3:54 TIP - Teach youth to move better to express more for improved sport performance4:40 Positional Consistency "Athletes need enough mobility to get there (on the field) and then be stable for the amount of time needed"5:00 The ability to reproduce Movement Skills increases Movement Vocabulary and translates to Fluency on the field7:14 Detracting from performance trajectory through skipped foundations and subsequent injury9:02 How "Poor Position bleeds power" even in Pro and World Class Athletes10:21 TIP - Athlete Safety "Do no Harm" through intervention or lack of intervention11:08 TIP - Start with the Base, Strengthening the Feet12:17 Striking a Balance, supporting performance through precise application of High skill Low skill protocols to make weaknesses strengths.Hashtags and links:#SportPerformance#YouthSport#YouthPhysicalEducation#Physicalliteracy#YouthHealth#YouthPerformance#theyouthfitnesspodcast#youthfitness#functionalfitnessyouth#poorpositionbleedspower#athletesafety#thebrandxmethod#theathletecoachnetwork#jeffandmikkimartinhttps://thebrandxmethod.thinkific.com/collectionshttps://www.instagram.com/theacn.app/