Very deep conversation.
But its all about movement basics.
At that age getting them to squat, hinge, lunge and land correctly will be all the speed wirk they need. Their next speed window is around 15-17. Its all about strength & movement around then. But thats generalising too, individuals can differ.
And a bit of consistancy in warm ups is all that needs
I think I’ll go with your advice Kev. Some of them are fucking disasters when them go above a fast walk. Hands and arm movement all wrong, running on their heels etc. I’ll give them an hour later on posture and try and get an extra burst of acceleration into them. All pretty basic stuff. Sure it’s the time of year for it.
Agree with everything he’s saying. Championships for 12 year olds and younger are for the adults, not the kids. Glory chasing coaches are the biggest obstacle to skills development and real enjoyment of the game developing.
Never a truer word spoken.
A awful lot of ‘coaches’ at underage should be nowhere near kids.
Allowing a child to grow up running on his/her heels is a parenting failure.
I’d disagree with this somewhat after having coached a few u12 teams. There is no “championship” in Limerick just a finals day at the end of the year where all the clubs come together and play a small blitz. Invariably after the last game is over the older lads ask “is that it” or “do we not get a trophy ?” and end up going away a bit disappointed.
Not the point though. So what if a few kids are disappointed for an hpur.
The overall benefits are undebiable.
The only difference really is they don’t get a trophy at the end. They still play a round robin group. The scores are kept, results go up on the system, teams are graded for finals day by where they finish in the league.
And that should all stop too. Like ypu suggest thats neither here nor there. Have uncompetitive blitz or son’t.
Kids keep the scores etc anyway. But thats all about adults.
See this shit
Agee. But I have to work with what I have. Plus, you should see some of the mammys. You couldn’t criticise them.
Most successful athletes I’ve read about have had an intense desire to win from a very young age
Once they hit 12s they need championship. Dress it up what way you like. The best of them want and need it. A few of the do-gooder hippies fight it, but their kids are normally gone to full time radish munching by age 13 anyway.
Amazing number of kids who cannot run. Nobody plays chasing anymore and kids don’t seem to run places like in Olden days
I reckon all sports should just do movement and athletic development for first 3 or 4 years and add in skills from 10 or so.
You need a mix of both. General skill levels would be atrocious if kids only started skills training at 10
I put a heap of mammies in their place a few weeks ago.
Set your stall out hard first.
Movement before Skill.
We preach it all the time.
Incorrect. you need movement first or else you disrupt the learning process.
Would you mind giving me some examples of top level sportsmen who didn’t start skill training until they were 10?
You are a fucking moron.
Majority of top sportsmen have fantastic movement from a very young age, hence they pick up skills easier. Its their clear advantage. they have better control of their body than everyone else.
Never coach. you are not made for it. You are only interested in the elite players.
