After a decade as a world-class athlete and NCAA track and field coach, Jennifer Joyce switched careers to start coaching athletic developmental for youth athletes at the Canadian Sports School. After national team coaches complained athletes lacked the tools to train at a high level, they sought to fix that by building a program to teach the fundamentals to rising stars. On this episode of the podcast Joyce explains her approach to building a foundation and the key elements of athletic development. For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2017/12/hmmr-podcast-episode-133-build-the-foundation-with-jennifer-joyce/

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