High Performance For Youth Athletes (54 Minute watch/listen- Time Stamps below to jump to topics on video)

Director of High Performance For The Chicago Cubs, Dr. Adam Beard, shares the latest information on high performance for youth sports parents. He gives great insight into so many topics; a few are; tips for maximizing performance, youth athletes and strength, conditioning, sports psychology, recovery, heat vs. cold, and electrolytes and sports drinks.

 

The interview is also available on our podcast (see above) or on iTunes and Spotify. 

(The contents of these videos and podcasts are not to take the place of your health care provider, always consult with your doctor first. The opinions expressed by our experts do not necessarily reflect those of Ilovetowatchyouplay. )

Time Stamps For Topics

1:37: What is “high performance” and “sports science”?

2:57: Challenges of getting multiple disciplines to work together

4:00: Differences between U.S. sports and sports in other places in the world

6:00: Resistance and skepticism toward sport science

7:40: Tips for helping athletes maximize performance

10:54: Developing athletes

12:25: Kids and strength training

14:41: Finding a qualified strength coach

15:22: Skill-specific strength training

16:58: Looking at sport improvement from a holistic perspective; using film and checklists to improve skills

17:54: The psychology of performance and training our body to perform under pressure; how the body self-organizes

19:02: Learning can be accelerated by controlled mistakes and growth mindset

19:47: Recovery tips

24:00: It’s easy to take short-cuts; stacking positive habits

25:35: Heat vs. cold for recovery

29:34: Massage guns and massages

31:22: Placebo effects and doing no harm

32:28: Stretching, warming up, and cooling down

37:00: Injury prevention

43:00: Electrolytes and sports drinks

47:00: Importance of using a performance log or journal

48:15: Catchers and maintaining knee health

50:27: Improving ankle and hip mobility

52:03: Women and ACL prevention

 

More Resources For You And Your Athlete

Position paper – Youth resistance training 

https://www.nsca.com/globalassets/about/position-statements/position_stand_youth_resistance_training---2009.pdf

 

ACL prevention in female athletes

https://www.aspetar.com/journal/viewarticle.aspx?id=82#.YMJXHS9h23W 

 

https://kneesurgerysydney.com.au/preventing-acl-injuries-with-the-fifa-11-program/

 

Ankle mobility links via YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8Vqc2gypkE

 

Contact Us

Reach Dr. Adam Beard at Instagram @ajbeardo & Twitter @ajbeardo

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-beard-ph-d-5b80082a/

Follow Dr. Sam Maniar at Centerforpeakperformance.com and Twitter @sam_maniar

Follow Asia Mape and ILTWYP here.

 

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