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2019… Your greatest year ever!

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Forget New Years Resolutions! Make a plan for success. Be realistic. Be specific. Whether your an adult wanting to get in shape or a youth athlete wanting to excel the concept is the same.

First, identify your goals. Be specific. Is your kid a soccer player and needs to get faster running in a straight line? Are you trying to get in shape to get rid of back pain or wanting to lose 30lbs? The more specific you are the better you can plan for success.

Second, define the steps needed to accomplish your goals. Be as detailed as possible including amount of time, where, who, and what will help you accomplish your goals. 

Finally, acknowledge the obstacles. Whether it’s a schedule challenge, financial issue, or a person related issue. Without acknowledging the obstacles you will fail, but by identify them you can then refer back to step two and make a plan to overcome your challenges.

Make this the best year you’ve ever had. Accomplish your goals no matter what they are. No more regrets at the end of a year. Let 2019 be the year you celebrate your success at years end.

If we can help you in any way let us know and Happy New Year!

Season’s over… Now what?

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It happens whether you win state, your league championship or never win a game… your season comes to an end.

It’s at that point self analysis needs to occur ( or parent/coach analysis ). Taking a hard look at how the season went from a personal stand point.

In my world that means, were you strong enough, fast enough, athletic enough, conditioned enough and did you stay injury free?

It’s with that information you can move forward. Parents and coaches are quick to want to get back to practice and sport specific skill development. I just wish that same importance could be placed on physical development.

Imagine if your child or player was 50% stronger, 50% faster and 50% more resilient to injury.

How different would they look in their sport? How different could your team look if every child made those kinds of changes in the off season? How much more success would that player experience?

The fact is in most cases with as little as two days per week 60 minutes each session substantial changes can be made.

If your child/player has goals or you have goals for them you really need to consider getting them some training in physical/athletic development specifically designed for youth athletes.

The difference you’ll see in them is in most cases shocking.

Jeff Miller, Owner/Head Performance Coach
Absolute Fitness & Sports Performance

The great separator in sports… is your child missing it?

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One of the biggest difference makers you’ll ever find in sports, regardless of the level, is athleticism. Speed, Power, Agility, Strength are the great separators!

Put two athletes of equal skill against each other and almost without fail the more athletic player will win.

Not to mention more athletic players suffer fewer injuries short term and long term.

That’s why it is critical to make sure that your child spends time working on the physical development and athletic development. It is so often overlooked in favor of a few more hours practicing sport specific skills like hitting, shooting, etc, but the minimal amount of time you dedicate to developing the athlete pays way bigger dividends than the couple of extra hours of sport specific.

If you child is between the ages of 12 – 17 and they are not doing sports performance training we would love for you to join us for a week in July and develop a program that could truly be a game changer for your child.

Click below for more info or email us back if you have questions.

Building youth athletes physically, mentally for the short term and long term is what we do.

 

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28 Day Elite High School Speed Training begins soon

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Super Excited!

For awhile now I have wanted to unveil this new program designed specifically for High School athletes. The challenge was when to roll it out. I have kind of realized that there probably is no “perfect” time to get this program out there, but with football players in the weight rooms right now, basketball players have just ended their seasons and most girls soccer players just focused on their club teams this seemed like as good a time as any.

One of the biggest separators in every sport is speed. Yet, when I look around most athletes don’t train their speed and just have what they have. So with that, I’m excited to introduce Absolute Fitness & Sports Performances 28 day Elite High School Speed Training Program.

If you think your son or daughter could benefit from being faster ( let’s face it, they all could) then click on the following link for information on our exciting new speed training program.

28 DAY ELITE HIGH SCHOOL SPEED TRAINING

If you have questions feel free to click on the following link and we can go from there.

IF YOU WANT MORE INFO CLICK HERE

Just remember speed is a skill and it’s trainable just like any other skills.

I look forward to helping your son or daughter excel and will check back with you in a couple days to see if you have any questions.

Thanks,

Jeff

Doing more damage than good with core training

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Have you or your child ever even been injured during a sports season?

Nothing will derail your season, hopes and dreams quicker than an injury.

So the question is are you doing the little things to help prevent injuries?

Core training is a very popular topic for injury prevention. A strong core in theory equals a lower risk of injury. So most serious athletes in middle school and up begin working those core muscles for that added advantage. Sadly in many cases they are doing more damage than good.

There are 3 exercises that we have our athletes avoid and those are sit ups, crunches and leg lifts. While they feel great on the core muscles actual research has shown they put an unacceptable amount of stress of the spine and in many cases can cause injury and damage to the very area an athlete is trying to protect. So you’ll hear when an athlete develops back issues they are confused because they have been doing their “core training”.

If those exercise are not ideal for core training then what is? Check out our video for the “Dead Bug”. This is one of our favorite core exercises. It targets the core muscles while not putting that unrealistic pressure on the spine. It also effectively engages your hip flexors and even more importantly utilizes both sides of your brain at the same time which improves coordination. The development of coordination can not be understated as to it’s important.

 

Dead Bug:

Perform 1 – 3 sets of 10 – 20 reps

Coaching cues:
– Actively engage core
– Exhale as you extend leg
– Pause at full extension
– Focus on increasing core tension as you extend your leg

 

 

WHO WE ARE:
We are the only dedicated youth sports performance training center in the area. Our mission is to help youth athletes develop the atheticism both physically and mentally to be the best they can be. We strive to create a positive focused environment that helps athletes develop speed, agility and power in order to succeed

Feel free to contact us if you have questions or a desire for your child or self to be a more dominate athlete