The Youth Fitness Podcast™

The Youth Fitness Podcast™


Episode 34: U18 - Base is the Starting Point

July 27, 2023

Jeff and Mikki discuss how to provide the foundation for great movers in fitness, sport and all of life's adventures. Repetition is good, creativity is necessary, errorless learning builds confidence, how to mix things up for strong workouts while developing foundational positions (Brand X® Movement Skills). 


Episode Highlights:


1:36 Base begins with Starting points assumed and actual

3:06 Brand X® Movement Skills & Global Strategies

6:05 Brand X® Base and Tier 1 Movements

8:21 Quality First, especially for developing youth

10:05 Don't bore the children! Great athletes in any sport return to basics regularly

12:05 Give youth permission to slow down when focusing on high skill movements, go all out on low skill



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