One of the greatest things you can do for your young athlete is to develop their coordination and their understanding of space. The uses of coordination training will go a long way to develop your athlete and keep them happy and willing to workout.
Today many families are looking in the wrong places for activities for their families. They are looking at formalized strength programs using plyometrics, weights, or running the hill 17 times, etc. Put a different way, my son or daughter is the best in their class and they need to get stronger. So, what does not hurt them will only make them better. Don’t you remember when you were a kid? A race or a ball would be entertainment for hours. Enter the solution, multitasking drills or coordination training.
We all have a set of cones, a ball, and can yell numbers right? Well put all of these activities together and make your athlete do it backwards. You have coordination training or a fancier name neural confusion drills. Your athlete will develop his or her ability to understand where they are in space and think at the same time, as well as, laugh and have fun while working out.
To be more specific, here is a set of progressions.
- Setup cones or write on the sidewalk an agility ladder
- Learn a step like hopscotch or Two Feet In- Two Feet Out
- Make the step more difficult by going in reverse
- Step, in reverse, add juggle the ball in your hand
- Step, in reverse, juggle the ball while doing math.
- Once mastered, find a new step and start the process all over again.
Simple.. Challenge your athlete in ways that they are not used to seeing or doing and they will adapt. You will be amazed at how fast they pick it up and how fast they get better in their sport by just understanding where their body is at all times.
Biography:
Stephen McCarthy, Director of The McCarthy Project. Stephen was born and raised in Spring Lake Park, MN. He has worked with over 10000 athletes with an emphasis on the youth athlete. He has researched and developed innovative training techniques for over 12 years. His athletes have received college scholarships and played professionally, as well as, won state and national championships. He is married with 3 children and resides in Minneapolis, MN. For more information, visit www.themccarthyproject.com or our weekly talk radio show, The McCarthy Project.
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