IYCA – Big Book of Programs
The Most Comprehensive Youth Fitness & Sports Performance Training Resource Ever Created
Over 575 Pages of In-Depth Youth Specific Programs from
50 of the World’s Top Youth Coaches and Trainers!
Dear Fellow Coaches and Trainers,
Are you sick and tired of seeing sub-par training programs out there or even trainers sharing their ‘youth’ training programs that elite athletes couldn’t even handle?
What’s worse is not knowing who to trust and what actually constitutes a youth training program.
If you’re like most trainers and coaches, you want to see how others are taking what they’ve learned and applying it with the athletes they serve. You’re likely sick of the ‘internet experts’ who’ve never actually coached anyone, but are quick to share their programs and opinions online.
I know I hate all the mediocre programs out there that are not only terrible, but also are likely to get athletes hurt.
So here’s what I did…
To help filter through the vast array of information available online and give you access only to what is really working, I decided to use my personal contacts here at the IYCA to contact THE top youth coaches and trainers and issue them a challenge…
To come up with their best training programs, in their own specialties, geared 100% to youth fitness and performance… And these programs have to be something that they are using now to get huge results with their very own athletes.
These coaches are qualified as IYCA Members who are using IYCA Principles in their programming with athletes every day, so I already knew their information was the best in the field. Now they are going to share what they’re doing to get the people they serve results.
Here’s what we came up with, introducing…
This collection became The IYCA’s Big Book of Programs, a compendium of time-tested, results-producing youth fitness & sports performance training programs from some of the IYCA’s top professionals.
Some of these programs are sport specific. Some are general athlete development. Some are used to develop youth fitness. All have produced results for the athletes these trainers and coaches serve.
The Programs…
Growth spurts are critical times for youth athletes. This program shows how to “reinstall the movement operating system we learned as babies” during this crucial time to make sure our youth athletes maintain basic movement competency.
Steve Long, NSCA, FMS, USAW, IYCA, TPI, RKC, KBA
Steve has made quite a name for himself in the fitness industry, achieving many awards and acknowledgements for his accomplishments. He has trained a variety of clients ranging from ages 6 to 80 in over 8 years in the health and fitness industry. He assists clients in many aspects of health, fitness, weight loss, performance training, nutrition, and more. Steve is known for his practical approach to training and blending the many benefits of corrective exercise into highly metabolic conditioning and fat loss programs. Among other things, Steve specializes in functional fat loss, sports performance, golf fitness, injury prevention/post rehabilitation, kettlebell training, and lifestyle coaching. Steve has been mentored by, and continues to learn from the best professionals in the industry, bringing the most cutting edge programs to his clients.
Chris Collett
This program was designed for athletes who want to quickly, properly, and safely increase their vertical, by enhancing the proper movement patterns necessary for maximal explosiveness, strengthening the typical weak areas of hs athletes(ankle stabilization/dorsiflexion, back stabilization and strength, and hip extension/abduction strength as well as hamstring flexibility/strength), and developing power.
Chris Collett fell in love with training when introduced to it by his father at a young age. He began his training career over 6 years ago as an independent contractor at a small facility called Impulse Personal and Sports Training. Chris began with a basic CPT certification to get started and has continued his education ever since, holding multiple specialized certifications including an APT, and a CSCS.
Chris believes experience to be the best teacher; however, he selected the IYCA as 1 of his primary sources of continuing education, and has pursued both a Youth Fitness Specialist Certification and a High School Strength and Conditioning Certification through them. He has been training athletes for over 6 years with great success. With virtually no marketing he has built a successful business primarily off of “word of mouth” references. His training is results oriented, but focused on long term effectiveness, and the overall health and development of his athletes. Chris hopes one day to complete a masters in sports psychology and continue to help athletes achieve their optimal levels of performance for years to come!
Stian Weideman
A 4-6 Week Power program that was designed for Male High School Athletes. This is a 3-day program that includes a contrast method on day one, full body strength on day two and a 3 dimensional approach on the last day.
Stian is a Sports Performance coach and specializes in the field of Youth Conditioning. His athletes are injury free and achieve phenomenal results in their chosen sport. Stian constantly studies different training methods to improve the effectiveness of his programs. Stian has delivered Speed & Agility and other Sports Performance related clinics and is also an ongoing consultant at local high schools for rugby, hockey and netball. Athletes that have worked with Stian have gone on to achieve national colours in netball and provincial colours in rugby and hockey.
Stian is the owner of Sportcon Fitness & Performance Centre in Krugersdorp, South Africa.
Prior to being a business owner or sports performance coach Stian competed in Taekwon-do on a national and international level earning his black belt and also winning a European Championship in two different events.
Bob Budai
Today’s youth do not have the well rounded sports or general fitness background that they used to. “Specialized” sports programs contribute to the overall overuse issues that create injury potential amongst young athletes. Corrective strengthening is required to keep the body balanced to improve athletic performance and minimize the risk of injury.
Bob is a physical therapist/clinic director in Waterford, MI; as well as head trainer and owner of Functional Strength Training in Wixom, MI (www.funstrength.com). Bob has been involved in the fitness industry for almost 20 years, and has attained certifications from:NASM, NSCA, RKC, USAW, IYCA, Tacfit, CST, Jumpstretch, and others. Bob has instructed and consulted for various groups and agencies, written for local magazines, and currently works with people of all ages (children to elderly) and fitness levels (injured to professional athlete).
Mike Mejia
A program that focuses on increasing range of motion in chronically tight areas, boosting stability in others, and helps young athletes avoid succumbing to many of the common overuse injuries that are often associated with youth sports.
This counter-intuitive approach will help young athletes shift their mindset from all of the bench pressing, tire flipping and sled pulls, to building a more sound functional base off of which they can progress over time.
Mike Mejia CSCS, YFS, is the President of B.A.S.E. Sports Conditioning Inc. A company that provides on site training and educational resources for young athletes, coaches and parents. The author of several successful fitness books, he is currently a regular contributor to such publications and websites as Men’s Health, USA Swimming, Inside Lacrosse, Mom’s Team, STACK and the national STOP Sports Injuries campaign. Mike is also the writer, producer and host of the DVD BASE Training: Injury Prevention for Young Athletes.
Matt Shannon
This program is designed as a total body strength and conditioning routine.
This program can be used in conjunction with Olympic lifting, standard power lifting movements or as a standalone program.
It is designed to be used three to four days per week and requires no equipment. It involves twenty bodyweight exercises that are separated into four categories:
- Lower body
- Upper body
- Midline stability
- Total body conditioning
This is a great strength and conditioning program for youth athletes of all ages and sports. It can be scaled down to fit the needs of the complete beginner and dialed up to fit the demands of the most seasoned athlete.”
Matt Shannon is a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer. He is a certified High School Strength and Conditioning Specialist and a Speed & Agility Specialist with the IYCA. He is also an Underground Strength Coach, a Wing Chun, Thai Boxing and MMA Strength and Conditioning Coach. He’s an avid outdoorsman and a student of economics, evolutionary biology, the American Revolution and the Antebellum Period. And for more than 25 years Matt has studied and practiced martial artist in China, Taiwan and Thailand….
Phil Hueston
A straightforward way to incorporate strength & power development into a program of metabolic conditioning appropriate for sports fitness training and preparation.
Eliminates multiple sessions for different aspects of preparation (strength, power, speed, agility, quickness, balance, etc.)
Dramatically better (and measurable) results…less time!
Phil Hueston is the co-owner of All-Star Sports Academy and Co-Head Coach at Athletic Revolution – Toms River, NJ. He has been, and continues to be, a sought after Sports Performance Trainer and Consultant to teams and athletes at the Youth Sports, high school, collegiate and professional levels.
Since his entrance into the fitness industry in 1998, he has questioned the status quo, challenged the conventional wisdom of the fitness industry and used the answers to make his clients better, bigger, faster and stronger.
Not just another pretty trainer, Phil has been called a “master motivator and trainer of high school athletes” and a “key player in the Youth Fitness industry.”
He works with athletes, “mathletes” and “non-letes” from 6 to 18, helping them all reach their performance potential and maximize their “fun quotient.”
Phil recognized early on that the ONLY task of Sports Fitness Professionals is the improvement of their clients’ sports performance and their enjoyment of the process! He has worked with 1000’s of athletes, assisting them on their journeys to collegiate sports, Division 1 scholarships, pro and semi-pro sports careers and even the first round of the NHL Draft.
Recently, Phil co-authored a book, “The Definitive Guide to Youth Athletic Strength, Conditioning and Performance,” which reached #1 Best-Seller status in 2 separate literary categories.
Tommi Paavola
Practical and effective conditioning/injury prevention exercises for young female athletes to be incorporated into the overall training regimen. Some exercises are more flexibility and movement prep related whereas others have more to do with strength and landing mechanics.
- 4-way total body stretch
- Core activation on ground
- Hip activation with the mini-band
- 1-leg multiplanar progression
- Jumping & Landing mechanics (bilateral/unilateral)
- Strength moves
- Coordination locomotion
Tommi Paavola is the Founder of the company Discover Movement, focused on youth athletic development and conditioning. Tommi has created a Movement Skill Program for Youth that is instructed by over 2000 youth coaches in Europe. He currently runs fitness and performance training for Immaculate Heart Academy, an all-female high school in New Jersey. He has earned a Master’s Degree in Physical Education from University of Jyvaskyla Finland and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist CSCS, Youth Conditioning Specialist and High School Strength and Conditioning Specialist. Contact Tommi at www.discovermovement.com
Miles Noland
Specifically developed for youth baseball players. Strengthens key areas that directly relate to throwing. Increases resistance to injury and promote increased velocity. Youth baseball players are getting hurt at much younger ages now as a result of early sport specificity and year-round baseball. This program safely prepares the youth baseball player to withstand the rigors of throwing and promote arm health.
Miles Noland, MS, CSCS, PN, YFS recently opened his youth sports performance business, titled AthleteFit, in July 2012, after retiring from coaching baseball college. His business is made up primarily baseball players. He played four years of college baseball and has coached at the University of Kentucky, Wabash Valley College, Transylvania University, George Rogers Clark H.S. He has coached 30+ baseball players who have been drafted or signed professional contracts. He is a Precision Nutrition certified coach, and specializes in helping youth athletes put on muscle.
Richie Whall
This program was designed for a group of 10 to 12 junior tennis players aged between 11 and 14 years old with minimal experience with strength and conditioning. It is designed to develop movement quality as a foundation for long-term development, foster a good attitude towards training, and create an awareness of the training process for their understanding and empowerment.
As the inventor and technical director of Hex Training System Ltd, Richie Whall, has a strong academic background and vast experience working in schools, sports, health & fitness. For example:
- BSc (hons) Sports Science with Maths, First Class, University College
- Chester
- MSc Exercise & Nutrition Science, University College Chester
- 10 years’ experience working with young athletes and professional clubs and
- academies across a range of sports including football, cricket, rugby, netball
- and tennis.
- Lead Coach for a national health & racquets club
- Project Leader for a national multi-skills development agency working across
- all levels of education, from Early Years through to Primary, Secondary and
- SEN schools
- Contributing Advisor to the International Youth Conditioning Association.
Michael Sotos
Michael has created a general youth conditioning program that includes foam rolling, dynamic warm-up, agility and footwork skills, power training, strength training, and core strength.
Michael Sotos has 8 years experience in the fitness industry and is the owner of Rogue Valley Fitness Training which is based out of Ashland, Oregon. He is the strength coach for the Southern Oregon University Raider’s Volleyball team and has also worked with both the softball and soccer teams. Many local high school athletes have trained under his guidance, including two baseball players that were selected in the MLB draft. Michael looks to improve technique, build strength, and increase power in his youth athletes. He holds the following certifications:
- IYCA High School Strength and Conditioning Specialist
- NSCA CSCS
- ACE Certified Advanced Health and Fitness Specialist
- USA Weightlifting Level 1 Sports Performance
- USA Track and Field Level 1 Coach
- USA Triathlon Level 1 Coach
Leonard Framson
Leonard is a private practice physical therapist with a Master of Fitness Science as well as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Instructor, Certified Youth Fitness Trainer and Certified Fitness and Nutrition Coach in Long Island, New York. In addition to being a private practice physical therapist, he also provides pediatric physical therapy homecare services and personal training services at home, facilities and athletic fields.
Lenny has 29 years of experience providing physical therapy evaluations, rehabilitation and working with athletes from amateur to elite and professional. In March of 2004, he was spotlighted as the ISSA Pro-trainer of the Month (International Sports Science Association). He published articles on proper running mechanics and proper hydration to prevent heat related problems and proper procedures to follow. He has also lectured on five key aspects of physical fitness and continues to educate coaches and parents as well as the youth athlete and individuals on the proper way to exercise.
Lenny was a physical therapist at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games and physical therapist/sports trainer at the 1993 and 1997 World Maccabiah Games in Israel responsible for the United States Track and Field and United States Wrestling Delegations as well as treated other athletes from around the world. He had also served as the Medical Staff Chairperson and Medical Staff Coordinator for the 1995 Maccabiah Summer Youth Games held on Long Island. He also coached and trained the Suffolk Girls Maccabi Soccer Team for many years.
Lenny provides a performance enhancement training log.
Paul Luchi
Introducing our Juniors (13-15) to resistance training. Our 15 yrs+ continue up the graded system of levels.
We currently use a multi level card system where proficiency with all exercises must be demonstrated before advancement to the next level. There is of course, overlap with some exercises.
Emphasis is placed on range of movement in a safe (technically correct) way.
We ask all boys to fill in their cards not for the personal satisfaction of lifting heavier, but to demonstrate attendance and continued application to the often challenging components of some of the exercises they perform, many of them for the first time!
We are about to introduce a new warm up routine which will lead into the teaching of landing mechanics and low level (intense) jumps etc.
Time of course is not always our friend, so we usually need to incorporate many facets of physical development into one session.
Paul played rugby for the University of Sydney before becoming a high school teacher and Strength & Conditioning coach in 1995. He has worked in the French Top 14 with Narbonne Rugby and with both the Randwick and Sydney University rugby programs. Paul is currently one of the Strength & Conditioning coaches at the University of Sydney. He oversees the football (soccer) program and assists with the Sydney Flames Basketball and Australian Rules Football (AFL) programs. Paul has been a teacher and coach at St Aloysius since 2004.
Jim Herrick
The best way to understand how to properly help a younger athlete through training, in my opinion, is to think of the process like the start of building an expensive house. You’d naturally start by building a foundation, something stable upon which you can build all the more glamorous parts above that people will see and admire. Athletic development for our younger population works the same way, we do the underlying work that may not turn heads, but is what will hold their physical structure together when they are ready to fully develop the more eye-catching skill sets down the road.
Our training emphasis is on first stabilizing the ankle, hip, and shoulder joint, along with making sure the hips have proper mobility. And as often as possible, we want to create lines of diagonal stress through their midsection (or core) to help link upper body and lower body power and enhance the foundation of rotational power that is critical to success in so many sports (ice hockey, tennis, baseball, softball, field hockey, lacrosse, and golf just to name a few).
By doing this, we can lower a young athlete’s risk for many common injuries – ankle sprains, many types of knee injuries (ACL tears, meniscus tears, etc), shoulder separations, lower back issues, and more. This approach can also have a more global aspect to preventing injuries, too. For example, a rigid shoulder joint combined with more mobile hips may lower stress on the elbow of a young Little League pitcher, preventing or lessening a very common youth sports injury. The list is endless but the point is simple – build a great foundation from Day One and allow for a wonderful structure to be built upon it only after the fundamentals are in place.
This workout is a sample of how we at Athletic Revolution Leominster help our athletes to build that foundation for future success.
Jim Herrick is the founder of Power Source Training Center, Inc. and Athletic/Fitness Revolution Leominster, located in Leominster, MA. An IYCA Certified Level 2 Speed & Agility Specialist and Level 1 Youth Fitness Specialist, he was formerly the Strength & Conditioning Coach at Cushing Academy (Ashburnham, MA) and St. Bernard’s High School (Fitchburg, MA) for a combined 13 years. Jim has helped train thousands of athletes over his career, including nearly a dozen who have gone on to become either professional or Olympic athletes.
Kevin Till
This program provides a 5 phase resistance training development program for introducing youths to resistance training. The program focuses on 6 areas which are olympic lifting, bilateral strength, unilateral strength, upper body pushing, upper body pulling and core strength. The program has been successfully implemented with junior rugby players aged 13-16 but could be utilized in most sports/populations. This program primarily focuses on lifting technique, movement ability and strength development.
Dr Kevin Till is a UKSCA accredited strength and conditioning coach who has extensive experience of developing youth athletes. Kevin has worked with athletes from the age of 8 up to international level in a range of sports including rugby, football, cricket and tennis.
Kevin completed his PhD in paediatric physiology, talent identification and talent development at Leeds Metropolitan University in 2011. Kevin is now a Lecturer in Sports Coaching (focussing on paediatric exercise Physiology) at Leeds Metropolitan University and runs his own strength & conditioning and consultancy business called KT Conditioning.
C.J. Easter
Speed training system for coaches with no time, no budget, and no fancy equipment
C.J. is former Stanford football player turned certified high school strength and conditioning specialist. He is the CEO of the Performance Science Training Institute and creator of the Xplosive Functional Training (XFT) Speed and Strength Systems. He is one of the most sought after speed and strength coaches in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Susan Wade, M.Ed., CSCS
There have been several studies concerning ACL injuries in female athletes over the last ten years. However, the injury rate among female athletes continues to rise. Studies that implemented more than one method resulted in the most significant differences in injury rates among the subjects. The methods that included more than one protocol such as neuromuscular training, plyometrics, flexibility, strength and jump training showed a decrease in injury rate with the control group. (Myklebust, Mandelbaum, Gilcrest, Hewitt). This ACL preventative program is designed specifically for female soccer players, but may be altered to fit any sport.
Susan is the owner and Director of F.A.S.T. (Foothills Academy of Sports Training) and has a Master’s Degree in Higher Education Administration. She is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) with NSCA (National Strength and Conditioning Association), a Level I Youth Speed & Agility Specialist with the International Youth Conditioning Association (IYCA) and is a Nike SPARQ certified trainer.
Susan began her training as a volunteer Assistant Strength coach at Creighton University. Upon certification, she began training a diverse population at a local community center. She moved to Boise and was employed as an adjunct faculty member in the Kinesiology Department at Boise State University for 8 years in addition to running speed training clinics for young athletes.
Susan trains local youth, high school and college athletes for baseball, softball, cheerleading, football, lacrosse, basketball and soccer. She has been the strength coach for local high school baseball and lacrosse teams. Most recently, she has developed a “back to play” and “injury prevention ACL program” with a physical therapist.
Susan trains with the local Y-Triathalon club, enjoys hot yoga and hiking in the foothills. She has been married to Morey for 23 years and has 3 children; Taylor 21, Ashley 19, and Colby 17. All have been active in sports all their lives.
Kevin Nuppnau
YouthFit strives to educate today’s youth in the importance of fitness and wellness. The core principles of proper
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