Today professional sports are based on strength and speed. We can only assume at what level athleticism will be in the professional sport in 5-10 years, when many young athletes who are now starting will finish their youth sports journey.
But we can already say that at that moment, the years of mastering and perfecting sports skills (dribbling, shooting, serving, spiking, smashing, ...) necessary to play a certain sport, will not be a guarantee for a successful career. They will need much more than a perfect sport skill …
Changes in top-level sports, where ever faster and stronger athletes are sought, occur at the same time as the test results of motor abilities and sports skills of children and young people are getting poorer.
Experts have come to the conclusion that practicing organised sports cannot compensate for the lack of movement during the day, which is increasingly present in nowadays young generations.
Children nowadays spend a lot of time sitting at home and playing computer games, making contact with each other through social networks, while in the past they made this contact through playing on the street.
And it was the very play with peers whenever and wherever possible that enabled previous generations to develop the so-called spontaneous motor skills together with the underlaying motor abilities.
However, there are fewer and fewer such optional activities in the daily schedule of our children. What can and must you do?
This is revealed to you by The formula for success in sports.
How to build a solid foundation that will enable young athletes meet the demands of professional sports in the future
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- Diagnostic procedures in youth sports
- Importance of coordination in the development of young athletes
- Designing coordination training in relation to the stages of athletic development
- The development of optimal speed
- Fundamental principles of speed training
- Proper movement technique
- Quick footwork
- Improving reaction time, first step quickness and acceleration
- Developing plyometric training in relation to the stages of athletic development
- Introduction to mental training
- and many more…
- Bonus Chapter FORMULA FOR SUCCESS IN SPORTS - ten factors of the formula for success in sports that must not be ignored
FOR COACHES, STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING SPECIALISTS AS WELL FOR ANYONE PARTICIPATING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG ATHLETES AGED 6-18 YEARS
Book reviews
Excerpts from the books intrigued me, so I decided to buy them, and I must admit that I am extremely satisfied with the information presented...
The thought that particularly occupied me, in addition to well-processed components from the world of motor abilities and skills (dynamic warm-up, nutrition - a hit!!!) and everything else, is the awareness that today's kids PLAY LESS AND LESS (fine coordination) and start serious training earlier, entering sports with much greater commitment than previous generations (and have a much larger choice unlike previous generations). The demands in sports placed on them are increasingly intense; they achieve top results earlier (a smaller number), injuries are more frequent, and the sports career is shorter.
I think the books 'Formula for Success in Sports 1 and 2' are ideal material for parents, kinesiologists, coaches, athletes, and generally all sports professionals to approach sports individuals and their (real) needs more sensibly, especially because it is so easy today to give up sports and turn to virtual games. Every coach can find drills on YouTube today; sensitivity and understanding of children's growth are important.
runo, I'm glad to hear that the development of new content for the training of young athletes is starting soon. The books "Formula for Sports Success 1" and "Formula for Sports Success 2" are readings I would recommend to everyone: coaches, students, and especially athletes who want to improve their motor skills and, consequently, their performance.
In modern sports, it is simply impossible to achieve the highest achievements without such books. Therefore, I warmly recommend to everyone who wants to know their way to sports success to include these two books in their collection, as the journey will undoubtedly be more challenging without them.
I hope that you will soon delight us all with new insights into the world of the development of young athletes because knowledge is never enough. All the best to everyone!
„PRICELESS“: – at the end of each chapter some of the world's greatest athletes and rising stars talk about their early training days and give their advices on young athletes training.
COORDINATION
- Dejan Kuluševski, a Swedish football player- 2022 and 2023 Best football player in Sweden playing for Tottenham Spurs
- Marin Čilić, a Croatian tennis player- 2014 US Open winner, won 20 ATP singles titles, Wimbeldon and Austalian Open runner-up
- Zheng Si Wei, a Chinese badminton player- #1 ranked in the world in mixed doubles, 3x World Champion in mixed doubles and Olympics silver medalist
SPEED AND AGILITY
- Usain Bolt, a Jamaican sprinter- the greatest sprinter of all time, world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and 4 × 100 metres relay, 8x time Olympic gold medalist
- Beauden Barrett, a New Zealand rugby player- World Rugby Player of the Year in 2016 and 2017, Rugby World Cup winner in 2015 and silver medalist in 2023 World Cup
- Roberta Vinci, an Italian former tennis player and now padel player- former world No. 1 ranking in doubles, doubles winner at French Open, US Open, 2 x Australian Opens and Wimbeldon, singles Grand slam runner-up at US Open who beat Serena Williams in semi-finals
- Ivica Olić, a Croatian football player who played in two Champions League finals with Bayern Munich
EXPLOSIVENESS
- Melissa Vargas, a Cuban volleyball player representing Turkey- In the summer 2023 she won the Volleyball Nations League and European Championship with Turkey and was awarded the MVP of both tournaments
- Mayank Agarwal, an Indian cricket player- Indian National Team member who became the third-fastest Indian player to register 1000 Test runs
- Blanka Vlašić, a Croatian high jumper- two-time World champion and double Olympic medallist who ranks as the second highest female jumper of all time with her personal best of 2.08 m
- Paula Pareto, an Argentinian judoka- gold medalist from the Rio 2016 Olympics, a silver medalist from the Beijing 2008 Olympics, won nearly 50 medals in various international competitions
MENTAL TRAINING
- Magnus Carlsen, a Norwegian chess player- holding the world number-one ranking since 2011, won the World Chess Championship five times
- Mirela Kardašević, a Croatian diver- 4-time World Champion, 11 World Records holder
- Xander Schauffele, an American golfer- won the Olympic gold medal at the men's individual golf event of the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Sasha DiGiulian, an American rock climber- won the gold medal at the International Federation of Sport Climbing World Championships held in Arco, Italy.
FORMULA FOR SUCCESS IN SPORTS
- Juan Carlos Ferrero, a Spanish tennis player- former world No. 1 ranked tennis player, French Open winner, current tennis coach of Carlos Alcaraz and owner of JC Ferrero Equelite Sports Academy
- Ivica Kostelić, a Croatian alpine skiier- overall World Cup winner in 2011, 4x Winter Olympic Games silver medalist
- Shahid Afridi, a Pakistani cricket player- former captain of Pakistani National team, won the T20 World Cup for Pakistan, scored the fastest century in ODI
- Carolina Marin, a Spanish badminton player, Olympics gold medalist, three-time World Champion and seven-time European Champion
- Emma McKeon, an Australian swimmer, Australia's most decorated Olympian with total of 11 medals
- Johannes Klæbo, a Norwegian cross-country skier, 7x Winter Olympics medalist (5 gold), 12x World Championship medalist (9 gold) and 4x overall World Cup titles
The book FORMULA FOR SUCCESS IN SPORTS 2
29.95€
Everything you wanted to know about young athlete development described in detail on 200 pages
10 tests of motor abilities
numerous speed and agility, coordination, and explosiveness development exercises – for each stage of athletic development – with description and colour photos and/or illustrations
sample training programs for young athletes aged 6-9, 10-14 and 15-18 years
20 top athlete interviews