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A podcast for Parents, Sports Coaches, PE Teachers, Support staff and anyone else interested in Youth Athletic Development! Our mission is to support grassroots coaches in the development of youth athletes.
Here you'll find interviews with technical coaches, support staff, researchers and former athletes, helping us all to improve our coaching with young athletes.
Dr. Phil Kearney - Relative Age, Maturation & Early Specialisation
The Long Term Athletic Development Podcast
1 hour 22 minutes
1 year ago
Dr. Phil Kearney - Relative Age, Maturation & Early Specialisation
In this episode we are joined by Dr. Phil Kearney Associate Professor at the University of Limerick, co-founder of Movement Skill Acquisition Ireland, and Skill Acquisition Lead on Gaelic Games Sport Science working group, and the Irish representative of the Teaching Games for Understanding specialist interest group.
During this conversation Phil shares some great insights on:
The effects of relative age and maturation in youth sport
Practical coaching strategies to account for these differences
The application of corrective adjustment procedures
Early specialisation vs. multi-sport and the need to dive deeper to understand them
This episode is sponsored by @VALDPerformance (www.valdperformance.com)
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The Long Term Athletic Development Podcast
A podcast for Parents, Sports Coaches, PE Teachers, Support staff and anyone else interested in Youth Athletic Development! Our mission is to support grassroots coaches in the development of youth athletes.
Here you'll find interviews with technical coaches, support staff, researchers and former athletes, helping us all to improve our coaching with young athletes.
