Healthy Learning
Youth Sports and Fitness

The (12) presentations from the two-day NSCA Youth Fitness Symposium are featured on two extended-play DVDs. Over ten hours of authoritative information on the scientific basis for developing youth fitness programs, including: Kids Are Not Miniature Adults: Understanding the Physical and Psychological Uniqueness of Children and Adolescents, It’s No Fun, I Quit! Helpful Strategies for Motivating Youth, General Preparation for Aspiring Young Athletes, Fueling Tactics for Youth, Med Ball for All, Sand-Bag Training for Youth, Bronze, Silver, and Gold Progressive Plyometric Programs for Young Athletes, Program Design Considerations for Maximizing Fun, Fitness, Safety, and Performance, Effective Strategies for Training Elite Youth Athletes, How Much is Too Much? Overtraining, Overreaching, and Burnout in Youth Athletes, Developing a Youth Training Program on a Limited Budget (Round-Table Discussion), Teaching the Olympic Lifts. Produced in cooperation with the National Strength and Conditioning Association.