Young Athlete

50% of children drop out of sport completely at the age of 16.

Don't let your child be one of them.

Young athletes are often forced to over compete at a young age and asked to specialise in their sport before they reach adolescence.

Parents find it difficult to say no the various requests from schools, clubs and regions that all want their child to compete. Parents want the best for their child, but are often overwhelmed with too much pressure from conflicting sources. 

That's why I wrote my book "Training young athletes". 

Teachers and Coaches know the theory of Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD), but are pressurised for time and may not know how to train the individual components that comprise sporting performance.

Excelsior offers support to teachers and parents with solid programmes aimed at developing the young athlete at the right time FOR THEM.

Children's fitness is different from adults. They can't get fit for sport playing the Wii and are at risk of injury if adult programmes are imposed upon them.

More information can be found in our FREE resource pack.

Athletic Development Centre

Designed for young athletes who are playing more than one sport, the Centre runs workshops and weekly training sessions. The workshops are designed to educate athletes, parents and coaches and run 6 times a year. They will include:

• Physical Competency Assessment – to help prevent injuries BEFORE they happen
• Planning advice - from a neutral perspective to help parents plan the month and year of their child’s development.
• Physical training programmes that are YOUTH specific i.e. “simple to complex”, “slow to fast”, “static to dynamic”, “unloaded to loaded”.
• Coach and Teacher workshops to help you transform theory into practice

Athletes can then either attend our weekly training sessions in Exeter, or join the online Sports Training System which shows them how to train at home and at their club.

It is important to understand that the process is Long Term, and that Athletic Development requires a multi faceted approach utilising many different types of activities.

Don’t wait until it is too late, contact us for a free initial consultation and help your child achieve a happy, healthy and successful sporting experience.