Kids today have more excuses for staying indoors than they did 15 years ago. Thankfully, these tips will get them excited to wake up and run out the door in the morning.

Is your athlete a power athlete or one with more elastic qualities? Fine tune a plyometric workout to fit their needs.

Plyometrics (jump training) is a great tool for improving an athlete’s speed, power, explosiveness, elasticity, eccentric strength, and other aspects of the neuromuscular system such as rhythm, balance, proprioception, movement coordination, and agility.

In examining my current and past young athletes, four things have made me successful in training this demographic.

Strength coaches need to assess a few things in regards to basketball players and the implementation of plyometric training.