The Top 5 Posts on the Coaching Young Athletes Blog in 2016
The “Coaching Young Athletes” blog first appeared in May 2015 and has continued to grow during 2016 attracting over 33,000 views from people in 135 countries. Below are the five most-read articles for 2016:
How to Teach a Long Jump Run-Up in 7 Easy Steps
Long and triple jump run-ups – a seven stage teaching process.
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Kids Sports: How Often Should a Young Athlete Practice?
A discussion about appropriate training frequency and volume for young athletes.
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Long Jump: An Essential Guide for Teaching Kids
Links to three posts that will help you teach young athletes how to long jump.
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5 Tips for Teaching Discus to Beginners
Links to 5 posts that will help coaches teach a basic standing discus throw to beginners.
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How to Evaluate Your Own Coaching Performance
Tips for creating your own coaching self evaluation form.
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Thanks to all who have visited the blog. I hope that you have gained a few tips and tricks for coaching and teaching young athletes.
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Further Reading
My 5 Most-Read Articles for 2015
Darren Wensor is a sports development professional, coach educator, specialist coach of young athletes and founder of the blog coachingyoungathletes.com. Learn more about him here and connect with him on Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin , Anchor or via email.
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