by Tullio
Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:01 pm
John,
Any advice/experience of dealing with Junior athletes?
My lad is nearly 13 and I've just got him his first roadbike..seems he was much inspired by the Clifton Road Race.
He's not new to sport; played football since 5, 3 years with an Athletics club and he rides a MTB quite a bit.
Whilst my attention at the moment is trying to improve his roadsense and keep him interested, eventually he'll want to do something a bit more serious.
-What should I limit it to at the moment?
-Does 'training' in the context of the material elsewhere on this site have a part to play at a young age or is it just about stamina?
-What precautions, if any, about potential damage to growing bodies?
-How do you build up strength, safely, at this age?
I saw a frightening program recently about some American parents (where else?) that had push their young son into bodybuilding and there were experts on saying how much damage it can do.
Thanks
Paul
Any advice/experience of dealing with Junior athletes?
My lad is nearly 13 and I've just got him his first roadbike..seems he was much inspired by the Clifton Road Race.
He's not new to sport; played football since 5, 3 years with an Athletics club and he rides a MTB quite a bit.
Whilst my attention at the moment is trying to improve his roadsense and keep him interested, eventually he'll want to do something a bit more serious.
-What should I limit it to at the moment?
-Does 'training' in the context of the material elsewhere on this site have a part to play at a young age or is it just about stamina?
-What precautions, if any, about potential damage to growing bodies?
-How do you build up strength, safely, at this age?
I saw a frightening program recently about some American parents (where else?) that had push their young son into bodybuilding and there were experts on saying how much damage it can do.
Thanks
Paul