Official account for the book Coaching Better Athletes. CBA provides a modern framework that people can use to help maximize their athletes potential.
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Chapter 5 of our book, “Creating a Plan for Strength Development” will ensure you are doing all the right things with your athletes, no matter their age or competition level.
#StrengthTraining #Coaching #YouthSports #CoachingBetterAthletes #InjuryPrevention
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Young kids should NEVER lift weights!
That’s ridiculous ☝️
Lifting is great for athletes of all ages when done properly. Not lifting is what you should avoid!!!
#CoachingBetterAthletes #youthsports #athletedevelopment #coaching #strengthtraining
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Chapter 4:Universal Drills for Developing Athletes
Athletes are built with reps. To build athleticism there are drills every athlete can do to improve, no matter their age or level of competition.
#coachingbetterathletes #youthsports #athletedevelopment #sportscoach
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Every athlete should do drills that universally apply to all sports! “Sport specific” movements are hammered in practice. Every athlete needs to train their whole body!!! #cbathebook #agility #mobility #movement #speed
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While many trainers use science and experience to develop drills, there are too many people out there using “eye wash” drills in an effort to look cool on social media.
#coachingbetterathletes #agilitytraining #sportsspecifictraining #sportsperformancetraining #youthsports
ALT A trainer taking an athlete through overly complicated cone drills while recording them.
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Young athletes don’t spend enough time playing in their local parks and rec leagues. There is a journey that every athlete must take to realize their full potential as a competitor.
#CoachingBetterAthletes #YouthSports #YouthSportsTraining #YouthCoach
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“...the reason we coach is less about why we started coaching and more about our motivation to continue to coach.”
Excerpt From Coaching Better Athletes
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Coaching Better Athletes retweeted
May 10
This sums up the large majority of the problem we see in HS Weight Rooms
@pntrack
(Training Sport Teams, Caron 2026)
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A coach has to know what’s going on inside their athletes’ minds.
May 7
A coach should never hold the keys to a player's confidence. Only the athlete should have those.
If a coach feels that any of their athletes struggle with this, they need to hand the keys back. A simple conversation with the athlete about what they think and how they can start thinking differently is all it takes.
#AthleteConfidence #MentalGame #GrowthMindset #PlayerDevelopment #CoachingBetterAthletes
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Many say they want to be different, but they "protect" their egos, never fully giving themselves to what it takes to be different. They hold back just enough so that if they happen to fail, they have an excuse.
#AthleteMindset #SportsPsychology #MentalStrength #Bookstagram
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The world’s best athletes didn’t jump straight into competition.
The best formula is a natural progression. Playground fun➡️structured games➡️competitive sports.
This builds neural pathways, resilience, and joy while avoiding burnout.
#coachingbetterathletes #youthsports
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Decades of research to help YOU become the coach your athletes deserve.
Written by Dr. Jared Smith, Derrick Smith, Tessa Brophy, and Greg Carbin, a 3x Super Bowl champion strength coach.
#CoachingBetterAthletes #CoachingMatters #AthleteDevelopment #YouthCoach
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