GIVING YOUNG ATHLETES A LONG TERM ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT PATHWAY

For most parents, it’s a given that their kids should participate in a wide variety of sports and physical activity to set them up for a healthy life.
The more your young kids can run, jump, hop, swim and enjoy sports, the better.
But, we often think these youngsters are unbreakable and can handle more than us ageing and aching adults…but growing bodies actually are at a heightened risk to injury..
And as the higher levels of sport hours demand more from our kids bodies, the pressure of progress starts to weigh down on them mentally and physically.
We see this all too often…kids are pushed too hard, for too long, until they break…setting them back in their progress rather than forward.
One of the best ways to manage the pressures of multiple sports, training sessions, school and a social life, is to optimise their athletic potential… off the field of play.
This is where WASPs years of athlete coaching experience becomes your child’s ‘secret weapon’.
Teaching athletes to correctly jump, land, run, push, pull and be injury resilient is one of the most valuable tools in a sporting parents arsenal — it can keep them going while the kids around them take time off again and again..
While most athletes simply do ‘more and more training’, our athletes allocate a percentage of their training week to learning how to move well… because prevention is better than a cure.
It’s also one of the best ways to set them up for success as an adult athlete wanting to become professional – they’ll need every advantage they can take, and the pros will expect them to come ready to play.
Our Emerging Athlete Program provides exactly this — an opportunity for young athletes to be proactive, rather than reactive in their development… because the most athletic athletes usually have the best chances at success.