Building Youth Athletes - Skill-set | Mindset | Athleticism
When teaching, coaching and developing a youth athlete, it's important to build both skill-set and mindset. You can't have a complete athlete without intentionally developing both. You also need to focus on building a complete athlete who's athleticism can cross all sports and will lead to an active and healthy lifestyle for later in life. Athleticism They have to have the strength and coordination to be able to perform all the movements that it takes to have success in their sport. Skill-set They have to have skills needed to have success in their sport. Mindset They have to have the mindset needed to commit and have the grit to work to build up their athleticism and skill-set, and the grit to overcome the many setbacks that they will encounter. It is a Marathon - Not A Sprint It takes years - really a lifetime - to fully grow and develop our skill-set and mindset completely, so be patient, consistent and diligent. Use others as a healthy gauge on progres...