Youth Fitness

Youth Fitness programs at Duffy Fitness are the most scientific methods used today to train young athletes. From a professional point of view most young athletes are ill prepared to play their sport. Most young athletes are over trained, over stressed, dehydrated, mal-nutritioned and sleep deprived. Young athletes are pushed to lift too much weight, are not trained to lift properly, are not given enough rest time in between workouts for their bodies to repair properly and are forced to do exercises and drills that actually decrease their speed, agility and jumping ability.

Most coaches train their athletes aerobically for anaerobic sports because that is all they know how to do. Aerobic training actually has no positive carry over for an anaerobic sport, and there are very few sports where athletes can benefit from this kind of training. At the same time, coaches and trainers are completely ignoring important muscle groups that are tremendously beneficial for balance and stability that help decrease injuries. Last year in soccer alone, there were 40,000 ACL knee surgeries on minors due to injuries on the field. Many of these injuries could have been prevented with a proper physical assessment of the athlete and a good program design.

That is why, at Duffy Fitness as with all our clients, the young athlete goes through an important evaluation to determine all imbalances that need to be corrected. Children today face greater physical stresses on their growing bodies, lack of physical education in schools, decrease in active play, incredibly poor diets, lack of sleep, increased time spent in front of computer games and television. These stresses cause tremendous imbalances in the body that we can begin to correct with the proper program designed for the individual. A program designed from the assessment will teach proper corrective exercises and stretches that will reduce chances of injury and increase their performance on the playing field and more importantly in life.

Contrary to popular belief, children as young as 5 can benefit from a controlled and guided strength training and stretching exercise program. Their posture, confidence, mental agility and ability to focus will all improve. Duffy Fitness also offers Nutritional counseling for individuals and teams. Now is the time to teach your child the habits that will help him or her stay healthy and active their entire lives.

No matter your child’s sport be it,

• Soccer
• Football
• Lacrosse
• Tennis
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Swimming
• Water Polo
• Or too much video gaming

your child can benefit from the Youth Fitness Programs at Duffy Fitness..