Following UK coaches and Canadian Sports Center these are the main issues in youth sport:
- Young athletes under-train, over-compete.
- Low training to competition ratios in early years.
- Adult competition superimposed on young athletes.
- Adult training programmes superimposed on young athletes.
- Male programmes superimposed on females.
- Training in early years focuses on outcomes (winning) rather than processes (optimal training).
- Chronological age dominates training rather than biological age.
- Under development between 6-16 years cannot be fully overcome (athletes will never reach genetic potential).
- The best coaches are encouraged to work at elite level.
- Coach/Teacher education tends to skim the growth, development and maturation of young people.
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