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Answer To Question #5
Question #5:
Recovery/Rest is my big question: what can an athlete do during recovery without jeopardizing his next speed/jump training workout (for 14 and 15 year old basketball players)?
Answer by Lee Taft:
This can be a tough situation due to all the components of an adolescent’s day. There are emotional, muscular, hormonal, and other systems that need recovery.
The basic approach I would take is to make sure the recovery starts immediately following the last speed/jump workout or practice in general. Things like, rolling the tissue to help eliminate chemical irritants, replace glycogen stores with proper nutrition/hydration, and proper flexibility to restore resting length tension of the soft tissue, just to name a few components to a recovery program.
The workouts succeeding the speed/jump workout should be less demanding on the skeletal-muscular system as well as less stressful on the nervous system. I would use a technique day to teach proper skills of multi-directional speed or proper execution of a new strength exercise in the weight room. Another approach would be to use a non-pounding interval form of endurance training such as bike work or slide board.
Obviously so much depends on the day to day observation of your athlete’s energy levels and physical preparedness, but the above information is a nice guide to follow.
About Lee Taft:
Lee is highly respected as one of the top agility and change of direction specialists in the country and serves as Performance Director and owner of Sports Speed, Etc., Inc.
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Executive Vice President for the International Youth Conditioning Association, the premier international authority with respect to athletic development and young athlete-based conditioning
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Certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), a Sports Performance Coach certified by USA Weightlifting (SPC)and he is also a certified Level 1 Track and Field Coach by the USA Track & Field (USATF level I)
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Lee’s innovative techniques to improve multi-directional speed are the teaching method of choice for many professionals
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Lee has written dozens of articles and e-books on the topic of multi-lateral speed and youth development, produced audio CD and DVD programs and is a featured speaker on the Perform Better tour and other sports development clinics and seminars
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