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Skill based conditioning is not enough

Posted by devo on July 18, 2008

Here is an interesting post from Loris Bertolacci on how we should be developing young sports people.

In Volleyball all I see is skinny little frail kids jumping around and getting fitter BUT reinforcing very poor “fitness” and neuromuscular habits. Once ingrained hard to change. And Volleyball is a real sport. Played everywhere. Lot harder to succeed in than cricket and netball and AFL. So strength and conditioning at an early age is now in my opinion an absolute priority. We must have players ready at 16 to 18 to explode on the world stage. more@Loris Bertolacci