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Post by nije on Aug 16, 2007 20:34:51 GMT 1
P.S.
I for one, enjoy this site more than any for the quality and quantity of advice chatter and exchanging of views among us all.
Long may it continue and well done to us all!
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Post by sam on Aug 18, 2007 13:22:43 GMT 1
has anyone spoken about physical development?
i recall some lads when i was 14/15 having beards and the deepest voices going and also towering above me. when i see them now they are no bigger but i have caught up with them in terms of height...still workign on the beard though..
thing i'm trying to get at is can you apply the same rules to everyone.. NO!
each athlete should be assessed as an individual. just saying that all 14/15's should not be doing weight is rediculous.
For example. Brad burr and georgie bean at the same age.. georgie was much more physically developed naturally than brad is now. therefore i would not get brad to do any "heavy" lifting untill i am satisfied that his physical development is more advnaced.
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Post by wez on Aug 20, 2007 8:41:26 GMT 1
Sam, good point and thats all the more reason to stay away from weights until its certain they are ready. Who knows when a kid has stopped developing? HE/SHE might be big for their age and look developed but then they could still grow another 10cm's. I had a beard at 14 and looked alot older than i was but i was only 5ft 7 then and didn't stop growing until i hit 6ft at 21. Its an extreme example but my brother was 5ft 8 and appeared to have stopped growing (my Dad and both Grandad's were 5ft 8) when he left to Uni at 18 and by the time he finished he was also 6ft. It would be a really bad move for someone like that to start the weights even though they appear to have finished growing.
You just never know- so its best to air on the side of caution IMO, but theres nothing to stop them doing medball, plyo, and resistance work.
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Post by ironbrew on Nov 24, 2007 19:22:25 GMT 1
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Post by nije on Feb 22, 2008 11:54:02 GMT 1
That article, like many like it, is fine and tru but what it does not address and hides is that there is no evidence that participating in such strgnth rpogrammes may increa\se strenght levels by 30 - 40% but this does not correlate to long term developoment. i.e. you could thrwo thte jav 60m at 14 adn 65m as a senior as you were simply a big boy playing woith little toys. Tolputt threwe 75m with the 5kg but never more than 60- 65 with the full size hammer - what does that tell you? He is simply one of countless athlets who were successful with small implements but this did not translate to the senior ages.
Hence the reserach you read does not necessarily address teh issue of will it make you better in the long term
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