The Future of Youth Sports: Building Stronger, Healthier, & More Durable Athletes | Jack Brown
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Jack Brown discusses the importance of strength training and other fundamentals for youth athletes in swimming and water polo.
View This Week's Show Notes Start Your 7-Day Trial to Mobility Coach Join Our Free Weekly Newsletter: The Ambush “Strength training will make swimmers slow.” “Water polo players should stop lifting before big competitions.” "Young athletes just need more time in the pool.” These ideas have shaped aquatic sports for decades… but what if they’re actually holding athletes back? In this episode of The Ready State Podcast, Kelly and Juliet Starrett sit down with strength and conditioning coach Jack Brown, founder of Aqua Strength Performance, to challenge some of the biggest myths in swimming and water polo. Drawing from his own experience as an injured athlete and years spent coaching everyone from middle school beginners to Division I athletes, Jack explains why strength training may be one of the most overlooked tools for improving performance, reducing injuries, and helping athletes stay in the sport longer. The conversation goes far beyond the weight room. Jack shares why sprinting, jumping, mobility work, sleep, nutrition, and recovery are essential pieces of athletic development—and why many youth athletes are training harder than ever while missing the fundamentals that matter…
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