Presentation description
This presentation from Director of Strength & Conditioning at JJ Pearce High School, Joey Bergles looks at ways to maximize athletic development and the areas that he focuses on with younger athletes. He uses his experience working with collegiate/professional athletes to show the good and bad things that can potentially arise when starting the training process at a young age. The presentation will delve into coaching youth athletes in a large group setting, which presents many unique challenges, and strategies to maximize success from a coaching standpoint.
Learning objectives
- Understand the potential benefits and pitfalls of initiating formal S&C work in youth, drawing from collegiate and professional athlete experiences.
- Manage group coaching dynamics effectively by identify key challenges and practical strategies for delivering strength and conditioning programs to large groups of younger athletes.
- Integrate lessons learned from elite-level environments into youth athlete development—focusing on what supports long-term growth versus short-term gains.
About the presenter
Joey Bergles is the Director of Strength & Conditioning at JJ Pearce High School in Richardson, Texas, where he oversees athletic development programs across high school, two feeder junior high schools, and elementary-level athletes. He brings prior collegiate-level experience from NAIA through Division I programs and is highly credentialed, holding certifications including CSCS, DNS-A, FRCms, FRA, Kinstretch, and Metabolic Analytics
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Contact hours
- Reading time = 10 minutes
- Video length = 34 minutes
- Quiz = 10 minutes
- Total contact hours (rounded down to nearest 0.25 hr) = 0.75
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