These are the most commonly asked question. Properly organized youth sports programs can offer a positive growth experience for children. Children are not merely small adults. Their needs are quite different. The quality of their experience depends on effective coaching and effective parenting.
Young athletes can make small gains in strength through proper weight training.
The greatest component of their strength improvement is from skill development, but an increment of actual strength increase is present through weight training. Proper weight training for the prepubertal athlete should include low weight and high repetitions. The major gains in pure strength come after the hormonal changes of puberty. Exercise also helps to increase aerobic capacity. Aerobic exercises are those that use large muscle groups and that are continuous and rhythmic in nature.