IMPROVING THE PHYSICAL FITNESS OF YOUNG PLAYERS THROUGH ACTION GAMES

Abstract

Youth training requires a specific and different approach to design and implementation of physical preparation. As famously stated by Bompa, young people cannot merely be considered ‘‘mini adults’’. The physiological makeup of children and adolescents is markedly different from that of mature adults (38); it follows that the parameters applied to training design should reflect these differences. Neural, hormonal, and cardiovascular systems develop with advances in biologic age, leading to corresponding changes in neuromuscular performance.