Youth Athletic Performance

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Don’t skip strength training during the season! 💪⠀

Research shows that adding smart, in-season strength work (just 1-3 short sessions/week) delivers HUGE benefits for youth athletes (ages 8-18):⠀

• Builds & maintains strength/power — Studies on youth soccer players show 20-30% gains in bench/leg press and 10%+ in jumps/sprints even during competition.⠀

• Drops injury risk dramatically — One trial cut non-contact injuries by ~82% (from 2.62 to 0.48 per 1,000 hours). Another saw ZERO injuries over 8 weeks with targeted 20-min sessions 3x/week. Overall, resistance training can reduce sports injuries by up to 68%!⠀

• Keeps them resilient — Counters fatigue, fixes imbalances, and protects against overuse—without hurting sport performance or recovery.⠀

𝙆𝙚𝙮 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨: Supervised, progressive programs (compound moves like squats, presses, pulls at moderate loads) help young athletes stay stronger, faster, and healthier all season long. No more “losing gains” mid-year!⠀

If you’re a parent/coach wondering how to fit this in safely, DM us for tips or program ideas tailored to your athletes. Let’s keep our kids performing AND protected! 🛡️⚽🏀🏈⠀

What do you think—do you strength train in-season? Drop a 💪 below!⠀

𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝙆𝙚𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙗𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮! ⠀
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𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙙𝙤𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙖𝙮𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙗𝙞𝙜 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚!⠀
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𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙚 𝙞𝙨, 𝙞𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝟭𝟬𝟬% 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙥 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚! ⠀
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𝙒𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠! 𝙒𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙚!
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𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙪𝙣𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙔𝘼𝙋 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪!

𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙜𝙪𝙮 .weiss 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙙! ⠀⠀
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𝘼𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝟳.𝟯 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝟲𝟬 𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙖𝙨𝙝, 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙙!
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𝙒𝙚 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙂𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝟮 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙯𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙨! ⠀
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𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙂𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝟮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝘽𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘽𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙙 𝙅𝙪𝙢𝙥𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙨!

When we say Serious Athletes Only we mean it! ⠀
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That doesn’t mean, the most talented or gifted, it means the ones that are serious about showing up and putting in the work! ⠀
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Hard work beats talent everyday of the week!

𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙍𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙩! ⠀
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𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙪𝙥 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙! ⠀
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𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣! ⠀
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𝙔𝘼𝙋 𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝘿𝙄𝙎𝘾𝙄𝙋𝙇𝙄𝙉𝙀 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙍𝙀𝙂𝙍𝙀𝙏!

Saturday = Game Day vibes.
This reel shows our football athletes, but the same energy shows up in every sport, softball, basketball, baseball, soccer, volleyball, and more.
YAP athletes train all week so when it’s game time, they’re ready to perform.
YAP Athletes tag us in your highlights this weekend, we want to see the work pay off.