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 Over the past decade there has been a tremendous growth in the number of publications on youth strength training. We have noted a few of our favorites here. For ease of your review, the publications are divided into the following five sections:
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Articles   



Books



Position papers from medical
and fitness organizations
 



Selected research and review article
listing



100+
References





Books


Strength and Power for Young Athletes
by Avery Faigenbaum and Wayne Westcott, Human Kinetics Publishers (2000). Available at www.amazon.com. This book combines the latest research with a wide variety of strength training programs for boys and girls ages 7 to 15. Provides training guidelines for 82 weight machine, free weight, elastic cord and medicine ball exercises. Includes proven training programs to enhance strength and power.

Plyo Play for Kids
by Donald Chu, Ather Publishing Company (1996). Written by a leading authority on plyometrics, this book explains the benefits of "plyo play" and highlights effective teaching tips. Clearly illustrates and explains over 100 exercises for kids.

Play Hard and Eat Right:
A Parents Guide to Sports Nutrition for Children
by Debbi Sowell Jennings and Suzanne Nelson Steen (1995). Chronimed Publishing. This book is endorsed by the American Dietetic Association. Learn how to eat right and maximize athletic performance. Offers helpful pre- and post-event meal suggestions and tips for eating on the run.

Training for Speed, Agility and Quickness
by Lee Brown, Vance Ferrigno and Juan Carlos Santana. Human Kinetics Publishers. Available at www.amazon.com. This text is an excellent source of information for training athletes in any sport. Although written for the adult athletes, many of the 180 drills shown in this text can be modified for children and teenagers.


Youth Fitness
by Avery Faigenbaum and Wayne Westcott (2001). Available from the American Council on Exercise at www.acefitness.org. This book educates and gives guidance to parents, coaches and fitness professionals who want to teach youth fitness classes. Information on the basics of youth fitness training, effective teaching and creative programming ideas are clearly presented.

Position Papers
on youth strength training from
medical and fitness organizations

American Academy of Pediatrics. Strength training by children and adolescents. Pediatrics, 107: 1470-1472, 2001.

American College of Sports Medicine. Current Comment on Youth Strength Training. Available for free from the ACSM at www.acsm.org (click on publications).

American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. (1988). Proceedings of the conference on strength training and the prepubescent. Chicago: American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine

National Strength and Conditioning Association (1996). Youth resistance training: Position statement paper and literature review. Strength and Conditioning, 18, 62-75. Available for a fee from the NSCA at www.nsca-lift.org.

Selected Research & Review Articles
 on youth strength training

Conroy, B., Kraemer, W. Maresh, C., Fleck, S., Stone, M., Fry, A., Miller, P., & Dalsky, G. (1993). Bone mineral density in elite junior Olympic weightlifters Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 25, 1103-1109.

Faigenbaum, A. Strength training and childrenís health. (2001). Journal of Physical Education Recreation and Dance, 72 (3): 24-30

Faigenbaum, A., Westcott, W., La Rosa Loud, R., and Long, C. (1999). The effects of different resistance training protocols on muscular strength and endurance development in children. Pediatrics. 104 (1): e5

Faigenbaum, A., Loud, R., O'Connell, J. et al. (2001). Effects of different resistance training protocols on upper-body strength and endurance development in children. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 15 (4): 459-465.

Faigenbaum, A., Westcott, W., Micheli, L., Outerbridge, A., Long, C., LaRosa Loud, R., & Zaichkowsky, L. (1996). The effects of strength training and detraining on children. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 10: 109-114.

Falk, B., & Tenenbaum, G. (1996). The effectiveness of resistance training in children. A meta-analysis. Sports Med, 22, 176-186.

Hamill, B. (1994). Relative safety of weight lifting and weight training. J Strength Conditioning Res. 8: 53-57.

Ramsay, J., Blimkie, C., Smith, K., Garner, S., Macdougall, J & Sale, D. (1990). Strength training effects in prepubescent boys. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 1990; 22: 605-614. 78.

Morris, F., Naughton, G., Gibbs, J., Carlson, J., & Wark, J. (1997). Prospective ten month exercise intervention in premenarcheal girls: Positive effects on bone and lean mass. J Bone Mineral Res, 12, 1453-1462.

Sale, D. (1989). Strength training in children. In G. Gisolfi, & D. Lamb (Eds.), Perspectives in Exercise Science and Sports Medicine (pp. 165-216). Indianapolis: Benchmark Press.

Smith, A., Andrish, J., & Micheli, L. (1993). The prevention of sports Injuries of children and adolescents. Med Sci Sports Exerc, Supplement to Vol 25: 1-7.

Kraemer, W., Fry, A., Frykman, P., Conroy, B., & Hoffman, J. Resistance training and youth. Pediatric Exercise Science. 1989;1:336-350.

Lillegard, W., Brown, E., Wilson, D., Henderson, R., & Lewis, E. (1997). Efficacy of strength training in prepubescent to early postpubescent males and females: effects of gender and maturity. Pediatric Rehabilitation, 1, 147-157.

Westcott, W., J. Tolken, and B. Wessner. School-based conditioning programs for physically unfit children. Strength and Conditioning J, 17: 5-9, 1995.


 

       

       



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