Jeremy Frisch
@JeremyFrisch • 40,708 subscribers
Strength and Conditioning, Long Term Athletic Development, Physical Education Youth Football Coach, Clinton High, Bridgton Academy, Worcester State Univ.
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Parents of young athletes: You're being sold a bill of goods… Early specialization… It's a fear campaign… Its a billion dollar dumpster fire saying: To become a great athlete you must: Specialize early… Train year-round… Compete often… If you don’t your child is going to miss out and fall behind And for the most part: It’s complete bullshit… What it really is: Early Development of sport-specific skills Early success in sport Little to no development of fundamental movement skills Poor performances later in the sport Higher chance of injury Higher Chance of Burnout from Sport Early start…Early finish! It's a complete lack of understanding of how humans develop… During the first 14 years of Life: Be a human first: Do plenty of activities that involve: Rolling Crawling Climbing Reaching Bending Rotating Standing (1 foot) Changing levels: Be an athlete second: Sprint Jump Hop Climb Wrestle swim/bike/ski catch/kick/throw/trap Etc Sprinkle in lots of activities and multiple sports! I can't guarantee a Div 1 scholarship but I can say that kids will be more Coordinated, stronger, more flexible, cardiovascularly fit, more resistant to fatigue and injury, and also be calmer, less stressed, leaner, and able to learn new skills. Skills like complex sports specific skills. #LTAD D.M. me for details about youth athletic development courses for purchase
Jeremy Frisch926,538 views • 2 years ago
Kids don't need to grind... Kids don't need to condition until they puke... Kids don't need to be pushed... Kids don't need to be punished with exercise... Kids don't need mental toughness training... Kids don't need 40 times... Kids don't need technique training... Kids don't need player rankings or national championships... Pretty much everything expected of an older athlete, Kids don't need... #LTAD #fun #gymnastics #run #jump #throw #sprint #PE #games 3 months of youth athletic development in 83 seconds! DM about youth athletic development course sale!
Jeremy Frisch827,868 views • 2 years ago
This is where youth sports often get it backwards. Kids don’t need more sport-specific training. They need more athletic development. Somewhere along the way, we convinced ourselves that earlier specialization meant better outcomes. More reps of the same skills. More drills. More structure. More pressure. But strong, fast, coordinated, resilient athletes are not built by narrowing movement early. They’re built by expanding it. Before worrying about a child’s shooting form, throwing mechanics, or position-specific skills, we should be asking: Can they run, jump, stop, and change direction? Can they balance, rotate, climb, crawl, and fall safely? Can they move with rhythm, coordination, and confidence? Athletic development is the foundation that sport skills are built on—not the other way around. Speed, strength, power, and durability don’t magically appear because a kid played one sport year-round. They come from movement variety, free play, and exposure to different physical challenges across multiple planes and environments. When we skip this phase and rush into specialization, we don’t create better athletes—we create fragile ones. Develop the athlete first. Then layer the sport on top. #LTAD
Jeremy Frisch126,774 views • 5 months ago
This is my 10 year son. Its football season so I'm going to call him a quarterback. In November he'll be a point guard And in March he'll be a catcher. There is no place for early specialization at his age. When the season is over we move on. He loves sports and coming to the gym. Im past 6 months He's expressed to me the desire to do some training. My goals for him in the gym are to: 1. Have fun so he keeps coming back 2. Expand movement skill set 3. Develop structural resiliency and robustness 4. Establish Bodyweight control with eye towards the future. 5. Improve Reactive ability 6. Have fun His sessions are: Minimally coached Semi-structured Highly engaging This is what we came up with... #LTAD
Jeremy Frisch541,304 views • 2 years ago
Kids don't need exercise progressions...🤦♂️ They don't need chin up progressions... They don't need split squat progressions... They don't need pushup progressions... They don't need squat progressions... They need to develop coordination... They need to develop balance... They need to develop spatial awareness... They need to develop rhythm... They need to develop locomotor efficiency... They need to develop a variety of force applications... All these need to be developed during the most sensitive time periods between the ages of 5-12 when the nervous system plasticity is at its highest. They need to sprint, race, and chase... They need to hang, climb, and shinny... They need to wrestle, tackle, and be rough and tumble... They need to crawl, dive, and roll... They need skip, hop, and Gallop... They need to kick, catch, and throw... They need to jump on, off and over, things... They need to learn to swim, ride a bike, ski, surf, skateboard, scooter, and skate... They need open spaces, free time, play, recess, and physical education... Most importantly, all this needs to be fun, enjoyable, and engaging so children continue to be active as they enter their adolescent lives. Sounds easy? It's not...Kids have a lot working against them these days. Let's help them as much as possible. #LTAD
Jeremy Frisch265,319 views • 1 year ago
Strength and conditioning Vs Youth athletic development Replace: Barbells Dumbbells Kettlebells Bumper plates Benches Sleds With: Dodge balls Cones Hula hoops Monkey bars Gymnastic mats Hurdles Replace: Squats Deadlifts Cleans Bench press Deadlift Pullups Planks Drills With: Sprinting Jumping Climbing Crawling Tug of war Wrestling Gymnastics Games Replace: Power Development Max Strength Core training Aerobic capacity Mobility With: ABC’s A-gility B-alance C-oordination Develop Movement First! Be an athlete first! #LTAD Anyone looking for courses on youth athletic development for purchase, DM me for details!
Jeremy Frisch466,656 views • 2 years ago
Parents and coaches of youth athletes... Before worrying about sport specific lessons, a speed training coach or an organized strength and conditioning program take a quick assessment and figure out...can my young athlete do these things: Can you skip in a straight line and in multiple directions? Can you backpedal? Can you crawl 20 yds under control with hips low? Can you crab hold for 30 sec? Can you hop forward/back and side to side on both without putting the other foot down? Can you hang from a bar for more than 30 sec? Can you balance on one leg for 30 sec? Can you stand on one leg and touch the ground without falling over? Can you jump and land without collapsing? Can you take 10 big steps forward (a lunge) with falling over? Can you front shoulder roll, cartwheel, or somersault? All these are simply basic movements that set the foundation to be able to learn more complex athletic/sports specific skills. Youth athletes should be exposed to basic movements early and often and ultimately mastered before attempting to move on to high performance training. #LTAD
Jeremy Frisch446,504 views • 2 years ago
20 years ago while many of you influencers were still in diapers, I was playing with all this "neuro"stuff with a crappy old computer camera. It was all great fun but doesn't make you as bulletproof as many young coaches claim today. At 49 stuff hurts and training needs have changed. #LTAD Still haven't seen many 180 lunges...
Jeremy Frisch109,520 views • 7 months ago
Despite what you see online by so-called speed gurus who train kids like adults, young athletes do not need sprint technique training. Early on, speed isn’t about mechanics— it’s about building movement capacity. Kids need variety, diversity, and novelty of movement, not repetition of ideal form. This develops: Coordination Timing Rhythm Spatial awareness Adaptability Many sports and game-based activities require children to run using unorthodox, variable patterns. Over-coaching technique narrows solutions. Expanding the environment builds capability. Skip the drills. Use: Games Races Hills Resistance Reactive work Kids’ bodies are constantly changing, growing, and reorganizing. There is no single “perfect” sprint pattern. Expose them to more. Not less. Technique isn’t forced— it emerges. Build the athlete first. Refine later. #LTAD
Jeremy Frisch28,876 views • 1 month ago
Stuff kids should be doing instead playing the same sport all year long. Stuff kids should be doing instead of playing 6 tournament games every weekend. Stuff kids should be doing instead of playing 3 different sports in the same season. Stuff kids should be doing instead of getting private sports lessons every week. Stuff kids should be doing instead of playing Xbox all day. Stuff kids should be doing instead of signing up for another camp or clinic. Stuff kids should be doing instead of trying to train like a professional athlete. Stuff kids should be doing instead of sitting in class all day. #LTAD Anyone interested in material on Youth athletic development for purchase please DM me!
Jeremy Frisch340,388 views • 2 years ago
Years ago in galaxy far far away, children, many of them aspiring young athletes would spend their summer days and after school pre-dusk hours playing outside in backyards, woods and playgrounds all across America. These marathon sessions of movement allowed children to develop many basic physical skills. Games like tag and kick the can involved sprinting and numerous changes of speed and direction. Climbing trees or wrestling with friends developed total body strength and body awareness. Riding bikes or running on trails through the woods provided very sufficient cardiovascular benefits. As the children experienced more of these activities this foundation of physical skills grew and expanded. When the time was right as these children grew older they would use this physical foundation as a platform to learn and master more complex movements like the skills found in sports like baseball, football, soccer and basketball etc. Children played many sports throughout the school year and summer time was for vacation and camps. The words A.C.L. reconstruction or Tommy John surgery were literally non existent because young athletes were hardly ever exposed to one activity long enough to cause overuse problems... Obviously things have changed. We can't go back to the 1980s but we can find inspiration from those experiences to pass on to the next generation. That's inspiration for this program! #LTAD
Jeremy Frisch331,371 views • 2 years ago
My apologies for sounding like an old fart... But Keep it in perspective: A million programs out there touting elite athletic development. Everyone has the secret sauce to elite athleticism, speed, and agility. Exercises to break things down, build back up, special exercises, corrective exercises, endless form running drills all from your favorite speed guru to the stars... But it's not lost in me that my generation and the ones before had no speed training gurus to work with. Many of the kids I grew up with were good movers who could stop, start, and sprint just fine. We simply played lots of sports, pick up games in the neighborhood, wrestled, ran through the woods, climbed trees, and rode our bikes to our friends house...we also had to mow the lawn, shovel the driveway and rake the leaves as landscaping companies just didn't exist. You and your siblings were your own landscapers! I saw many great athletes growing up and can't recall one ACL or Tommy John surgery during my younger years. Fast forward to 2023, and it's a different world. One of early sports specialists and over organization. If you work with kids, look to the past for inspiration. Take a step back and let them play, explore, and figure things out. You'd be surprised when you put a young athlete in the right environment how well they naturally move. #LTAD Looking for material on youth athletic development? DM for details.
Jeremy Frisch324,345 views • 2 years ago
The stories are true: Reasons for a youth athletic development program... The stories of the soccer players who can bend it like Beckham but fail to balance on one leg are true. The stories of 11 year olds dropping curve balls but can't hang from a bar for more than 30 seconds are true... The stories of college level athletes who can't skip in place are true... The stories of children sitting in class all day with minimal physical outlets are true... The stories of shortened recess and physical education in schools are true... The stories of empty neighborhoods and playgrounds because kids are sitting inside or at practice are true... The stories of young children playing sports that involve throwing, hitting, and kicking before they can actually throw, hit or kick are true... The stories of 6 year olds playing elite-superteam-travel-allstars all year are true... The stories of children who play contact sports but don't know how to fall, roll, or tumble are true... The stories of children quitting sports altogether at age 12 or 13 are true... The stories of uncoordinated children who then become exercise averse adults are true... #makethechange #LTAD
Jeremy Frisch294,297 views • 2 years ago
Every strength coach nerd loves to bring up “the research.” They’ll argue about growth plates… Debate the perfect age to start strength training … But they miss the point. Because they don’t actually work with kids… They’re just looking for clicks and likes. Kids aren’t ready based on age. They’re ready based on maturity. A child is ready when they can listen, stay focused, and follow instructions safely. That might be age 7… That might be age 12… There’s no rush. Some kids still need to play tag… Run relay races… Others might be ready for more structured training. The most important thing? Having fun. That’s the long game. Because every child is different. Strength training done right isn’t about heavy weights or improving performance in the short term. It’s about movement… Coordination… Confidence… And in my experience… When kids start asking about strength— That’s your green light.
Jeremy Frisch25,309 views • 1 month ago
Proper general movement training can go a long way toward helping improve overall athleticism. Movement sessions for children should be fun, engaging, challenging, and most importantly, semi-organized. Between school and sports, children spend their entire day in an organized setting being constantly told what to do. A good training program will let young athletes develop their own style of movement to be able to solve movement problems in their own unique way. Children develop this movement sense by practicing, exploring movement, and trying things out. #LTAD #youthathleticdevelopment
Jeremy Frisch297,687 views • 2 years ago
I have been greatly influenced by those old translated East German textbooks from the 80s and 90s. Those pesky Eastern Block coaches knew a thing or two about variety and diversification of exercise selection for athletic activities. Over the years I have used many of the circuits for general movement training days. I've always felt these general movements are the glue that holds everything together. Furthermore, the athletes often enjoy the variety and change of pace from their traditional training days. #LTAD
Jeremy Frisch166,067 views • 1 year ago
Almost a half-century ago, a famous Finnish coach and athletic authority Lauri Pihkala said, “Boys don’t be in a hurry to join the men.” His warning is still applicable today and should be seriously considered in the basic training of young athletes, where early specialization should be avoided at all costs. Those who are not prepared to follow this principle and are looking for quick successes usually find themselves on the losing end when it comes to senior competition. (Jess Jarver) Children Are Not mini adults... Coaches must constantly keep in mind the goal with the young athlete is to develop a solid physiological, psychological, and emotional foundation to build upon in later years. Put children in an environment they enjoy, and then learning comes naturally. #LTAD
Jeremy Frisch266,413 views • 2 years ago
