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A 25-minute youth athletic development session focused on coordination, power, strength, and speed.
Intermediate Youth Athletic Development
A 25-minute youth athletic development session focused on coordination, power, strength, and speed.
Warm-Up
Raise body temperature, activate key muscles, and prepare for jumping and sprinting. RAMP protocol: Raise, Activate, Mobilize, Prepare.
How to
A full-body cardio move that trains coordination, calves, shoulders, and hips.
- Stand tall with feet together and arms at your sides.
- Jump your feet out as you raise your arms overhead.
- Jump your feet back together as you lower your arms.
- Repeat at a steady pace, landing softly each time.
- Stay light on your toes
- Keep your chest tall
- Landing hard with locked knees
- Letting your arms swing out of control
How to
A fast marching or running move that raises each knee to train your legs and raise your heart rate.
- Stand tall with feet under your hips and arms at your sides.
- Drive one knee up toward hip height as the opposite arm swings forward.
- Land softly on the ball of that foot.
- Switch quickly to the other knee and keep alternating.
- Keep a steady rhythm until the set ends.
- Stay tall through your chest
- Land light and quick
- Leaning back as your knees lift
- Stomping your feet into the floor
How to
A full-body walkout that trains your core, shoulders, and hamstrings.
- Stand tall with feet hip-width apart.
- Hinge at your hips and place your hands on the floor.
- Walk your hands forward to a high plank.
- Pause with your body in a straight line.
- Walk your hands back to your feet and stand up.
- Brace your core in the plank.
- Keep your legs as straight as you can.
- Letting your hips sag in the plank.
- Rushing the hand walkout.
How to
A side-to-side cardio move that trains quick feet, hips, and legs.
- Stand with feet hip-width apart and knees slightly bent.
- Step quickly to one side, then bring your other foot in.
- Shuffle a few steps, staying low and light on your feet.
- Push off and shuffle back the other way.
- Keep alternating sides for the set.
- Stay low with your chest up
- Keep your feet quick and light
- Standing tall between shuffles
- Letting your feet cross over
Main Session
Power, strength, and trunk stability in an athletic circuit.
How to
A side-to-side jump that trains your legs, glutes, and lateral power.
- Stand tall with knees soft and arms ready.
- Jump sideways onto one foot, letting the other leg sweep behind you.
- Land softly with your knee bent and chest up.
- Push off and jump back to the other side.
- Keep alternating sides for the set.
- Land softly on the whole foot
- Keep your chest up
- Letting your knee cave inward
- Rushing the landing before you are balanced
How to
A bodyweight squat into an explosive jump that trains your legs, glutes, and power.
- Stand with feet about shoulder-width apart and arms by your sides.
- Push your hips back and bend your knees into a squat.
- Drive through your feet and jump straight up.
- Land softly with knees bent, then go into the next rep.
- Land quiet and controlled
- Keep your chest lifted
- Letting your knees cave in
- Landing with stiff legs
How to
A bodyweight press that trains your chest, shoulders, triceps, and core.
- Start in a high plank with hands just wider than shoulders.
- Brace your core and keep your body in a straight line.
- Bend your elbows and lower your chest toward the floor.
- Press the floor away until your arms are straight again.
- Repeat for your reps.
- Keep your ribs down
- Move your body as one piece
- Letting your hips sag
- Flaring your elbows straight out
How to
A staggered-stance squat that trains your quads, glutes, and balance one leg at a time.
- Stand in a long split stance with your front foot flat.
- Keep your chest tall and bend both knees to lower down.
- Lower until your front thigh is near parallel, if comfortable.
- Press through your front foot to stand back up.
- Finish your reps, then switch legs.
- Keep your front knee tracking over your toes.
- Stay tall through your torso.
- Letting your front heel lift off the floor.
- Pushing your front knee far inward.
How to
A side-to-side band walk that trains your glutes and hips.
- Place a mini band above your knees or ankles.
- Sit back slightly and keep tension on the band.
- Step sideways with control, then bring the other foot in.
- Keep walking for your set distance or reps.
- Keep your knees pushed out
- Stay low and keep tension on the band
- Letting your feet come too close together
- Rolling your knees inward
How to
A core hold that trains your abs, shoulders, and glutes while you keep a straight body line.
- Place your forearms on the floor with elbows under shoulders.
- Step both feet back and lift into a straight line from head to heels.
- Brace your abs and squeeze your glutes.
- Hold the position and breathe steadily.
- Lower your knees to the floor to finish.
- Keep your ribs pulled down
- Push the floor away
- Letting your hips sag
- Lifting your hips too high
Speed Finisher & Cool-Down
Short sprints for speed, then easy breathing to recover.
How to
A simple walking movement that trains your legs and builds steady full-body rhythm.
- Stand tall with your feet under your hips.
- Step forward with one foot and roll from heel to toe.
- Swing the opposite arm naturally as you step.
- Push off your back foot and step forward with the other foot.
- Keep alternating steps at a steady pace.
- Stand tall
- Let your arms swing naturally
- Looking down the whole time
- Taking steps that feel too long
How to
A fast run that trains your legs, hips, and cardio power.
- Stand tall with feet hip-width and eyes forward.
- Lean slightly from your ankles and drive one knee up.
- Push the ground back hard and swing your arms cheek to hip.
- Run fast with quick, powerful steps for the set distance or time.
- Slow down gradually after the sprint.
- Stay tall and relaxed.
- Drive arms straight forward and back.
- Overstriding far in front of your body.
- Tensing your shoulders or jaw.
Multi-Planar Power From the Ground Up
Skater Jumps and Split Squats target single-leg stability and glute medius strength—the exact force-production asymmetries that separate athletic movers from average ones. Squat Jumps recruit fast-twitch Type II fibers through explosive triple extension, while Mini Band Lateral Walks pre-activate hip abductors that anchor every cutting and sprinting movement.
What Young Athletes Actually Need Most
Youth athletic development isn't about sport-specific drills—it's about building a broad motor skill foundation before movement patterns calcify. Coordination deficits at this stage compound into injury risk later, so Inchworms and High Knees train dynamic hamstring flexibility and hip flexor rhythm under load, two qualities that directly determine sprint mechanics and landing control.
RAMP Protocol Meets Neural Readiness
The Warm-Up follows RAMP sequencing—Raise, Activate, Mobilize, Potentiate—so the nervous system is primed before the Squat Jumps and Sprints demand maximal output. As athletes adapt, increase Sprint repetitions or add a 2-second pause at the bottom of each Split Squat to progressively overload without adding session length.