They are putting them through random bouts of activity that don’t transfer to anything.
“Most youth ‘performance’ facilities aren’t actually training kids.
THey are carelessly filling up their hours performing random, unplanned, non-compounding drills absent of validity, progression, & data to prove efficacy.
You’re paying these people to waste your kids time.”
-Ray Zingler on X
They’re not training them.
They are putting them through randomized bouts of activity that invariably make them tired and sweaty.
Assuming that “tired & sweaty” = “increased performance” is like assuming that cleaning up bull shit makes you a bull rider.
The reason people go to these places is not because they are good, it’s because they are perceived to be good.
The problem, though, is when you don’t know right from wrong, your perception is obviously going to skewed.
And if you don’t have the self-awareness to recognize this, this can be troublesome not only for your wallet, but your kids performance potential.
It’s no different than seeing a berry in the wild on a hike, knowing next to nothing about wild berries and mindlessly assuming “a strawberry is a berry, so that berry must be fine to eat” and then you pick it and eat it.
Next thing you know, you’re shitting water and going into anaphylactic shock.
Moral of the story, if you don’t know, seek truth first. Your assumptions and perceptions will lie to you.
If you want sound youth performance training, you need to seek out a coach who prioritizes fundamentals over flash.
A coach who preaches consistency over shock factor.
A coach who uses exercise science, not bro science.
A coach who can PROVE to you that what he’s doing works.
While many in this game will try to convince you using hype videos and heavy breathing, the good guys, the real pros will show you that data.
The reason many don’t have standards, performance indicators, or hell, even, quality philosophies is because A) they don’t know how to or the value of implementing them and B) they know they don’t have to because you won’t check them.
And when you just mindlessly dump Johnny in speed class it affirms their “practice”.
“Make it up on the fly and yell loud!” Hell yeah, brother.
If you want to improve, you need a plan, and a damn good one at that. And this is where the real Pro’s come in.
Stay away from the bros who are performing random, unplanned, non-compounding drills absent of validity, progression, & data to prove efficacy.
Your kids & your pocketbook will fare far better.
