So that’s it. Just the exams left for the A Level PE squad. Such a great group of young men and women with so many different talents. Go “perform” and “achieve” for the last time with the three up and coming papers. @AshvilleCollege 💪📚🏑🏌️♂️🏉🏊🏸🏐🎾 ⚽️
Jesse Owens of USA winning gold for the long jump in the summer Olympics in Germany, 1936. The man saluting behind Owens is Lutz Long, a German who shared training tips with Owens and was the first to openly congratulate him after his final jump in full view of Hitler.
After the Olympics, the two kept in touch via mail. Below is Long's last letter to Owens while he was stationed with the German Army in North Africa during World War 2. Long was later killed in action during the allied invasion of Sicily in 1943.
"I am here, Jesse, where it seems there is only the dry sand and the wet blood. I do not fear so much for myself, my friend Jesse, I fear for my woman who is home, and my young son Karl, who has never really known his father.
My heart tells me, if I be honest with you, that this is the last letter I shall ever write. If it is so, I ask you something. It is a something so very important to me.
It is you go to Germany when this war done, someday find my Karl, and tell him about his father. Tell him, Jesse, what times were like when we not separated by war. I am saying—tell him how things can be between men on this earth.
If you do this something for me, this thing that I need the most to know will be done, I do something for you, now. I tell you something I know you want to hear. And it is true.
That hour in Berlin when I first spoke to you, when you had your knee upon the ground, I knew that you were in prayer. Then I not know how I know. Now I do. I know it is never by chance that we come together. I come to you that hour in 1936 for purpose more than der Berliner Olympiade.
And you, I believe, will read this letter, while it should not be possible to reach you ever, for purpose more even than our friendship. I believe this shall come about because I think now that God will make it come about. This is what I have to tell you, Jesse.
I think I might believe in God. And I pray to him that, even while it should not be possible for this to reach you ever, these words I write will still be read by you.
Your brother, Luz"
"We're so afraid for our kids to be exposed to hard things.
Hard is good.
The earlier you can learn to deal with hard- the easier it gets.
Because hard is coming.
Whether we want to shield our kids from it or not, hard is coming- high school, college, first job- hard is coming."
@GregOlsen25
So honoured to be asked to help promote this year's Rise Challenge and raise awareness of my project to support stammerers across the world 🌍🗨. @ascstammering
If you're aged between 15-17 & feel passionate about changing the world, apply before the closing date 17th Jan 2024!
Movement skills:
Young athletes should be exposed to and be proficient in as many movement skills as possible to build the biggest base of athleticism as possible.
But some of you think teaching back squats for a 10 year old develops elite athleticism...
🤣🤣🤣
March
Skip
Run
Shuffle
Gallop
Leap
Spin
Twist
Bend
Reach
Belly Crawl
Army crawl
Bear crawl
Crab walk
Forward roll
Backward roll
Dive roll
Shoulder roll
Log roll
Cartwheel
Handstand
Round off
Handspring
Vault
Balance on 1 leg
Get up off the ground and balance
1 leg balance touch ground
Hop in place
Hop forw/sideway/backwards
Hang
Swing
Climb
Jump over
Jump up on
Jump off of
Jump for height
Jump for distance
Jump and balance
90/180/360 degree jump
Restist/brace/wrestle/grapple
Sprint straight
Sprint in a zigzag
Sprint in a circle
Sprint back and forth
Backpedal
Sprint then turn to backpedal
Backpedal then turn to sprint
Sprint/360 spin/sprint
backpedal/ 360 spin/backpedal
Balance on 2 feet/ 1 hand
Balance on 2 hands/ 1 foot
Balance on 1 foot /1 hand
Dodge
Duck
Dip
Dive
Dodge
#LTAD
A Level - EAPI, Guidance video.
Narrated by one of our Moderators, this video discusses the EAPI, how it is assessed and how to avoid common errors.
#EAPI#guidancevideo
https://t.co/E7pWFH7Q2n
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
Good session yesterday with talented @surreycricket under 15 batsman Aadi Khera. Once the “Elvis” knee position improved, he was able to move quicker and easier forward and back - his shot execution naturally improved 🏏👏🏽
#keepitsimple#balance#alignment#knees