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I was speaking with a former competitive coach a while go, who was talking about a theory that girls should learn as many skills as possible before hitting puberty.
The focus was generally on high performance kids.... That they should try and get all top level skills before hitting puberty, because as their bodies change, they have enough work to do modifying how they do them, without the added pressure of gaining new skills. That they could refine, tweak, etc., but shoild have everything they plan to compete in the following years. He didn't suggest that they wouldn't EVER learn anything new, but that it was just so much easier for most to learn the skills while they are smaller.
i'm interested to know what others think of this. Would this also parlay into the psychological aspects, such as fear, nerves, etc?
Thanks.
The focus was generally on high performance kids.... That they should try and get all top level skills before hitting puberty, because as their bodies change, they have enough work to do modifying how they do them, without the added pressure of gaining new skills. That they could refine, tweak, etc., but shoild have everything they plan to compete in the following years. He didn't suggest that they wouldn't EVER learn anything new, but that it was just so much easier for most to learn the skills while they are smaller.
i'm interested to know what others think of this. Would this also parlay into the psychological aspects, such as fear, nerves, etc?
Thanks.