Strength and conditioning in schools and designing environments for youth development with Craig Harrison (Director of Athlete Development at AUT Millenium)

In this podcast I am speaking to Director of Athlete Development at AUT Millenium, Dr Craig Harrison. Craig is also a research fellow at AUT and leads the athletic development research group so is a pretty busy guy. It was great to get a fellow podcaster on and from a very selfish point of view, its interesting to know the process he goes through to get his podcast out there, how he chooses guests etc. For all those out there that work with youth athletes, this one is definitely for you. Enjoy.

In this episode, you will learn -

• Who is Craig Harrison (background, education & current role)
• The Athlete Development Show
  • Why you do the podcast
• Translating research to practice
• S&C in schools
• Designing environments for youth development
  • Play vs deliberate practice
  • Increasing engagement
  • Setting appropriate 'challenge' for children
• Considerations when coaching adolescents
  • Biological changes
  • Psycho-social

Craig can be found on Twitter @drcraigharrison

Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following on Twitter @strengthofsci or visiting strengthofscience.com.

Enjoy

PP