Sports training for children

Participants will gain insight into the principles of sports training for children:
- establishing the general foundations of this subject matter as a basis for training in later years;
- identifying approaches, forms, and methods that differ from adult training;
- understanding age-related and developmental principles and their significance.
Course topics:
1. Age-related and developmental principles; sensitive periods.
2. Long-term sports training concepts; stages of sports training (introduction to the sport, basic training stage, all-round development).
3. General principles of sports training for children.
4. Developing speed and strength capabilities – methods, means, and forms.
5. Developing endurance, coordination, and mobility – goals, methods, means, and forms.
6. Specifics of technical, tactical, and psychological preparation in children's sports training.
7. The coach in children's sports training – communication and leadership styles. Supplementary aspects of children's sports training – working with parents, sponsors, etc.
8. Talent identification – basic principles, selection as a process, and selection phases.