Youth Female Athlete Performance - How to Train Young Women

Youth Female Athlete Performance - How to Train Young Women is organized by Niel Asher Education.

Description:
This 3-hour CE/CPD course explores the unique considerations involved in training and supporting young female athletes. Rather than focusing only on performance outcomes, the course emphasizes long-term development, athlete health, confidence, movement competency, and sustainable participation in sport.

Participants will examine how growth and maturation influence readiness for training, why confidence and athletic identity matter, how strength training can support resilience and performance, and how speed, power, landing mechanics, and change-of-direction skills can be developed progressively.

The course also addresses important health and recovery considerations, including energy availability, RED-S, menstrual health, hydration, sleep, workload management, and the importance of appropriate referral when concerns arise.

With video instruction, supporting written lessons, and an illustrated workbook, this course provides a practical and professionally relevant resource for those working with youth female athletes in coaching, rehabilitation, fitness, and performance settings.

What You Will Learn:
Topic | Professional Focus

Youth Female Athlete Development Understand growth, maturation, biological age, individual variability, and long-term development pathways.
Confidence and Athletic Identity Support confidence, motivation, self-efficacy, athlete retention, and healthy sport participation.
Strength Training Apply principles of movement quality, progressive overload, resistance training, and long-term strength development.
Speed, Power, and Movement Efficiency Develop sprint mechanics, jumping, landing, deceleration, change of direction, and transferable athletic movement skills.
Injury Risk Reduction Explore ACL risk factors, neuromuscular control, landing mechanics, workload management, movement screening, and practical prevention strategies.
Female Athlete Health Recognize the importance of energy availability, menstrual health, RED-S awareness, hydration, sleep, and recovery.