Articles

Each article teaches one idea and links back to a fuller guide in the Parent Resource Center.

• Why Timing Changes What the Data Means

  A mid-season test tells you where an athlete is — not how she got there. Why an early baseline changes what every later number means.

• Counting Jumps: The Workload Nobody Adds Up

  Practice, AAU weekends, pickup — young basketball players jump far more than anyone realises. A calm way to see the total before knees start complaining.

• The First Two Steps Decide the Possession

  Why straight-line speed isn't basketball speed: the read before the play, plus two explosive steps, decide the drive, the closeout, and every loose ball.

• Young Knees and the Landing Problem

  Girls' knee-injury risk rises sharply in adolescence, and the best-studied response is training how they land and turn. Here is what the evidence shows.

• The Tired Athlete: Sleep, Recovery and the Late-Season Slump

  The player who was flying in November is flat by February. It is rarely motivation, and the signal is usually visible months before anyone names it.

• How Many Hours a Week Is Too Much?

  There is a simple number that flags when a young basketball player is training more than her body can absorb. It has nothing to do with commitment.

• Is Strength Training Safe for a 13-Year-Old?

  The worry about lifting stunting growth has been studied for decades. Here is what the position statements say — and where the real risk sits.