Hamish's Strength and Conditioning Academy

About

I am not only a Qualified Personal Trainer and Strength and Conditioning Coach, but also a Youth Fitness Specialist, Certified Speed, and Agility Coach, and a Coach in Running Fitness. Many PTs are not qualified to work with young people, as it is not part of the PT qualification. I specialise in Strength and Conditioning and Personal Training for both young people and adults and have done a number of courses in S&C for young people.
I also offer a digital service via the RYPT App, so that you can have your workout plan on your phone 24/7
My clients include young females from football players to dancers, who feel comfortable working with me online.
I have had great success working online with young people over the last two-plus years. With clients improving both in strength and stamina.
Clients include an Irish dancer, a girl playing for Everton Under 16's, and another girl training with Leeds United. I also work with a number of good-quality young rugby players, and a BMX rider.
Why your son or daughter may need an S&C Coach.
1.) Odds are, your athlete is going to get hurt at some point in their career. A great way to prevent or decrease the time away from a sport is by working with a qualified strength and conditioning coach. As a parent, you have the ability to decide how long this injury will set your athlete back. Choice #1: you can take a proactive approach and have your athlete working with Fit Kids to prevent injuries. Choice #2: you can have your athlete playing excessive amounts of games and wait for an injury to occur. I would advise taking Choice #1 so you can improve your athlete’s performance while decreasing risk of an injury and save you money.
2.) The young athlete in your family may throw harder and hit farther or run faster than all the other players in his/her team right now, but that won’t last. He/she has either hit a growth spurt earlier than others his/her age, or he/she picks skills up quickly. At some point, the other players will catch up and he/she will not have his/her size advantage. I know this from personal experience.
3.) Your daughter/son may be a good defender or attacker in Netball /football now but later? What makes good defense/attack? Strength, good footwork, and a quick first step – all of which I will make her excel.
4.) All athletes and all sports are different. If you work with a trainer or go to a gym that has your rugby player, and soccer play does the exact same workout, then you are at the wrong place.
5.) Sports coaches teach skills. They teach how to field, how to throw, how to kick, how to catch. They teach offense, defense, and everything in between. And to ask them to be experts in Strength and Conditioning is absurd. Sports coaches may know how they used to condition and lift when they were athletes, but they don’t have the time to invest in studying advances in S & C. And they shouldn’t have to do that. Their job is to develop skills in the athletes; strength coaches make them stronger in their movements. However, some sports coaches haven’t figured that out yet. Strength coaches should know why lifting will help female and male athletes, sport coaches might not.

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