#15 - The Coaches Oath

In this episode, James and Dan discuss this idea around 'The Coaches Oath'.

An idea birthed from Jame's LearnRx class titled 'Youth Physical Activity' where he distilled his knowledge and experience down to five key first principles for anyone wanting to have an impact on young people falling in love with movement.
 
These five principles are;

1. Teach to learn
2. Disciplined Role Model 
3. A Family Thing
4. Do it Because They Can
5. Make it Memorable

James and Dan zoom in on each principle to refine language and challenge ideas associated for each, in order to yield the greatest net positive impact. The principles should serve to guide intentions & behavior's for anyone working with youth and adolescents in fitness. 

The mission of the Fitness in Youth podcast is to;

• Explore new ways to help make youth fitness a priority, fun, and for them
• Empower parents, policy makers and professionals with the tools to help their communities, today
• Elevate the intentions of the health & fitness industry, for the better (long-term)

About the hosts:

• James Fitzgerald - OPEX Fitness
  • James FitzGerald is the founder of OPEX (Formerly OPT) and The International Center for Fitness. When not coaching, he’s a full time husband, father and fitness athlete. His 20+ years of experience and service as a strength coach/technician, tireless practice on refining energy system work, nutritional and lifestyle balancing techniques and training of other coaches has made OPEX a sought after method of bringing fitness to a higher order.
• Dan Young - YOUNGTraining
  • Formerly a professional water polo player, Dan found an insatiable thirst for knowledge on how he could align and optimize behaviors to improve his performance as an athlete. This lead him to make the transition from athlete to coach and pay forward the knowledge and tools he acquired working under some of the industries best. His passion is working with the youth, to give them the tools to navigate their health long term and in so doing, change the landscape of the fitness industr...