Keeping Youth Athletes Strong, Healthy and Performing at Their Best
How we help
As parents, coaches, and young athletes ourselves, we know how crucial it is to build more than just sports skills. Strength, mobility, coordination, resilience: these are the foundations that allow a young athlete not only to perform, but to thrive—now and in the long term. At Movement In Motion, we offer a holistic youth strength & conditioning (S&C) service that ensures young athletes stay safe, reduce injury risk, and unlock their potential (whether in rugby, athletics, multi-sport or school sport settings).
The Importance of Youth Strength & Conditioning
Here are the key reasons why a well-designed S&C programme is vital for young athletes:
Physical Development & Movement Quality
Early training helps establish proper movement mechanics: squatting, hinging, lunging, jumping, running, balance and coordination. These fundamental movement skills are the building blocks for more sport-specific and intense training later
Injury Prevention
By improving strength, stability, joint control, and mobility, athletes are better able to cope with the demands of sport and reduce risks such as growth-plate injuries, strains, overuse injuries, etc.
Enhanced Performance
Strength & conditioning improves speed, agility, power, endurance, and resilience. When movement is efficient, fatigue is delayed, and performance is more sustainable
Long-Term Athletic Development & Health
A progressive, age-appropriate programme helps avoid early specialisation, burnout, and builds a foundation for lifelong sport, activity, and physical well-being.
Psychological & Life Skills Benefits
Discipline, confidence, resilience, self-awareness, and goal setting—all grow when young athletes engage in structured S&C work. Because the body and mind develop in parallel.
When & How It Should Start
- Age & Maturation: Fundamental movement training can start as early as 6–8 years old, focusing on bodyweight, coordination, and mobility. As children approach puberty (roughly 12–14), resistance training can be safely introduced, always with attention to technique and supervision.
- Approach: Personalised progression, ensuring movement competency precedes volume or load. Regular assessment and adjustment. Emphasis on fun, variety, and positive coach/athlete relationships.
- Balance: Movement quality + strength + mobility. Avoid focusing only on one at the expense of others.
Why Movement In Motion is the Right Team for You
Here’s what sets us apart and how we deliver on the above principles:
Our coaches understand youth development—the stages of growth, the risks, and the opportunities. We prioritise proper technique, safe progression, and evidence-based practices.
We begin with detailed movement screening, strength, mobility, and coordination assessments to know where an athlete is currently—and where they can go. This lets us tailor programmes to each child.
We do not offer one-size-fits-all. Each young athlete gets a plan suited to their sport, age, maturity, timetable, and goals.
We believe effective youth S&C is best when embedded in the environment where the athlete trains and competes. Our partnerships with Camelot RFC, Parmiters School, Dacorum, and Tring Athletics Club allow us to:
- Coordinate with coaches to align training with matches, school schedules, and sport-specific demands.
- Offer group sessions in club settings, ensuring consistency and peer motivation.
- Monitor progress in competition environments for real-world applicability.
Given the growth and physical stress young athletes undergo, we integrate recovery strategies, mobility work, and load management into every programme.
We aim to build confidence and resilience—not just physical skills. Young athletes who train with us often report improvements not only in performance but also in enjoyment, motivation, and belief in their own capabilities.
What to Expect: Our Youth S&C Programme Journey
Stage
What Happens
What Happens
Initial Assessment & Screening
Movement analysis, strength & mobility tests, injury history, growth/maturation discussion
Establish baseline; identify risk factors and strengths
Programme Design
A tailored plan balancing fundamentals, sport-specific work, mobility, strength, and load
Ensure safe, progressive development
Implementation
Regular coached sessions, whether 1–1 or small group, integrated with school & club training
Build movement competency, strength, and performance
Monitoring & Feedback
Periodic reassessments; coach-athlete or parent meetings; adjust plan as needed
Track progress; prevent overload or injury
Integration with Competition Seasons
Adjust workload around school matches, athletics events, rugby fixtures, etc.
Peak when needed; maintain fitness & resilience
Our Impact Through Local Collaboration
By working with Camelot RFC, Parmiters School, Dacorum, and Tring Athletics Club, we can:
- Reach young athletes in rugby, athletics, and school sport across different settings.
- Ensure consistency between what happens in clubs/schools and in S&C sessions—less conflicting training, less risk of overuse or fatigue.
- Provide more access: group times, shared facilities, and coordination with club calendars so that young athletes can balance academics, sport, and rest.
- Have direct feedback loops: coaches at clubs & schools communicate with our S&C staff; we monitor field performance, injuries, and adapt training accordingly.
Take the Next Step
If you want your child to:
- Move with better control and confidence
- Avoid recurrent injury
- Perform stronger, faster, and more resiliently
- Enjoy their sport with the foundation to sustain progress year after year
Then, Movement In Motion is ready to work with you.
School-Based or Site Visit Workshops
We specialise in youth athletic development, rehab, recovery, and education, and we’re confident that a tailored partnership can help elevate the support your top performers receive—both physically and mentally.
Here’s how we can assist:
We can run regular drop-in clinics at school, offering injury assessments, performance screens, or recovery support to catch issues early and reduce time lost to injury. These sessions can be structured as short 15–20 min consults or full assessments depending on your timetable.
Alongside your existing S&C setup, we can offer:
- Individualised programming for high-need athletes (e.g., return-to-play, injury-prone students, or elite performers).
- S&C consultations to align with sport-specific goals.
- Holiday and off-season training support.
All sessions are aligned with long-term athletic development principles to ensure appropriate progression for youth athletes.
We’d love to deliver in-school sessions to upskill your students on:
- Injury prevention and self-management
- Understanding what good rehab looks like
- Breathwork for recovery and performance (certified via Oxygen Advantage)
- Load management and sleep for performance
These workshops can be delivered as assemblies, small group seminars, or practical gym-based sessions.
We provide support for your athletes with:
- Basic sports nutrition education
- 1–1 dietary assessments for performance and recovery
- Workshops on fueling for training and competition
- Advice around hydration, recovery meals, and supplement safety
This makes your provision not only physical but holistic—covering all angles of performance and wellbeing.
We can also offer Parmiter’s athletes access to our Hemel Hempstead clinic with student-friendly pricing for:
- Injury assessments
- Soft tissue therapy
- Recovery-focused sessions
- Breathwork coaching (for anxiety, endurance, and mental focus)
We’d be happy to provide co-branded materials, recovery handouts, and ongoing communication to help reinforce the importance of looking after their bodies and minds. In return, any promotion or recommendations of our services through your platforms would be greatly appreciated.
We’re genuinely passionate about helping young athletes not only return from injury but also understand how to train, fuel, recover, and thrive over the long term.