Notes from the Summit - 7

Notes from Dr. Stephen Norris PGA Teaching & Coaching Summit

- The director of sport physiology & strategic planning at the Canadian Sport Centre Calgary, Norris is a consultant for Canada's Winter Olympic sports teams. He also is an adjunct assistant professor of applied physiology within the Human Performance Laboratory (HPL) at the University of Calgary. In addition to his working with several national sports teams, Norris teaches and supervises graduate students specializing in applied physiology and sport science.

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• Neural peaks @ ages 10-15. Expose kids to as many stimuli as possible that include pressure sensitivity, weight transfer (explain vs. sensation of doing), rhythm, Music/Dance.  
• Hormonal development  affects muscle mass and growth spurts. Be very careful with kids doing conditioning and strength training.  
• Girls peak between ages 13-16 and boys 14-18. Ages 12-16 need activity. Continue working with loading forces (brittle bones, fracture periods, check on bone mineral density).  
• Ages 5-8 require movement skills, rhythm, running, kicking, jumping.  
• Ages 10-18 need to be patient and understand the process.
• Kids need to understand and develop physical literacy. Interacting with the ground (golf), water (in, on, unstable surfaces), snow/ice (skateboard), air (moving through space, torso rotation, how body is linked). 

   Gave example of Damian Walters and how many golfers want to be able to do this is the golf world without the training. What kind of training is required to produce what we want?  http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=damian+walters&mid=DEE0347728B2E7F37007DEE0347728B2E7F37007&view=detail&FORM=VIRE6

• Practice is relentless.
• A 6 year old is not half of a 12 year old. Growth is not linear. Time on a task: spend 1 hour to get 2 hours in competition. Be careful of use. Work hard vs. just being good. Play work other activities and don’t just focus on one.
• Improve by Design, not by Chance. Get totally comfortable with environment. Challenge the norm.  Relentless, purposeful practice while having fun. Excellence is an achieved by training and habituation. High performance, world class, world leading.    
• What do you need to do to achieve a consistency of performance?  Perform under pressure, deliver results. Lay down expectation. Perform on demand anytime, any place, any condition. No 2^nd chances.