Rich Lansky is a friend of mine who is the coach for Team Florida Weightlifting. He does a great job bringing youngsters along. This is a very good article. Go to www.usaweightlifting.org .
A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO TRAINING THE YOUTH WEIGHTLIFTING ATHLETE – LONG-TERM GOALS, DEVELOPING ATHLECTICISM AND HAVING FUN
Richard C. Lansky, CSCS, ACSM HF/I, USAW Certified U.S. International Coach
Lauren Chadwick, MA, CSCS, USAW Certified Club Coach, USAW Certified Sports Performance Coach
Jacob Beiting, CSCS, USAW Certified Club Coach
TEAM FLORIDA WEIGHTLIFTING –Sarasota/Bradenton Training Center
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Vern is the Director of Gambetta Sports Training Systems. He has been the a conditioning coach for several MLS teams as well as the conditioning consultant to the US Men's World Cup Soccer team. Vern is the former Director of Conditioning for the Chicago White Sox and New York Mets. He has lectured and conducted clinics in Canada, Japan, Australia and Europe and has authored six books and over one hundred articles related to coaching and sport performance in a variety of sports. He has a BA in teaching with a coaching minor and an MA in Education with an emphasis in physical education from Stanford University.