Continual Improvement and the LTAD model...

"When you improve a little each day, eventually big things occur. ... Don't look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at a time. That's the only way it happens - and when it happens, it lasts." - John Wooden

We're committed to the Long-Term Athletic Development model here at All-Star Sports Academy. We know there are no "magic bullets" for getting better.

ANY "fitness center" can make you sweaty and sore...few truly know how to make you BETTER!

That's our commitment to you...to help you get a little better each day!

Contact us here for your 5 Point Movement Assessment and Quick Start 14 day trial!

We'll see YOU in the Athlete Underground!

Family Day Success!

On Saturday, April 28, 2012, All-Star Sports Academy celebrated 4 years in business with our "1st Annual, 4th Anniversary Family Day and Dodgeball Fundraiser."

The event was a rousing success. We raised nearly $1,500 for charity and no dodgeballs were injured during the tournament. There were a few (minor) bruised egos and some hairstyles were ruined by flying dodgeballs, but other than that, we all escaped unscathed...

As we prepare for summer's arrival, we'd like to say "thank you" to all of you who have supported us through these challenging times.

We could not possibly do what we do without your support!

Thank YOU!!

#1 Bestseller!

All-Star has a #1 Best-Selling Author!

Phil Hueston's book goes to #1 on Amazon.com!

Sports Performance Trainer Phil Hueston Hits Amazon Best Seller List With New Youth Fitness Book

Phil Hueston, sports performance consultant and trainer, recently hit #1 in two separate Amazon.com best-seller lists with the new book "The Definitive Guide to Youth Athletic Strength, Conditioning and Performance."

 

Toms River, NJ - April 15, 2012 - Phil Hueston, co-owner of All-Star Sports Academy, recently joined with a select group of the world's leading health and fitness entrepreneurs to co-write the fitness book titled, The Definitive Guide to Youth Athletic Strength, Conditioning and Performance. The book was released by CelebrityPress™ - a leading fitness and health book publisher.

The Definitive Guide to Youth Athletic Strength, Conditioning and Performance was released on Thursday, March 29th, 2012 and features top advice from health and fitness experts from across the country on the subjects of total body health, fitness and nutrition for children and youth. The authors will offer health and fitness tips for kids ranging from preschool age to college student athletes. Phil Hueston contributed a chapter titled "Metabolic Conditioning For Strength and Power: A Quicker, Simpler Path to Better Athletic Fitness and Performance."

On the day of release, The Definitive Guide to Youth Athletic Strength, Conditioning and Performance reached best-seller status in two Amazon.com Exercise and Fitness categories - reaching #1 in both the "Injury Prevention" category and the "For Children" category.

Needless to say, we're excited! Copies of the book are available through All-Star Sports Academy.

One Month Free? Really? YES!

One Month Free!!

Are you serious about Sports Fitness? Serious about Adult Fitness? Maybe you just believe in the same Long-Term Athletic Development model that we do. Maybe you've been thinking about an enrollment in one of our programs, or an upgrade...but you really love a great deal...HERE IT IS! Enroll in any of our programs - FitKidz! Discovery, FitKidz! Exploration, Athletic Transformation or Power Fitness Camp - for 12 months and get ONE MONTH FREE!! The best Youth and Family Fitness professionals, service and programs...and a free month! But you have to act fast! This offer is only available until March 15, 2012!

Offer Expires: March 15, 2012

Cloud Circuits...gotta love 'em

Saturday April 9th.

A beautiful spring day.

Great day to "blow it off" and relax, right?

WRONG!

It was a great day to be in the Athlete Underground!

"Cloud Circuits!" 3 exercises per cloud, 5 clouds. 2 minutes to work, NON-STOP, with 1 minute rest.

Now we're talking Athletic Circuit Training!

Here's a quick look:



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"Sound Bite" Training is hurting our youth athletes

"Put 4 inches on your vertical in just 4 weeks!"

"Be the fastest player on the field in just 6 weeks!"

These are the kind of "sound bite" claims being made by traіners who want to traіn your kids.

Right now, as you read this, these frauds are trying to dupe you!

If you're not sick of them and the culture they foster, I am.

6 week traіning programs aren't helping our athletes improve. They just don't work.

Yet that's pretty much all you see out there. Inflammatory, sensationalized flyers, brochures, ads and websites telling you how fast, strong and powerful your kids will get in 6 weeks with "Super traіner!"

It's a bunch of crap.

And it's a major cause of іnjury and over-traіning in youth sports.

Whenever I hear or read one of these traіners' claims about the miracles that will happen to your kid in his or her 6 week program, I ask the same question.

Then what?

Short term traіning programs are like promises in a political campaign. They sound great. They appeal to our desire for improvement and success.

When first presented, they make all the sense in the world. They generate excitement.

They're convincing, display clarity and simplicity, and like political campaign promises...when the chips are down and it's time to deliver, nobody can remember them.

Not that it matters; there's no chance they'll create lasting change or success. Like the political sound bite, the short term traіning program is intended to get your vote!

With the traіning program, you vote with your time, your hopes, your enthusiasm...and your money. Not to mention your kids' health!

What happens when the 6 week miracle traіning program is over?

Do you really think those improvements will stick?

Will your kids be more іnjury resistant?

Will they have learned proper traіning techniques, ones that will help them progress consistently, play better in the long term and enjoy their sport(s) more?

Or will they simply learn to focus on a "product" instead of a "process?"

You see, coaches and traіners too often use "product" based coaching, rather than focusing on creating successful "processes."

In other words, they harp on things like the faster 40 yd. dash and the bigger vertical leap without teaching their players proper mechanics and strength-building techniques.

Think about it. If you devote traіning time developing great takeoff and landing mechanics for jumping, and combine that with functional strength development, doesn't it seem to follow that the athlete's "vertical" would inevitably increase? Of course it does!

Just like the combination of teaching great sprint technique, dynamic flexibility and functional strength will dramatically increase speed in all directions!

The trouble is, this kind of long-lasting, highly available athletic skill-set development can't be accomplished in a "6 weeks to 6 inches, etc." miracle program.

It comes from consistent, longer term traіning systems and good habits on the part of athletes and kids.

This is especially important for younger athletes and children. Between ages 8 and 13, it's a great time forus to help them develop proper functional movement patterns.

For many kids, this means getting them up and moving, period. Programs focusing on functional movement, that deliver fun and variety, will always outperform set and rep based programs for this age group.

Developing great movement patterns at an early age allows us to reinforce them, load them and make our kids stronger, faster, more agile, healthier and more resistant to іnjury!

The best part of this process is that the improved performance athletes get from a consistent, intelligent, "process" based traіning program will stick with them and help them in all their athletic endeavors.

Long after the "6 week miracle traіning program" and it's temporary nonsense has disappeared, like a tax cut promise in a political campaign, gains made through the development of good habits and consistent effort (in other words, a quality "process") will still be serving the athlete well.

More importantly, because of the good habits developed, the athlete will continue to get stronger, faster, more agile and more іnjury resistant.

The "6 week miracle" athlete will be steadily losing the"edge" they gained, and slipping into the "іnjury zone."

Here's a few well known examples of athletes who've benefited from a long-term athletic development program:

• Michael Phelps won 8 golds at the Beijing Olympics. (Embarassing photos and acts aside)
• The US Womens Soccer Team beat Brazil for Gold.
• The US Men and Women took home Volleyball Gold.
• The US swept the 400m.

It wasn't the "6 week miracle traіning program" that got them there.

Can you guess how they got their medals?

Think it might have been through a quality traіning "process?"

Can you guess what kind of programs we use at All-Star Sports Academy?

I'll give you a hint: 6 weeks is just about a good start.

Questions? Comments? Feel free to let me know!

Phil

Is Cheerleading the Most Hazardous of All Sports?

While reading up on the whole "Is cheerleading a sport?" debate, I came across a few interesting factoids that seem to be overlooked. (Btw, cheer IS a sport - you train to create precise "plays" and you get scored on it...'nuff said)

According to this article http://www.nationalcheersafety.com/cheerisasport.pdf, "71% of catastrophically injured female college athletes are cheerleaders" - Mueller F. O., Cantu R. C. Twenty-Sixth Annual Report for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research. Fall 1982–Spring 2008. Chapel Hill, NC: National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research; 2008.

Ankle, knee, shoulder and back injuries make up approximately 50% of all injuries to cheerleaders. (Several sources, including the American Association of Pediatrics and the National CheerSafety Foundation.

Unfortunately, head and neck trauma and spinal injuries from falls make up a significant portion of the remaining 50%.

The good news here? The ankle, knee, shoulder and back injuries that occur most frequently in cheer are eminently preventable with the proper kinds of strength, power, flexibility and core training!

When you employ the concepts and techniques of integrated sports fitness to the cheerleader's body and sports performance, joint stabilization and overall strength is greatly enhanced and cheer skills get sharper. The net result is the virtual elimination of non-contact joint injuries!

That's great news for cheerleaders AND those who love and support them!

Want to know more about how to cheer better and with fewer injuries? Contact me or give All-Star Sports Academy a call at 732-597-3725 and we'll be happy to help.Cheer on - injury free!

Phil Hueston, NASM-PES, IYCA-YFS
All-Star Sports Academy

http://www.allstarsportsacademynj.com

"Welcome to the Athlete Underground!"

Can you do this? KB SB Crunch Press

Here's a great core strength and stabilization exercise.

Lumbar spine stability during upper extremtiy extension and pushing movements is critical to both power production and injury prevention.

The ability to recruit the deep abdominal stabilizers during functional movement also aids in throwing movements and is critical to speed, agility and quickness for athletes.

If you're a football player or other iron athlete, we'll show you how this can help you get a bigger bench!

See you in the Athlete Underground!

http://www.allstarsportsacademynj.com

Can YOU do THIS?

The SAQ Ladder Crossover Shuffle helps athletes develop the ability to change direction quickly, particularly in situations requiring the athlete to step across his/her body.

It also assists in the development of good ankle mobility, knee stability and the stability of the lumbar spine during counter-rot......ational athletic movements.

Ready to be a better athlete? Tired of looking up the depth chart and wondering when you'll "get your shot?" Ready to get noticed by coaches, recruiters and scouts?

Get into the Athlete Underground and raise your game!

http://www.allstarsportsacademynj.com

SL Squat and Roll

Can YOU do THIS?

Deceleration skills and the ability to effectively break falls is essential to preventing injuries for athletes.

Here's a great core exercise that emphasizes glute strength/stability and both deceleration skills and ability to break your fall.

If you can't do this at least this well, we'll help!

http://www.allstarsportsacademynj.com

Goings-on April 26, 2010

More fun and work(??) at All-Star Sports Academy!

Want to be a better athlete? Get some here!

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Quick look April 22-23

Here's a quick look at the goings-on here from yesterday and today!

Get some!

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A look at April 21 at All-Star

A quick look at some of todays workouts!

Enjoy!

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Dave Mitchell Memorial Dodgeball Tournament

Here's a little video from Sunday's Dave Mitchell Dodgeball Tournament this past Sunday, April 18.

Thanks to everyone who participated we raised over $1,800!!

See if there's someone you know in this little bit of video wonderfulness!

Next Dodgeball Tournament: Saturday evening, May 8!! Watch for details!!

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Peanut Butter Banana Breakfast Shake (Easy Recipe)

If you like easy...

If you like chocolate...

If you like peanut butter...

If you like bananas...

Well, then this latest creation from my partners over at Prograde Nutrition is right up your alley.

Check it out here ==> http://allstarsportsacademy.getprograde.com/power-packed-breakfast-shake.html

See you in the Athlete Underground!
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TRHC Bantam B team Wins Districts!

For the record, the Toms River Hockey Club Bantam B team earned every inch of this championship banner!

They worked as hard or harder than any team we've ever had the pleasure of working with!

They grew as players, people and as a team and their 2010 AAHA District Championship is proof that doing the right things will make the right things happen!

Way to go, boys!

So when will YOU get to the Athlete Underground?

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Weird foods with great nutritional power!

It's still March, so it's still National Nutrition Month. Here are a couple more killer articles from my partners over at Prograde Nutrition to enlighten you.

This first article will knock your socks off. I mean, really, who knew that coffee beans were so much more than, well, coffee? http://budurl.com/coffeebeans

Next, you'll be stunned by how powerful Brussel Sprouts are. And Barley Grass, too. Bet you thought Barley was just for beer, right? ;-) http://budurl.com/fruitveggiemagic

I'll be back soon with more awesome health, fitness and nutrition info!

Yours in health,
Phil & the crew at All-Star

http://www.allstarsportsacademynj.com

Protein Packed Iced Rasberry Mocha

Hey everybody!

Drinking those grande coffee drinks with whipped cream and sugar...well, they really aren't a good idea. Seriously, they pack about a zillion calories that don't do much for you - except pack on the belly flab.

But what if those drinks were nutritious? What if they were chock full of metabolism boosting protein?

Well, my partners over at Prograde just released this killer new Protein Packed Iced Rasberry Mocha recipe that you're going to love.

I'm not kidding, your taste buds won't believe this one! Check it out at: http://allstarsportsacademt.getprograde.com/iced-raspberry-mocha.html

Yours in health,
Phil

PS - And remember, Prograde is having a birthday party this week and celebrating with 15% off all their awesome products! http://allstarsportsacademy.getprograde.com/specials

Put 4 Inches on your vertical in 40 seconds!

Here's All-Star Sports Academy's breakthrough vertical leap program:

PUT 4 INCHES ON YOUR VERTICAL IN ONLY 40 SECONDS!

Check out this video for more details:



Then check out the website at http://www.allstarsportsacademynj.com!

See you in the Athlete Underground!!

Blood, Sweat and Cheers

It's been a remarkable spring for All-Star Sports Academy and our athletes and clients. These achievements are remarkable, and a testament to the commitment of these student-athletes. One All-Star athlete just rocked the sports world on national television!

One of our athletes scored over 100 points as a sophomore for TRHS South girls' lacrosse

Another scored 112 points for TRHS North's girls lacrosse team.

Both of these lacrosse players were chosen to represent New Jersey on the 2009 National Women's Lacrosse team

Still another won a womens Lacrosse National Championship with Franklin & Marshall College

One hit well over .500 for Donovan baseball.

One is on the verge of signing a National Football League contract to play fullback.

One was named to the All-State HS Hockey team & signed to play Juniors Hockey with the Philadelphia Revolution.

One was chosen to the NJSA 04 Pre-Academy Soccer Team & is working with Tab Ramos.

One was chosen to the U14 New Jersey Olympic Development Program Soccer Team

One terrorized high school pitchers while playing for TRHS North baseball

One made the JV softball team & became the starting JV catcher at TRHS East

The Jersey Shore Hurricanes AAU boys basketball put a team into nationals

One has been invited to Under Armour HS football combines, & may be named to the All-America team

One took 2nd in the county in shotput for 8th graders & was named to the Trilogy Lacrosse Elite team

One broke the TR Intermediate South school record in the discus

Woodbridge HS baseball went 14-10 & reached the semi-finals of the Middlesex County Tournament

Dozens of youth baseball, softball, lacrosse and soccer players are having great seasons & more fun as a result of their experiences with All-Star Sports Academy.

Dozenz of kids and parents dropped extra pounds, got in shape and had a blast in our breakthrough fitness programs.

Oh yeah, there's one other athletic achievement that we're pretty excited about. On Saturday, May 23rd, Frank Edgar, former Toms River HS East and Clarion University wrestling standout, won the biggest bout of his career. In an edge-of-your-seat 3 round UFC fight against Sean Sherk, Frank ("The Answer") took another step toward a title bout by dominating Sherk in every aspect of the game!

Frank has been working harder than ever in our Strength and Conditioning Center with Brian Blue getting ready for this bout. After watching video of his workouts with previous trainers, then watching how his opponent was "training," we had a funny feeling that Frank was going to be ready for Sherk. We were right!

Congratulations to Frank, and congratulations to all the athletes, parents and everyone who has been working to achieve fitness goals that matter to them!

Find out why they chose All-Star, and why it really does matter where you "get your sweat on!"

Go here to request YOUR complimentary trial membership: http://tinyurl.com/allstartrial

We'll see YOU at All-Star Sports Academy!