1. Our Mission OUR MISSION IS: TO TEACH YOUNG ATHLETES (MIDDLE SCHOOL AGE) HOW TO INCREASE MUSCULAR STRENGTH THROUGH OUR SPORTS TRAINING SESSIONS. Target Population- Middle school aged athletes. Dependent Variable-Muscular strength in the kids. Independent variable- Our 8 week training program. While we realize that there are many agencies we could use such as NMU and the YMCA we chose the franchise one of the authors trains with at home. The House of Speed Green Bay would love to host something like our program. They already host training sessions for young athletes to train and learn from professional athletes. The owner and one of the authors have a great relationship and he actually is my trainer and he would love to have us set this up because I have talked to him about this before.

2. General Need  What is the need to increase muscular strength in young athletes? Resistance Training in the Young Athlete With increasing participation in youth sports, there is a desire for young athletes to use resistance training to help them achieve peak performance. Recent evidence dispels the myths that weightlifting in children is dangerous as the result of growth plate injury risk and ineffective because children are unable to increase strength or muscle mass. Supervised resistance training currently is recognized to be safe and effective, and it also may reduce injury risk during sports participation in young athletes. In this review, we provide evidence-based guidelines to assist physicians when making recommendations to parents and coaches who wish to administer resistance training to young athletes

3. Theoretical Definition  Our dependent variable is increased muscle mass- Our theoretical definition of increased muscle mass is an increased one repetition max out test. One rep test 8 week training program with: Lifting, running, stretching, abdominal work, and learning

4. Valid Test  The one rep maxout test is a lift that is performed for one single repetition at the most weight an individual can do. We will use the leg extension lift to measure lower body strength and we will use a chest press exercise to test for upper body strength. To make sure we are safe we will be using three spotters for every lift and we will personally watch over the lifts so we will insure they will be safe at all times. Our dependent variable is increased muscle mass. Our theoretical definition of increased muscle mass is an increased one repetition max out test.

5. Measurable objectives  1. 80% of all our participants will improve their upper body strength by 15% by the end of the 8 week training program.  2. 80% of all our participants will increase their lower body strength by 20% by the end of our 8 week training program.  3. 90% of our participants will see improvement in their particular sport by the end of our 8 week training program.  4. 100% of our participants will verbalize an ability to take what they learned at our training sessions and use them for themselves at any point in the future byu the end of our 8 week program

6. Evidence based program  What program will we be using? We will use the program determined to be effective by Faigenbaum, Westcott, Loud, and Long (1999) from the article, The Effects of Different Resistance Training Protocols on Muscular Strength and Endurance Development in Children.

7. Model of the Program  This model uses twice-weekly sessions of resistance training for 8 weeks. Our athletes will perform 1 set of 6 to 8 repetitions with a heavy load or 1 set of 13 to 15 repetitions with a moderate load on child-size exercise machines. After completing each set, there will be a 60-90 second rest period. We will use the programs measurements of strength which is a chest press and leg extension. Since we are doing this as a summer training program we will be able to keep the eight week program and won’t have to change that. We will use our two days and divide them up into upper body emphasis for one day and lower body emphasis on the other.

8. How we will implement the program Proven Strength Model Our Model

9. Application of Behavior Change  Your tp knows what to do? The athletes will know what to do because we will physically demonstrate and explain what to do. We will also be walking around making sure the correct form is being used.  Your tp knows how to do it? They will know how to do it because they have watched us do it and we are showing them how to do it. They will also feel how to do the lift correctly when we correct imperfections in their lifting form.  Your tp wants to do it (is motivated)? They will be motivated to do our lifts because they are young athletes that want to become stronger and in turn be better in their specific sport. They are also motivated to do it because they joined this program for a reason. We will also have motivational quotes and pictures around our weight room to help push the athletes.

10. Evaluation Design Pre Test 0Intervention XPost Test 0 Chest Press and Leg Extension Chest Press= 60 lbs Leg Extension= 30 lbs Our 8 Week Hos Program Chest Press and Leg Extension Chest Press= 69 lbs Leg Extension= 36 lbs Chest Press and Leg Extension Chest Press= 60 lbs Leg Extension= 30 lbs Marquette Middle School after school training Chest Press and Leg Extension Chest Press= 62 lbs Leg Extension= 31 lbs

11. Mission Fit  Our mission fit question is have we increased strength in middle school aged athletes through our 8 week training program. The evidence that we met our mission would be our post test at the end of the 8 week training program.

12. Marketing/Communication  To communicate with the members of the program we will use the email newsletter list that HoS already uses. They send out a weekly email that describes the classes that they are offering or the training sessions they are offering. We could easily put our program in this email and get everyone that has ever gone to HoS before to see the email. The best way that we think our program is going to get marketed is by word of mouth from the kids and the parents. The kids will talk to other kids at their sporting events and the parents will talk to the other parents about the training while they are watching their kid’s games. Parents love to gossip with each other and if you can get them gossiping with the right things, the whole town will know about our program within one summer. http://athleticimprovement.weebly.com/

13. Granting Agency  The main grant we found that would be best for our program is the Liberty Mutual Insurance Play Positive grant. It awards $2,500 to youth sport organizations around the country. They want to help motivate the youth and help them stay active and we think that they would love to fund a program like ours because our program is helping young athletes develop muscular strength, in turn, making them better in their sport, which helps them enjoy the game more. If the grants do not work we have friends who are playing professional sports and we have both talked to them and they both said that they would be willing to donate money to our program if it wasn’t a large amount and we really needed it. This would be our backup plan. https://play-positive.libertymutual.com/programs/grant-closed

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