Momentum Youth Sports Training
Fundamentals, fitness, and fun!
Momentum Youth Sports Training
Fundamentals, fitness, and fun!
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention As some communities in the United States begin to start youth sports activities again, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers the following considerations for ways in which youth sports organizations can protect players, families, and communities and slow the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Administrators of youth sports …
By The State of Childhood Obesity We’ve all seen the ads on TV, in magazines, on billboards and in our social media feeds—the ones with the icy glass of sugary soda on a hot summer afternoon or the one telling you that all you need to hike that mountain or even get through your work day is an invigorating energy …
By Derrick Dzurko (PR Web) Dr. Eugene Allen makes history with Urgent Care Chain in Los Angeles. Dr. Allen and Dusk to Dawn Urgent Care, known throughout Southern California, has been documented as the first African American owned medical chain of Urgent Care Franchises in Los Angeles and Orange County. ‘St. Gene ’as many calls him, has been a …
American Heart Association News Researchers have long understood that African Americans experience a disproportionate level of high blood pressure and heart disease. As they’ve sought to understand why, evidence has emerged demonstrating the powerful role persistent, excessive levels of stress can play in cardiovascular health. But getting rid of that stress won’t be easy, they warn. “For decades, we’ve …
Many factors influence a basketball team’s performance; one of them is the head coach. The qualities of a coach, as well as their leadership style, will ultimately impact the outcome of a game. For example, NBA coaches Steve Kerr and Gregg Popovich have distinctly different approaches to leadership, yet each has helped lead has team to record-setting success. To learn …
By Lynn Allison With nationwide school closures keeping children indoors, experts fear that the inactivity and access to high-calorie snacks may exacerbate the epidemic of childhood obesity. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that childhood obesity is a serious problem in the United States putting children and adolescents at risk for more serious health conditions. According to …
By Aaron E. Carroll Childhood obesity is a big public health challenge, and has been for some time. Almost 20 percent of American children are obese, as well as about 40 percent of adults. Over all, this costs the United States around $150 billion in health care spending each year. Pediatricians like me, and many other health professionals, know it’s …
By Bruce Y. Lee, Senior Contributor, Forbes What’s happening next week from August 7 to 12 in Orlando, Florida, shows just how much basketball has grown in popularity among kids around the world. The inaugural Junior NBA World Basketball Championship will take place at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando. There 16 U.S. and 16 international 13 and …
By Patrick Mularoni, M.D. With the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, all youth, high school, college and professional sports seasons have been stopped waiting on government organizations to give permission to return to regular activities. We know that schools have gone to online for academics. Where does that leave youth athletes who are in the middle of sports seasons? On …
by Bethany Ao, The Philadelphia Inquirer The closing of schools, playgrounds, sports fields and summer camps due to COVID-19 has pediatric nutritionists and dietitians concerned that changes in eating habits and an overall decrease in physical activity could lead to a future spike in childhood obesity, which has steadily increased over the last four decades according to data from the …