Coaching Champions provides effective and accessible information and techniques for anyone involved in youth coaching. As well as sport-specific training programs for both individual and team sports, this comprehensive handbook also covers: how to identify potential talent; age and performance; fitness and conditioning; training requirements; the training and competition environment; adapted training; safety. It is a practical resource for coaches, teachers and parents of promising young sportspeople aged between 11 and 18, devised to help identify, nurture and develop sporting talent.