183: Developing Youth Athletes, with USA Cyclings Alec Pasqualina
b'Young athletes have a host of concerns outside of sport that make their development a unique, challenging undertaking. While they can often be sponges for new information, skills, and techniques, they are also\\xa0dealing with complex stressors and pressures\\u2014in many ways they are more vulnerable than their adult counterparts.\\xa0\\nToday we\\xa0discuss\\xa0ways to develop young athletes with Alec Pasqualina, USA Cycling\\u2019s\\xa0Director of the Olympic Development Academy, or ODA.\\xa0\\nWhile he willingly admits he doesn\\u2019t have all the answers, the 25-year-old Pasqualina is attempting to take this fledgling\\xa0program\\xa0within the national governing body and bring opportunity and access\\xa0to more young cyclists than ever before.\\xa0\\xa0\\nWe hit him with all manner of questions about the general principles that guide youth athletic development, as well as specific questions\\xa0on the ODA, how it compares to the\\xa0Long Term\\xa0Athlete Development model,\\xa0as well as\\xa0the thornier subject of how parents should and should not be involved in their children\\u2019s development.\\xa0\\nWe also hear from several other coaches with decades of experience in youth development, including Houshang Amiri, director of the Pacific Cycling Center; Coach Ryan Kohler, Coach Rebecca Gross, and\\xa0former collegiate cyclist Adam Wisseman.\\xa0\\n\\u202fIf you have kids, listen up. If you coach kids, pay attention.\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'