The Youth Fitness Specialist Certification is the IYCA’s most comprehensive course for trainers and coaches who want to help young people ages 6 to 18 become fit, embrace healthy lifestyles and maximize sports performance.

And… we just made the Youth Fitness Specialist even BETTER… by adding…

• The IYCA’s Revolutionary Approach To Coaching. Combining both the art and science of coaching, the IYCA’s coaching methodology addresses the needs of today’s young people and teaches you how to help you connect with and motivate the clients you serve to enhance their experience and results.
• The IYCA’s Revolutionary Approach To Long Term Athletic Development. The IYCA Youth Fitness Specialist provides you with a complete approach to fitness and athletic development that takes into account the real world considerations of kids ranging from the differences in needs of 8 year olds and 18 year olds to the ever increasing challenges of early sport specialization.
• Contributions From Some Of The Industry’s Top Coaches. We’ve enlisted some of the world’s leading youth fitness professionals like Dave Gleason, Kim McCollough, Mike Robertson and Wil Fleming as contributors to this course to share their insight and experiences gained from coaching thousands of young athletes and provide you with real world insight into what actually works when training kids.
• Real World Programming. Gain access to actual, proven sample training programs for young people designed by the industry’s top coaches to better empower you to implement your own effective training approach.

• Publications like Entrepreneur Magazine have recognized the career opportunities in youth fitness & sports performance as among the best and most rapidly growing in the world.
• Watered down adult programs are ineffective and inappropriate for kids, yet most of the training kids receive is based on adult programming.
• A growing emphasis on Sports Specialization has created new challenges and considerations coaches must be prepared to address.
• The progressively evolving needs of kids as they mature physically, socially and emotionally and how that impact training.