Long-term athlete development (LTAD) is a structured pathway to optimize the development from talented children into elite athletes. LTAD is a risky pathway with many pitfalls which is why only few youth athletes have the physiological and psychological potential to become an elite athlete. To enable a successful and injury-free talent development, adequate and age-appropriate training regimes are needed. Neuromuscular training is a multimodal training regime involving exercises for the promotion of muscle strength and power (including plyometrics), balance, agility, and change-of-direction speed. Over the past years, original research studies and systematic reviews with meta-analyses proved the effectiveness of neuromuscular training on muscular fitness, motor skills, sports performance, and resistance to injuries in youth athletes (1, 2). The aim of my talk will be to provide empirical evidence on the performance and injury preventive effects and dose-response relations of neuromuscular training conducted with youth athletes.
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