What is the AYC Learning Hub?
- footballclinicuk
- Jul 10
- 3 min read
Updated: Jul 12
Your Home for Evidence-Informed Youth Athletic Development
Welcome to the AYC Learning Hub—an online resource designed for anyone passionate about helping children and young athletes move better, develop confidently and reach their full potential.
Whether you’re a coach, teacher, parent, sports club or student, the Learning Hub provides practical, research-informed content that bridges the gap between science and coaching.
Our goal is simple:
To make high-quality youth athletic development education accessible, practical and easy to apply.
Why We Created the Learning Hub
There has never been more information available about youth athletic development.
Unfortunately, there has also never been more confusion.
Parents are overwhelmed by conflicting advice.
Coaches are often expected to deliver athletic development without formal education.
Teachers want practical ideas that fit into PE lessons.
The AYC Learning Hub was created to solve this problem.
Every article has one purpose:
To help you better understand how children move, develop and perform.
What’s Included?
A yearly subscription gives you unlimited access to an ever-growing library of exclusive content, including:
Long-Term Athletic Development
Understand how children develop physically from early childhood through adolescence and how coaching should change at each stage.
Physical Literacy
Discover why movement competence forms the foundation for confidence, participation and lifelong physical activity.
The AYC Movement Library
Explore individual movement skills including:
Running
Sprinting
Jumping
Landing
Throwing
Catching
Bracing
Pushing
Pulling
Carrying
Rebounding
Each article explains:
Why it matters
How to coach it
Common mistakes
Progressions by age and stage
Speed Development
Learn how to coach:
Sprint mechanics
Acceleration
Pickup speed
Curved sprinting
Speed endurance
Force application
Designed specifically for young athletes—not adult sprinters.
Agility & Change of Direction
Understand how athletes brake, reorganise and re-accelerate efficiently while developing movement quality before performance.
Strength Development
Discover age-appropriate approaches to developing:
Bodyweight strength
Resistance training
Isometrics
Force production
Athletic resilience
Plyometrics
Learn when, why and how to introduce jumping and landing activities safely across different stages of development.
Performance Testing
Explore practical methods for assessing athletic development, monitoring progress and interpreting results.
Injury Prevention
Understand how developing movement quality, strength and coordination helps reduce injury risk while supporting long-term participation in sport.
Growth & Maturation
Learn how rapid growth affects coordination, movement and performance, and how coaching should adapt during these important years.
Research Reviews
We regularly break down the latest research into simple coaching takeaways, helping you understand what the evidence actually says—and how to apply it in practice.
The AYC Method
Gain an insight into the coaching philosophy behind every AYC session, including:
The F.U.N.D. Framework
Session design
Programming principles
Long-term planning
Why our approach works
New Content Added Regularly
The Learning Hub isn’t a static resource.
New articles are added regularly as we continue to expand the library with fresh coaching ideas, research reviews and practical guidance.
Your subscription grows in value throughout the year.
Who Is It For?
The Learning Hub is designed for anyone involved in youth sport or physical education, including:
Youth coaches
PE teachers
Sports clubs
Parents
Strength & conditioning coaches
University students
Sports science graduates
Anyone passionate about developing young athletes
Whether you’re coaching one child or one hundred, you’ll find practical ideas you can apply immediately.
More Than Just Theory
Every article is written with one question in mind:
“How can this help someone coach better tomorrow?”
You’ll find clear explanations, practical examples and coaching applications—not complicated academic language.
Our aim is to turn research into action.
Built on Evidence. Driven by Experience.
Everything inside the Learning Hub combines the latest evidence with years of practical experience coaching children and young athletes.
The result is a resource that is:
Evidence-informed
Practical
Easy to understand
Relevant to real coaching environments
Continually evolving
Continue Your Learning
The Learning Hub is the foundation of the AYC education pathway.
For those looking to develop further, it complements our AYC CPD courses, providing deeper learning, structured education and practical professional development.
Together, they create a complete learning journey—from understanding the principles of youth athletic development to confidently applying them in practice.
Join the AYC Learning Hub
For just £15 per year, you’ll gain unlimited access to a growing library of evidence-informed articles designed to help you coach with greater confidence and develop better movers for life.
Whether you’re looking to improve your coaching, support your own child or deepen your understanding of youth athletic development, the AYC Learning Hub is here to support your journey.
Because better coaches create better environments—and better environments help children thrive.
Start your learning journey today.
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