Year-Round Training Is Not An Option
There are two types of adults when vacation season or a big social event comes around.
The first group panics. They sign up for the gym, go on a diet, drink more water, start exercising… all because they want to look good for one moment.
The second group doesn’t panic at all—because they’ve stayed consistent all year. They don’t “get in shape for vacation.” They live in shape. It’s not a sprint—it’s a lifestyle.
Athletics work the exact same way.
A lot of parents wait until tryouts are close, teams are forming, playing time is given out, or confidence is slipping before they ask, “What do we need to do?”
That’s the vacation workout plan—emotional, rushed, and temporary.
But the athletes who grow, start, and succeed? They live in the second category. They don’t train for the moment. They train as a lifestyle. Training isn’t a season—it’s a system.
Why Year-Round Development Matters More Than Ever
The truth is—nothing in sports stays the same.
Every season, the landscape shifts.
Some athletes don’t make the team
Others make it but barely see the court
Some are Starters, others are Stars
But inevitably change occurs…
New athletes move into the district
Coaches leave or new ones take over
Teammates hit growth spurts, or suddenly level up
Nothing is static. And if your athlete isn’t growing, they’re quietly falling behind—whether you see it yet or not.
And here’s the part most parents don’t expect:
The outcomes hit hard, and they hit fast.
You will either have a moment where you realize you weren’t prepared…
or a moment where you see your preparation paid off.
There usually isn’t an in-between.
Training Year-Round Isn’t About More—It’s About Better
Training isn’t a season—it’s a system.
This isn’t about endless practices or burning kids out. It’s about the fact that consistency is the lynchpin to development.
As adults, we recognize that even a week off of positive practices (ie, working out, eating right, date night, going to church) can soon become detrimental to anything we do.
Why do we assume athletes can take weeks, or even months away from building their skills and it will all just come back? Actually that’s exactly what happens, they revert right back to where they were; unfortunately becoming stuck in the past version of themselves rather than evolving like the athletes who remain steadfast.
Parents — This Becomes a Lifestyle for You Too
At first, it feels like a lot. Scheduling workouts, paying for training, always having to complete the next form, or check the next box, but ultimately; we must decide on whether we want development or convenience.
But you know what happens once we set it and forget it? Similar to setting our alarm clock for early workouts, our calendar for regular date nights, or locking in with weekly meal prep….we eventually start to become different people.
Not all at once, but then suddenly, it happens. The same happens for athletes and will happen for yours.
They begin to love the challenge, see improvement, yearn for more results.
Then their habits change…they go to sleep earlier, eat differently, etc. They start to ask questions related to the next steps in their evolution and before you know it, transformation has happened.
Now Coaches take notice, other parents ask you, “What’s John been doing differently?” or “Who’s Sarah working with?”
And here’s the best part—you become so locked in on the process that you even forgot your original motivation was improved performance.
This Isn’t About Pressure—It’s About Preparation
Year-round training is not about chasing college scholarships. It’s about teaching impressionable athletes how growth really works—not through bursts of panic, but through rhythms of consistency.
Hope is not a strategy. Every now and then is not a system.
Consistency is.
Those that will be ready next season are already putting in the work now.
