San Marcos, CA, Sept. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Youth Performance Training (YPT) has released its new athletic-development program for kids, detailing the system underlying its current at-home youth sports performance training resources for athletes ages 8 to 18. Founded by professional performance coach James Scott whose career spans over multiple sports and decades, YPT organizes its youth athletic development resources around a four-stage coaching framework the platform calls Assess, Restore, Build and Express.
The YPT framework behind the creation of James Scott’s 28-Day Barefoot Performance Reset™ comes from over two decades of experience being inside the highest levels of sport and solving performance problems for some of the most elite athletes in the world. And now, in just 20-minutes per day at-home, with no equipment or assistance required, the Barefoot Performance is the collective accumulation of James’ life work and principles that address foundational areas of athletic development for kids, including foot and ankle control, balance, mobility, landing mechanics, deceleration, coordination and broader movement quality.
YPT Youth Sports Performance Training System: Assess, Restore, Build and Express
Youth Performance Training organizes its youth sports performance training and broader athletic-development programming through a four-stage coaching framework called Assess, Restore, Build and Express.
The Assess stage identifies movement patterns, limitations, asymmetries or areas that may warrant attention before an athlete progresses into more structured training. Within YPT's youth movement training model, this stage establishes a starting point rather than a diagnosis; YPT does not present these assessments as medical evaluations or clinical injury-risk tests.
The Restore stage builds foundational qualities including foot strength, ankle mobility, single-leg balance and hip control, elements YPT associates with broader youth strength and conditioning principles.
The Build stage introduces broader qualities commonly included in youth strength and conditioning work, such as landing mechanics, deceleration, coordination and foundational strength.
The Express stage applies these developed physical qualities in more sport-relevant movement contexts, including change of direction, acceleration, jumping, landing and multi-directional movement. YPT does not represent these training activities as guaranteeing a particular improvement in speed, jumping ability or sport performance.
What Youth Sports Performance Training Means Within YPT
Within the Youth Performance Training 28-Day Barefoot Performance Reset and YPT platform, youth sports performance training refers to general athletic-development work intended to complement rather than replace sport-specific coaching. YPT's current curriculum includes training related to foot and ankle control, balance, mobility, single-leg stability, landing mechanics, deceleration, coordination, foundational strength and multi-directional movement.
The platform is designed for developing athletes participating in sports including basketball, soccer, football, volleyball, baseball, track and multi-sport activities. YPT does not represent the same training response or outcome as applying to every athlete or every sport.
Youth Athletic Development Context
Federal physical activity guidance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services calls for at least 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous activity each day for children and teens ages 6 to 17, with muscle- and bone-strengthening work built in on a minimum of three days per week.
YPT positions its youth sports performance training resources around foundational movement qualities that sit underneath sport-specific skill work, rather than replacing the technical instruction a coach provides at practice.
YPT Program Lineup and Youth Athlete Training Resources
The 28-Day Barefoot Performance Reset is an at-home youth athlete training program built for young athletes ages 8 to 18, organized into four one-week phases: Foundation, Build, Intensify and Peak. Program materials include a day-by-day training calendar, exercise demonstration videos with coaching cues, and the official TRAIN | BRAIN Training Companion. The program's 28 sessions are delivered through that calendar, with each session taking roughly 20 minutes to complete. Access to purchased program materials continues after the initial purchase and does not carry a recurring subscription charge.
The Foot & Ankle Assessment provides an introductory movement-screening resource focused on foot and ankle movement qualities relevant to youth athletic development. It is not a medical diagnosis, rehabilitation assessment or substitute for evaluation by a qualified healthcare professional.
Jump Analysis is YPT's personalized coaching resource focused on jump and landing mechanics, movement quality and related athletic-development observations. It is a coaching tool, not a clinical injury-risk test or medical diagnostic assessment.
At-Home Athletic Development for Young Athletes
YPT delivers its athletic-development programming digitally, accessible from a mobile device. The 28-Day Barefoot Performance Reset is designed primarily around bodyweight and barefoot movement training for at-home use, without requiring a traditional gym setting, with sessions running approximately 20 minutes per day. YPT's at-home structure is intended to fit around existing sport practice, team training and season schedules rather than replace them.
Youth Movement Training Research Context
The National Strength and Conditioning Association's position statement on youth resistance training states that appropriately prescribed and supervised resistance training can provide benefits for children and adolescents when age-specific guidelines are followed. A published scoping review of combined and sequenced balance and resistance training in youth and youth athletes reported limited-quality evidence that certain sequencing approaches were associated with improvements in measures of balance and muscular fitness, while identifying substantial evidence limitations and a need for additional research involving age, maturity status, sex and expertise level.
Separately, YPT's curriculum includes balance, landing, foot and ankle, and foundational-strength activities. The cited research evaluates youth training approaches generally; it did not evaluate Youth Performance Training or the 28-Day Barefoot Performance Reset™ and does not establish that a specific YPT program produces a particular athletic or medical outcome for any individual athlete.
Youth Training Safety and Supervision Considerations
YPT's program does not require or need direct supervision of younger athletes although is completely acceptable, as the training scaled to each athlete's ability and maturity level. Parents are encouraged to check in with a qualified healthcare professional before a young athlete starts the program, especially if the athlete is returning from an injury or managing an existing condition.
Current program access terms, pricing information and applicable policies are maintained on the official Youth Performance Training website and may change over time. Consumers reviewing current program materials and platform information can reference Youth Performance Training official program information.
James Scott and Youth Performance Training
James Scott founded Youth Performance Training after approximately 20 years of experience in professional sport and human-performance environments, spanning professional basketball, football, soccer and international sport. His background includes associations with NBA Finals, Nike Rise Academy, the Shanghai Sharks, the Chinese Basketball Association, NFL off-seasons and Olympic-level environments. James Scott's academic background includes MS Sports Science and PhD Biomechanics (student).
2026 Youth Performance Training Program Update
Youth Performance Training continues to organize its at-home youth sports performance training resources around the Assess, Restore, Build and Express development framework.
The YPT platform offers the 28-Day Barefoot Performance Reset™ as its initial youth sports training program with more to come, but right now any young athlete can go try the free Foot & Ankle Assessment Analysis for immediate feedback or mom and dad can start with the Free Parent Assessment on the official website.
The foundational youth athletic-development qualities, including balance, mobility, foot and ankle control, landing mechanics, deceleration, coordination and movement quality, are all key pillars of the YPT barefoot bodyweight performance training program for kids. The strength training era for young children and teenagers is continually evolving and one thing is for certain, Youth Performance Training’s Coach James Scott is leading the pack by going back to the basics and mastering movement from the ground up. Determined to awaken the world to the wonderful powers of barefoot performance training for any player or sport under the sun, the dawn of barefoot athletes is here to stay and YPT is the go-to platform for kids’ athletic development online.
Now is the perfect time to checkout James Scott’s 28-Day Barefoot Performance Reset, the no-gym, no-equipment, no-membership at-home youth sports performance training program for young aspiring athletes all over the world.
Contact Information
Youth Performance Training Support: admin@youthperformancetraining.com
Website: www.youthperformancetraining.com
Results may vary. Younger athletes should be supervised during training. See full program details and safety guidance through the official Youth Performance Training website.
This program is designed for general athletic-development purposes and does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any injury or medical condition. Parents and guardians should consult a qualified healthcare professional before a young athlete begins any new exercise program, particularly for athletes returning from an injury or managing an existing condition. Results may vary, and individual outcomes depend on effort, consistency, supervision and other individual factors.
Additional previously published Youth Performance Training coverage is available below.
28-Day Barefoot Performance Reset Program Details
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