An incredibly controversial idea in the strength and conditioning community is the idea of children or young teens lifting weights. Conditioning for sport is a massive industry and also a massive part of improving performance amongst athletes of all ages. If conditioning is so important, why would any coach stray away from strength training young athletes to give them the experience in this setting as early as possible? Surprisingly, the injury frequency on young athletes in sports such as powerlifting or weightlifting are actually surprisingly lower than that of football or rugby. (Faigenbaum AD et. al 2010:548) It could be argued that as soon as a child can display “adequate balance and proprioception” (Dahab and McCambridge, 2009:224) they could potentially be involved in a weightlifting or strength program.