SPORTS NUTRITION

Young Athletes Have Their Own Unique Nutritional Requirements.

Alongside the energy needed for growth and maturation, they need to concentrate and stay alert at school while balancing training, matches and other sporting activities.

In many cases, this means children may need to eat more than their parents realise. With the right nutrition support, young athletes can learn how to fuel, perform and recover, while supporting their wider health and development.

How Important Is Nutrition in Youth Sports?

For youth athletes, nutrition is one of the most important aspects of athletic development but often it is missed or not given enough attention. Why is this?

Children often seem to be doing just fine anyway. They are good at their sport, why do they need nutrition advice?
Nutrition information is often misinformed or over-complicated. Everyone has a view and often it is made more sensational intentionally to attract your attention.
Clinically, nutrition is approached from a disease avoidance standpoint and not seen as a strategy for optimal performance.
Lack of time. Parents and guardians often think changing nutrition habits is going to take up a lot of time when life is already busy.

However, research shows us time and time again that a good nutritional strategy is fundamental to longer term athletic development, achieving sports potential and performance in school.

THE 4 PILLARS OF NUTRITION

Overall Energy Intake

Our programme analyses your child's current eating patterns and overall intake to show you whether they are eating a healthy combination of foods and assess any challenges they are experiencing. We guide you through the strategies to achieve the right balance.
Quality of Diet

We make it easy for parents and children to understand the importance of eating in colour, improving the variation of their diet for optimal health, immunity and sustainable success in sport.
Energy Expenditure

We calculate your child's energy expenditure so that you can see exactly how much they need to eat to match their outputs especially on those busy sporting and education days. We look at the whole package so you can feel confident in fuelling your child pre-sport, nourishing them post-sport for effective recovery, and how to eat on rest days.
Practical Solutions

We provide simple, practical solutions for life as a busy sports parent. The programme includes downloadable guides, child-friendly recipes, snack options, nutrition-on-the-go and much more. Throughout the process you will receive bespoke support along with tried and tested nutrition resources developed by Future Athletes.

How Can We Help You?

Future Athletes’ nutrition support is designed for young athletes across all sports and disciplines, from grassroots through to elite level.

It can support young athletes with busy training and competition schedules, helping them to fuel and recover effectively, balance the demands of growth, school and physical activity, and feel more confident about what, when and how much to eat to support their health and sporting performance.

Support is also designed to give parents and guardians practical guidance to help them confidently fuel their young athlete.

Our health-first approach combines research and years of practical experience to provide simple, effective strategies that can improve energy levels, sleep, concentration and mood, as well as sporting performance.

We recognise the pressures on busy families, and we focus on realistic planning and preparation to help parents support their young athletes without striving for perfection.

Nutrition Solutions for Every Family

Members Hub
Ideal for parents and young athletes who want ongoing access to practical nutrition support and resources.
Includes:
- Practical nutrition resources including recipes, meal plans and guidance
- Guidance on fuelling, recovery, hydration, eating enough and more with our exclusive Future Athletes Method modules
- At-home challenges for athletes
- Quarterly sports nutrition Q&A with Adam Lloyd MSc
- A growing library of resources for ongoing support
Access to the Members Hub is included as part of all Future Athletes membership packages, and as a standalone membership.
Personalised Nutrition Support
Ideal for members who want additional personalised nutrition support for their young athlete.
Services Include:
- One-to-one consultations with Adam Lloyd MSc, for bespoke advice tailored to the athlete’s individual needs and sporting demands
- Food diary analysis
- Energy expenditure calculations
Available as part of our PERFORM + FUEL membership or as additional services for all members.

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What Parents & Coaches Say

Dan M - Father of Ollie, Football Player

Adam has truly transformed Ollie's nutrition practice. His dedication to pushing boundaries, fostering growth and achieving excellence is unparalled. Under his guidance, Ollie's sport has reached new heights. Adam's passion, knowledge and commitment make him a standout in the field.
Paul Feighery - Coach, Gloucester City FC

Understanding nutrition and how to eat, fuel and recover from training and matches has really helped our group of lads. They have more energy and are getting stronger game by game because they are eating right to support their development, both as sportspeople and youngsters.
Tim Bell - Academy Manager, Cheltenham Town FC Academy

Adam has transformed our academy's nutrition support, from one to one support to creating a nutritional curriculum to help parents understand how important nutrition is and how it affects the players. It has been so important and Adam is a highly valued member of the team.