Factors influencing strength development in young individuals

Strength has been gaining special prominence among the conditioning capacities, given its determining influence on motor performance, being present in all movements. In growing youth, the development of strength has gained significant importance, departing from old beliefs that it should not be trained during the childhood and adolescent period. However, in physical education classes, this capacity, along with others, occupies a secondary place in the scheduling of teachers' educational activities. A deficit in strength can lead to multiple demands of school sports activities not being properly met, or their performance not eliciting the desired motivation for the continuation of regular practice. Therefore, the physical education teacher, being privileged in daily contact with young people, should promote a set of stimuli during class that allows all students, regardless of their initial state, to develop the conditional capacity for strength so that they can perform their daily activities more efficiently and with less effort. This increase in strength parameters subsequently allows for a higher success rate in performing different technical movements in various sports, increasing students' motivation for practice, and consequently, their preference for regular physical exercise outside the school context. Thus, the objective of this article is to conduct a review of the contents on the theme of strength development in youth, researched and studied to date by the scientific community.