There is much more to athletes' diets than eating carbohydrates or drinking sports drinks. The good news is that eating to achieve your maximum performance does not mean that you must follow a special diet or take supplements. It's just about introducing the right foods and the right amounts into your eating plan to stay healthy and stay fit.
Athletes of adolescent age have different nutritional needs than other adolescents. Since they train much more than their less active peers, they often need an additional amount of calories as fuel to perform in sports and to continue growing. Depending on his activity level, an adolescent athlete may need an intake of 2,000 to 5,000 total calories a day to meet his energy needs.