Slow your eccentrics down to 3-4 seconds on your speed sets. This will do a few things:
- take some pounding out of the movement
- builds more tissue from increased eccentric stress
- increased time under tension for younger athletes
- more work with less weight is always a good thing ESPECIALLY when working with athletes and older lifters
Don’t do this all the time though. Think about how specific this is to your main priority and phase it in and out when you need it most.