Articles
Training May Curb Some Sports Injuries In Women
Clipped from NPR.orgSeptember 10, 2008
Women are more prone than their male counterparts to specific injuries — namely knee injuries like tears of the ACL, or anterior cruciate ligament. A prevention program at the University of Cincinnati is aiming to curb these injuries in women.
Justin time: Justin Tuck, defensive end for the reigning super bowl champ New York giants, is a "freak" on the field—and in the gym
By Sam Borden, Men's FitnessSeptember 01, 2008
Justin Tuck, defensive end for the reigning super bowl champ New York giants, discusses his training at the Mahwah, NJ Velocity Sports Performance.
Plaxico Burress helps kick off sports camp for kids
By WVEC.comJune 23, 2008
The Va. Beach native who caught that incredible, game winning Super
Bowl pass, was in Va. Beach Monday to help his mentor, Cadillac Harris,
teach kids on the football field at the Velocity Sports Performance camp.
NFLTA: Preparing for the Combine
By NFL NetworkFebruary 29, 2008
Derrin Horton takes an in-depth look a the intense preparation NFL prospects go through to prepare for the combine. These NFL prospects prepare in Velocity Sports Performance centers throughout the country with over 70 prospects training for the 2008 combine.
NFLTA 2008 Combine: Chad Henne
By NFL NetworkFebruary 25, 2008
Velocity Sports Performance athlete and Michigan QB Chad Henne performs at the 2008 combine featuring an impressive effort in the passing drills.
2008 Combine: Chad Henne Interview
By NFL NetworkFebruary 25, 2008
Velocity Sports Performance athlete and Michigan QB Chad Henne stops by to chat with Scott Hanson about his NFL combine experience.
NFLTA 2008 Combine: Trevor Laws
By NFL NetworkFebruary 25, 2008
Velocity Sports Performance athlete and Notre Dame DT Trevor Laws demonstrates his strength and agility at the 2008 combine.
2008 Combine: Trevor Laws Interview
By NFL NetworkFebruary 25, 2008
Velocity Sports Performance athlete and Notre Dame DT Trevor Laws discusses his performance at the 2008 combine.
The Ultimate Interview: Training & Conditioning
By Ken Vick, C&K MagazineJanuary 31, 2008
For the aspiring NFL player the ultimate job interview is coming
up on February 20, 2008. They will be weighed, measured, tested,
interviewed, filmed and challenged mentally. It’s the annual NFL
Scouting Combine at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis.
Detraining (is) for Dummies
By Rett Larson, CSCS, USAW Level 1October 09, 2007
At Velocity, we love it when our
athletes tell us that they’ve started their season in the best shape of their
lives, and athletes who train consistently and intensely with us during their
off-season typically do. As you probably
know, training at Velocity Sports Performance isn’t easy, but as a result, your
body adapts rapidly to the progressive stresses that are placed on it while
you’re here. The training that we do
here enhances your muscular as well as your neurological system, making you
powerful. Our conditioning program makes
your heart stronger, enabling you to more rapidly recover from brief periods of
intense exercise. That’s the good news. The bad news is that taking too long a break
from the Velocity workouts can lead to big steps backward in performance. This is what exercise physiologists call
“detraining.”
It’s Never Too Late To Start
By Rett Larson, CSCS, USAW Lev. 1October 09, 2007
You are 40 years old and today you
will roll out of bed, go to work, sit in front of a computer for hours, have a
fast-food lunch, go home, watch the kids practice soccer, walk to the car, read
the paper in an easy chair, sit in front of the TV and go to bed. Your exercise for the day probably involved
your pet. And tomorrow will be the
same. And the next day. And the next. One of life’s great truths is that it takes a commitment to get into
shape and extra effort to stay there.
Is it safe for my child to be lifting weights?
By Velocity Sports PerformanceOctober 09, 2007
This is a very common question of parents who are new to
Velocity Sports Performance, and one that we’re happy to address. Fortunately, this is a topic that has been
heavily researched over the past two decades by scientists who were determined
to shed some light on the question of resistance training young athletes. Here are some of the highlights.
Year Round Training
By Victor Hall, Velocity Sports PerformanceOctober 01, 2007
In today’s world of sport participation, the question isn’t should an athlete engage in physical training but instead how much time is appropriate to devote towards improving one’s speed, strength and agility? At Velocity Sports Performance, we believe a year round approach is best when providing athletes with the greatest opportunity for success.
What is a Coach?
By Mike Linn, Velocity Sports PerformanceAugust 09, 2007
As
the popularity of sports performance training continues to explode, it is
important to understand what separates Velocity Sports Performance from other options. Is it our state of the art training
facilities which rival even the biggest college and professional complexes? Or maybe it is our programs which are
scientifically designed to improve speed, power, and agility – the three
pillars of athleticism.
Train Like a Pro, Even if You’re 12
By Catherine Saint Louis, New York TimesJuly 19, 2007
Sports performance training is becoming de rigueur for ambitious stars
in the making or unfit youngsters whose parents want to shore up their
confidence. Great athletes aren’t born, they’re made — or so goes a
slogan for Velocity Sports Performance, one of the leading centers that
aim to treat Jack or Kate like Steve Nash or Jackie Joyner-Kersee.