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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. 

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. 

Velocity Sports Performance athlete and Michigan QB Chad Henne performs at the 2008 combine featuring an impressive effort in the passing drills. 

Velocity Sports Performance athlete and Michigan QB Chad Henne stops by to chat with Scott Hanson about his NFL combine experience. 

Velocity Sports Performance athlete and Notre Dame DT Trevor Laws demonstrates his strength and agility at the 2008 combine. 

Velocity Sports Performance athlete and Notre Dame DT Trevor Laws discusses his performance at the 2008 combine. 

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. 

Jacoby Ellsbury of the World Champion Boston Red Sox is known for his speed.   Watch a video clip of Jacoby training in the offseason at Velocity to improve his speed and strength.

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.  

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.   

Every athletic program should emphasize strength training for females just as it does for males. The benefits of strength training are just as profound and important for females as they are for males.

The Velocity Sports Performance Strength and Power program is designed to develop the specific qualities expressed in efficient and explosive athletic movement. Learn how Velocity's training philosophy leads to improvements in speed, power and agility.

Athletes who train with Velocity see measurable results that show on the field. A typical client who trains 3 times/week improves in every measure of performance. See actual improvement of Velocity athletes.

Depending on the duration, intensity, and type of exercise you are performing, there are three stages where nutrition plays a role in performance - before, during and after activity.  This articles provides guidelines to select proper foods to maximize performance.

Speed can be taught and improved, but only with coaching to develop proper technique and execution.  It is a skill, like shooting a basket or hitting a baseball, that depends on a continual learning process. Velocity Sports Performance speed training is scientifically developed and proven with athletes as young as 8 years old, and with professional athletes like former Baltimore Raven, Shannon Sharpe. 

With only three months to go before the season starts, how do you train to peak at just the right time?  The answer: Periodization. Using periodization, a competitive athlete - like you - is able to achieve peak physical performance at a particular point in time.

So what can you do to prevent a season-ending injury? The key is training – and not just pre-season conditioning.  First, you need to focus on proper form and technique with your movements. The next area to concentrate on is strength training; developing balance between opposing muscle groups ,building strength and endurance, and learning to utilize all of your muscles in the proper fashion.

Working out and sports performance training are different things. Working out hard is part of being a better athlete. Just as key is to work out smart. When you walk through the weight room door, do you have plan for the day, the week, the month, the season? If not, read on.

Athletes can experience significant decreases in performance after pre-season training stops. The decrease can be as much as 3% per week. Participation in sports such as football, soccer and basketball did not maintain the gains the athletes had achieved during the sports performance training program. Researchers emphasize the significance of an in-season maintenance program to retain strength, fitness, and newly acquired skills.

Participation in sports has many benefits including better academic performance and learning how to work with others on a team, to play fairly, and the importance of setting and achieving goals.

If you want strength and power on the field or court, you need to develop the centers of power: your core and posterior chain. According to the research, athletes who participate in a scientifically designed, expert-supervised training program are up to 88% less likely to be injured, particularly the increasingly common ACL injury.

Injuries are a fact of athletic life.  When you push your body in sports it may get hurt. Effective rehabilitation is crucial to get you back in your sport and keep you active and healthy throughout your life.

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.

Children don't adapt as well as adults to exercise in hot, humid weather. They produce more heat, sweat less and may be less likely to drink enough fluids during exercise — all of which increase the risk of dehydration. Dehydration can lead to mild to severe heat-related illnesses, such as heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heatstroke. Learn who's at risk of dehydration — and how to prevent it.

If your adolescent child is involved in a lot of running and jumping activities, he or she is at risk of developing Osgood-Schlatter disease, an overuse syndrome that causes pain, swelling and tenderness on the upper shinbone just below the kneecap. This articles covers symptoms, causes, prevention and treatment.

Why Velocity Sports Performance? Because we can help make you faster, stronger, and more explosive. At our state-of-the-art centers, you'll train like a pro with our professional, certified coaches. We train more athletes nationwide than anyone else, and we offer our proven programs for everyone, regardless of age, gender, skill level or athletic or fitness goals.  Take advantage of performance programs the pros use and Get Velocity Trained today! 

To improve your performance, consider carbohydrate loading before your next high-intensity endurance activity.

Female athletes participating in cutting or jumping sports are 4-6 times more likely to experience a non-contact serious knee injury of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) than their male counterparts.