Velocity Sports Performance - Parsippany, NJ - My Better Championship at VSP Parsippany

My Better Championship Success

Velocity Sports Performance Hosts National Nike “My Better” Championship to find the Best Athletes in America

Parsippany Training Center Opens Doors Saturday, May 3, to Identify the best athletes in Morris County and Nationally

( Parsippany , NJ ) – To celebrate the launch of its new Nike SPARQ training line of footwear and apparel and “My Better” ad campaign, Nike and Eastbay sponsored a nationwide competition to identify the top twenty teen athletes in America . Boys and girls between the ages of 13 and 18 years old were invited to the Velocity Sports Performance center nearest the m to participate in the Nike My Better Championship and to receive a SPARQ Athletic Rating on Saturday, May 3^rd.

The top ten females and top ten males in the country will be flown to Nike headquarters in Oregon to compete in the My Better Championship Finals, scheduled to be held in July. The event was hosted by Velocity Sports Performance at its over 65 training centers across the country. When decided, the male and female champion will each be profiled in an Eastbay catalog and have a Nike athlete visit the ir school. All participants at the May 3 event will have the chance to win a trip to the 2009 Pro Bowl in Hawaii .

“Nike has made a statement with its My Better campaign,” said Ron Lombardi, owner, Velocity Sports Performance in Parsippany. “The campaign tells all athletes that training is an essential endeavor in and of itself. Every athlete should try to better his or her better; whe the r that athlete is an All-Pro or a local high school football player.”

During the My Better Championship, boys and girls age 13 to 18 had the opportunity to participate in five athletic challenges, which translates into a SPARQ Rating measuring overall athleticism, regardless of sport, allowing a female soccer player and male baseball player to compare relative Speed, Power, Agility, Reaction and Quickness. “The My Better Championship allows everyone 13 to 18 a free opportunity to receive a baseline rating and also gain exposure to some training methods that help improve that rating,” Lombardi adds.

Velocity Sports Performance hosted the My Better Championship as part of its nationwide relationship with Nike and SPARQ. Chosen by Nike for its national presence and uniquely successful version of SPARQ training, Velocity Sports Performance, in combination with Nike’s push that every athlete work toward their own “better” or improvement, establishes SPARQ training as an integral part of every athlete’s road to success in sport.

See Pictures Below:

SPARQ TEST #1: ONE STEP VERTICAL JUMP