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Most serious football players know what it takes to be at the top.  They have to practice regularly, train hard, study their opponent, etc.  However many players forget to take care of their bodies after all the hard training and competitions.   At Velocity Sports Performance we are regularly trying to educate our players on the importance of recovery workouts.

Morning Edition, September 4, 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.

Getting Calm Under Pressure   One of the most important skills for finding that calm intensity is developed by using your breath. Your breath allows you to find the balance between being too keyed-up and too relaxed – to find the sweet spot of being calm and intense.

Justin Tuck, defensive end for the reigning super bowl champ New York giants, discusses his training at the Mahwah, NJ Velocity Sports Performance.

Logan Tom professional volleyball player and Olympian demonstrates the five exercises that will increase your hitting power

Daniel Chaplin has earned Athlete Of The Month for the month of August for his Commitment, Positive Attitude and Intensity of training.  He will be a junior at Santa Clarita Christian School playing both Football and Soccer next year.  Daniel came to Velocity with similar needs of many of our athletes, “I want to get faster, stronger and increase my muscle mass.”

It is widely accepted that strength training is an important part of a football player’s training regimen.  I would have to say that almost 90% of the football players that come to train at Velocity Sports Performance come in with one of their main goals to be increasing their strength.  Depending on the age, training experience, and the position of the player I need to determine what kind of strength they need to work on the most. 

             Hard work, commitment, determination, heart, pride, desire, these are all words used to describe the attributes of athletes.  Mostly these words are found on ESPN or in Sports Illustrated while talking about the latest pro-athlete to make it big.  These are also just a few of the words we can use to describe our athlete of the Month, Isaiah Del Rosario.  The only thing is; Isaiah is not a pro athlete.  

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. 

Youth resistance training has long been a major concern for many parents.  As more kids continue to play sports at the youth level through high school I am sure it will continue to raise more questions.  Is it safe?  Will it stunt my child's growth?  Will my daughter become big and bulky?  And the list goes on.  Those are all legitimate questions and any parent who has the slightest doubt or just doesn't know should ask a qualified professional for answers.   

Santa Clarita continues to be not only cultural magnet, but our propensity to attract high profile sports performance businesses is second-to-none.  Picture if you will, a cross between Golds’ Gym – an X-Box 360 – and the Rose Bowl and you may get a small picture of the new kid on the block in Velocity Sports Peformance.  I took a recent tour and came away impressed and wishing I were a teenager again.  This place is not only really cool but the coaches there are top notch!

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. 

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.   

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.