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SPORTS TALENT

Posted by Kristen Peterson Posted 27 days ago (EST)

 By: Ken Vick, Sports Performance Director/Co-Owner, Velocity Sports Performance  

Jenny is what softball people call a "multi tool" athlete. She can hit, hit with power, run, catch, and throw. She can also kick a soccer ball, shoot a basketball and do things with her body that her friends can’t. Her grandparents are convinced that her sports skills are exceptional, while her parents are taking a wait-and-see attitude.

The club coaches and scouts haven’t discovered Jenny, but it...

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January Drill of the Month

Posted by Kristen Peterson Posted 27 days ago (EST)
THE JERK
By: Nicolas O'Brien

Jumping higher and running faster. Not too many athletes would turn down the opportunity to improve these fundamental athletic qualities. We all know what this leads to: scoring goals, running in touchdowns, fast breaks, slam dunks, defensive steals, hard driven spikes, stolen bases, and crowd pleasing blocks, among many other things. These are some memorable highlights along the path that leads to winning. But before we get to winning, we need to...

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Home Field Advantage: Food Preparation & Storage

Posted by Kristen Peterson Posted 27 days ago (EST)

Senior Sports Performance Coach Lindsay Yocum

 

You will have to prepare some food of your own if you want to reach your goals.  Although some people rely more on eating out or using a meal service, having the right tools for food preparation and storage will go a long way towards success. 

 

One of the best tactics for food preparation is to prepare either many of the weeks meals on one day (Sunday Ritual), prepare the days food at...


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Understanding your Health Insurance for Physical Therapy - By Lisa Hedien P.T.

Posted by Kristen Peterson Posted 27 days ago (EST)

The New Year is upon us and with all the changes occurring to health care, it is more important than ever to understand your insurance policy. Here at Core Objectives Physical Therapy we will check your health insurance benefits for Physical Therapy as a courtesy.

Beginning January1st, unless you are contracted with a different calendar date such as from June 2010 to June 2011, your deductible will start over. This amount is in your plan and can...


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January Athlete of the Month: Sally Lee

Posted by Kristen Peterson Posted 29 days ago (EST)

 

Velocity Sports Performance South Bay has chosen Sally Lee as the January Athlete of the Month.   Sally is currently one of the Adult Fitness clients and has been training since July 2008. Her total number of training sessions is over 260 with an average of 3-4 training sessions per week. She has not missed a week of training since she has started. If you have seen an Adult Fitness class , you know how...


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Karate Kid - The "Ah-Ha" Moment

Posted by Brian Hernke Posted 1 month 24 days ago (EST)

 

Our goals when working with developing athletes is to build a strong foundation of fundamentals movement skills: strength, power, agility, speed, mobility & stability.  Often though this is hard for many people to grasp as they want to see the bells & whistles of technology and activities that “look” sport specific.  They want to see the improvements by this Friday. 

I had read from another coach comparing this to the scene in Karate Kid, where Daniel is getting irritated with doing...


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