The Human Body:
We were blessed with a body that can move. We can jump, sprint, swim, climb, throw, paddle, row, catch, swing, spin, kick, spike, and change direction. At the same time we can shake hands, climb ladders, pull weeds, wave goodbye and hug the people that we love. The body is incredibly dynamic: so dynamic that it can adapt to any situation and become better and more efficient as it adapts to new challenges.

We believe that strength and conditioning is the means by which that adaptation can take place, in sport and in life. Whether our sport of choice is football or gardening, everyone is an athlete, and the body needs to overcome the forces that gravity places upon it.

It all begins with education:
We have an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of our young athletes. We may only get one shot at it, so we have to make it count. We need to teach the athlete and the families about exercise, nutrition, rest and recovery. We need to teach them about sport specific exercise and injury reduction. But most importantly we can enhance their life skills through teaching them about respect and discipline. We can create an environment where each athlete can learn the importance of encouragement and motivation. In the end it is our goal to uplift and encourage every athlete we meet. Then we can truly say that we have empowered our athletes to do the same for others.

All SPC strength coaches are certified strength and conditioning specialists with an extensive understanding of biomechanics. Each performance coach is trained in the biomechanical needs for each sport and for each position. As we extend our services to new sports, it is our background in biomechanics that allows us to analyze the sport, and create new programs to address the biomechanical needs.

Building the Athlete from the Ground Up:
The body is a three dimensional reactive machine. In sport, the athletes who react first and complete the task the best are the ones who are the most successful. Some of us react well but do not have the physical attributes to beat our opponent. Others have the physical skills but are always one step behind our competition. When reactive skill is blended together with increased mobility, flexibility, strength, balance, stability, power and fitness, we build athleticism. SPC programs address each level of athleticism, building the athlete from the ground up.

Sport-Specific, Functional Exercise - "Train the Way you Play"TM :
Whether we are training speed, agility, strength, power or fitness, we believe that if the exercise does not simulate the athlete's sport, it is a waste of time. Each program needs to prepare the athletes body to react, control, and overcome the forces of gravity and momentum in all three planes, specific to the athletes sport and position. Science has proven the effectiveness of sport- specific, functional training, time and time again. SPC ensures functional success through the following factors:

• No Isolated Exercise - Train Movement Patterns: The body does not perform sport related movements one joint at a time. Can you imagine if a pitcher tried to throw a fast ball by moving his body one joint at a time? His/her career as a pitcher would not last very long. Multiple joints are functioning together to produce the movements that we use to compete. If we want those movement patterns to be powerful, we need to develop them together, not in isolation. At SPC, we only use exercises that are specific to the movement patterns that the athlete needs for their sport and more importantly, for their position.
  
  
• Training Speed of Movement: Traditional strength and conditioning programs all look fairly similar to one another. The exercises are broken down into muscle categories and are assigned a certain number of sets and repetitions. But rarely do they emphasize the speed of the exercise. If we are going to throw harder, run faster, jump farther or hit harder, we need to train the speed of our movements as well. In addition, if we truly want to prevent injury than we need to prepare our joints, ligaments and muscles to tolerate the speed required to perform our sport and the strength necessary to decelerate our sport. This is another aspect of SPC that sets us apart.
  
  
• Injury Reduction - Training for the Unpredictability of Sport: True injury reduction comes from complete preparation. The athlete needs to be ready for anything that their sport throws at them. This is a big task for strength and conditioning coaches, preparing the athlete for the chaos of sport. This is the factor that we call "The Three Dimensions of Unpredictability". SPC programs are designed to prepare the athletes body for all three planes of motion. Then we go one step further by incorporating various distractions in order to create a controlled yet chaotic environment for the athlete to react and adapt to. If the athlete is prepared properly their body can develop a "been there, done that" mentality, reducing the risk of injury..
  

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