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SPORTS SPECIFIC TRAINING
In the words of the legendary Alabama football coach Bear Bryant, our sports specific training programs will make you "mobile, agile and hostile!" Actually, the goal of any sports specific training program is to improve your performance in the area that is needed. In some instances, it might be speed, in others, it might be endurance. Improved quickness is often a goal, as is improved power and explosiveness. What is not usually as important, even though it is often desired, is improved strength. Usually, the need is in explosiveness, but the misguided focus is on strength. And there is a big difference.
Our program is built on two main principals. The first is the principal of specificity of training. We believe in training specifically for improvement in a given area as opposed to general training with the goal of overall improvement in general fitness levels of athletes. The second is quality training. We believe in short, intense workouts with maximum effort as opposed to quantity training where hours are spent training at low intensity levels. Usually time is a precious commodity for young athletes as they have to split their time between school, sports specific training, practice and what little social life they have. The quicker they can get their training done, the better, as long as performance does not suffer.
Our training philosophy has been influenced chiefly by three people. They are:
- Dr. Ben Tabachnik, former head of scientific research for the Soviet Union Olympic Team
- Kurtis Shultz, Maryland Men's Basketball Strength and Conditioning Coach during the 2002 NCAA Championship season and now the Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Chris Endlich, personal trainer to countless college and professional athletes.
We have trained players from the Baltimore Ravens, Baltimore Orioles, NBA teams, various teams from the University of Maryland, Towson University, Loyola College, Johns Hopkins Univserity, Calvert Hall High School, Gilman High School, McDonogh High School, Dulaney High School and Dunbar High School, to name a few.
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