Mission and Philosophy

The mission of the Performance Training Program is to assist student-athletes in their efforts to improve athletic performance, providing the physical edge necessary to compete and win at the NCAA Division I level.

For an athlete to achieve success in their chosen sport they must possess and continually enhance their knowledge, skills and abilities in three domains, tactical technical, and physical conditioning. The performance training staff is responsible primarily for the physical-conditioning where the tactical and technical aspects for each sport are handled by the sport coach.

•TACTICAL

•TECHNICAL

•PHYSICAL CONDITIONING (Components are in priority order)

Speed

Power

Agility

Strength

Anaerobic capacity/Aerobic capacity

Flexibility

 

Methods

· Produce optimal results in conditioning with minimum time requirements by reducing unnecessary or redundant activities that reduce time and energy of the athlete needed to apply to the tactical and technical domains

· Design and apply training programs base on principles supported by the scientific body of knowledge specific to the profession.

· Use predominately ground base multi-jointed movement patterns in the weight-training portion of the program.

· Accelerate the athlete's healthy return to competition through reconditioning programs specifically design to address the previously injured site.