Youth Sports Performance
Dr. Jason Levy, Sports Chiropractor from Atlantic Sports Health, joins Bill Parisi to discuss common soft tissue injuries and treatment. Dr. Levy is in his 10th season working with the New York Jets alongside Dr. Damian Martins and Dr. Dean Padavan.
Atlantic Health Medicine Series: Common Soft Tissue Injuries & TreatmentRead More
Memorial Athletic Club had their best month ever in August. You may remember that the facility suffered greatly in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey and the oil crisis, but we’re thrilled to hear that the area is finally recovering! In addition to the hurricane, road construction in the area, which began 3 1/2 years ago, …
Overcoming Setbacks with a Commitment to Company CultureRead More
For teens and collegiate athletes who compete at a high level, suffering an injury is commonplace, if not downright expected. In fact, a study conducted by researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet found that during the average week, one in three athletes was injured. The high risk of injury in competitive youth athletes shows that early …
The Importance of a Return to Play Program After Physical TherapyRead More
Many parents worry about the possible dangers of strength training for young athletes. Whether it’s safety concerns or concerns about adolescent growth and health effects, we understand that parents are only trying to protect their children. That’s why we feel it’s so important to share the right information so parents can make informed decisions and …
Weight Training & Youth Athletes with Dr. Damion MartinsRead More
Agility is something every athlete needs, no matter the sport. When it comes to agility, the goal is to be able to change the direction of movement as effectively as possible. There are several ways to improve your agility. Today we will discuss five main focus points. 1. Technique: Learn How to Cut and Shift …
The secret to improving change of direction quickness is actually a paradox; what you think is the right thing is actually the complete opposite. When you ask an athlete to jump as high as they can, most of the time the performance is pretty weak. Minimal effort is put into the jump. The athlete is …
Deceleration & The Secret to Improving Change of DirectionRead More
Culprit Athletics in Dalton, GA is celebrating their fifth year of business this October and Owner, Austin Culp, certainly did not plan the path that they are on but it’s been incredible. Austin Culp started coaching tumbling classes in a church gym when he was 17 years old. It grew into a full cheerleading program …
How Culprit Athletics Grew from $12k a Month to $40k in One YearRead More
It’s been quite an active first half of 2018 for Parisi Speed School. We’ve been all over the country growing the brand and sharing education on evidence-based speed training. Here are some highlights of the year so far! ACSM’s Health & Fitness Summit Washington D.C. Perform Better Summits …
Check out our Parisi Champion of the Month, Jamarye Joiner, from Parisi Speed School Tucson.
Parisi Champion of the Month: Jamarye Joiner (Parisi Tucson)Read More
MENLO PARK, Calif., July 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Sparta Science and Parisi Speed School today announced a partnership that will give youth athletes at Parisi’s flagship location in Fair Lawn, NJ, access to the same leading-edge injury prediction technology used by leaders in the professional sports world. Sparta’s proprietary technology creates a Movement Signature™ by pairing a functional movement assessment with predictive analytics backed …
When an athlete is sprinting, their feet are either on the ground applying force or in the air recovering. To increase speed, we decrease ground contact time and leg recovery time. We apply fast force into the ground and cycle our leg through to apply another quick force. Let’s try to take .008 seconds off …
It may seem contradictory, but in order to maximize top end speed, athletes need to understand negative foot speed. What is negative foot speed? If you are running forward, you need to put force in the ground behind you. If you’re running 18 mph, your foot has to hit the ground at least at 18 …
