Performance Training

What is a sports performance training plan?

Sometimes referred to as a sports performance program, a sports performance training plan is going to mirror the skills and movements that are required for the sport you’re focused on improving. The goal is to produce the physical (and mental) attributes necessary to succeed with the specific demands and physical challenges. Sports performance training plans are customized to each athlete. Training activities are based on the strength and movement requirements specific to your sport. Thus, together we create an individualized training plan that will take you to the top of your game.

We offer complete sports performance training plans in Sarasota for a variety of sports. Bruno has worked with NCAA and professional athletes from many sports, including ice hockey, water polo, basketball, football, wrestling, all type of martial arts, field hockey, soccer, lacrosse, golf, track and field, boxing, and tennis. Click here for more information on how to sign up for elite performance training in the SRQ area.

What is functional training?

In a broad sense, functional training is a type of exercise program that focuses on improving the specific strength and movement patterns associated with a given activity. Therefore, good sports performance training is inherently functional training by nature. Functional training exercises are designed by using the knowledge of, and application of, functional anatomy and movement systems to design exercise routines that strengthen and enhance the function of these movements. In performance training, these movements are obviously sports specific. However, functional training can also be applied to help people perform better at work or move better and safer while performing daily chores. It can even be used to help people do things as simple as being able to play with their children and be more active with less risk of injury.

In addition to sports performance training, we also have functional training plans to help you be the best at your day-to-day actives. Click here for more information on how to sign up for functional strength and movement training in the Sarasota area.

What is corrective exercise?

Corrective exercise focuses on exercises that correct imbalances and asymmetries in strength, movement, posture, and mobility. One of the biggest benefits of corrective exercise is avoiding injury. Imbalances in strength or mobility can cause excess strain on other parts of the body working to compensate for the imbalance. For example, someone with a fuzzed ankle may also have knee pain on the same side as the fuzzed ankle. This is commonly seen in these cases because the ankle has lost its mobility function and hence, the knee joint receives stresses that the ankle. If it was moving properly, it would have absorbed the stresses safely instead of the knee taking up the slack. Sports commonly have movements that are repetitive and not posturally balanced (for example, always batting right-handed). Thus, by incorporating corrective exercise into your sports performance training plan, we can improve or reverse any sports-specific imbalances. This will improve your overall biomechanics and ensure you aren’t overworking other areas of your body, which helps prevent injuries.

In addition to sports performance training, we also have corrective exercise training plans to help you move better, be stronger, and avoid injuries. Just like sports, our jobs and daily lives have many imbalanced activities (right-handed vacuum, right-handed leave rake, etc.) or assaults on our posture (sitting too much in front of a computer).