WNY Strength and Conditioning

First Senior Nationals in the books for 82/104.

While not quite the numbers we projected to make after she qualified, we are happy with the performance coming off of how her training cycle went. Especially with hitting a PR squat jerk, a lift we switched to only 3 months prior. Time to make some adjustments and get ready for AO Finals.

Thank you for the video....they continue to be the best in the game at video.

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Do we do "Sport Specific" Volleyball drills for our athletes? Nope. What we do is help the athletes develop the skills that will allow their volleyball coaches to mold them into better players, allowing the to flourish on the court.

-Scap Push Up. A prerequisite for shoulder health. Helps setters get better drive on the ball.
-Finger Tip Bear Stance Plank. Develops the hand strength needed to absorb a hard hit ball. Stronger hands will lessen the load on the elbows and shoulders.
-Lateral Jumping Drills/Low Level Plyometrics. Helps develop the ability to cover space on the court and the elasticity needed to jump high.
-Depth Drop with Pause into Vertical. Being able to decelerate and absorb force with the muscles allows the athletes to maximize recruiting the elasticity of their tendons, allowing for greater power output. (Side bonus: also help to prevent soft tissue injuries)

Our philosophy? Working to develop a well rounded athlete will lead to a higher level volleyball player. Only as the athletes training age increases should the focus be on sport specific training.

Tag a friend who may benefit from our upcoming Skills Camp workshop or Prepare for Scholastic Season program!

Big month of PRs as both our Oly and Powerlifting crews competed and performed well. After a couple of quiet post meet weeks, we are excited to see everyone start to sling again.

September ends with a full board as a few of our powerlifting crew wraps up prep for their competition on Oct 12. in have a feeling we will be seeing a lot of PRs on the October board from that day!

With the Oly crew competing on Oct 29 they will also do their part to fill the board as they finish up prepping for the comp and the. Sling big on game day.

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Team WNY Fall Classic Sun Oct 27!!!

We are happy to announce that registration is open for our annual fall classic. This is a sanctioned meet open to all USAW members. We will be giving out cash prizes to top 3 overall male and female lifters as well as the top male and female Masters lifters.

Registration is limited to 36, and closes on Oct 11. At the close of registration we will announce the schedule.

Registration link is in the bio.

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Some quality lifts on the board as both our powerlifting and Oly crew star to get into comp prep mode for their respective meets next month.

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