Creed Athlete

Earn it!

Be dependable and live YOUR creed!

Strength: maximum force output.
Power: rate of force development.

Athletes need BOTH. The ability to apply great force to move a mass is a necessity and a foundation to athletic attributes. However, the athlete's wheelhouse becomes power, velocity compounded with force. 500lbs moved is exceptional. 225lbs, directed at a high velocity, is outstanding. Move the body, cover ALL planes of motion, and apply velocity. Strong work out of these young ladies and athletes!

Be dependable and live YOUR creed!

Power and strength, two critical attributes in athletes. Often overlooked, is unilateral training. So much emphasis, especially in lower extremities, is placed on bilateral work. However, athletes generally execute movements that are unilaterally driven in mechanical conjunction with the total body. Currently, many elite college programs and professional programs utilize a 1:3 or even 1:4 ratio of bilateral to unilateral exercises. Today, these athletes executed unilateral and bilateral exercises. They executed SAQ's in the field first, weight-bearing power next, strength to follow, and finished with a few hills sprints (More a mental readiness push than anything on the hills). Well done athletes, IT'S A SCORCHER OUT THERE!

Be dependable and live YOUR creed!

These three athletes got after it on the grass. SAQ's and some ballistic work with slam balls. The "gym" rests in many different settings for athletes. The gym at the park, the empty lot, and open FIELD are often overlooked and underutilized! Resistance, weights, and implements are absolute necessities in training. However, athletes are missing a critical component to their training if their shoes and cleats are not hitting the turf and grass as part of their training regiment. Push, pull, slam, toss, and throw the weights and implements. Yet, do not neglect THE FIELD!

Be dependable and live YOUR creed!

Prepare. Ready is not prepared. Prepared is ready. Physical attack is guided and instituted by readiness of the mind and body. Coaches: do not seek to change your player in the moment of competition. Seek to remind them of cues, necessary to assist them in ex*****on! Assist their mentality in a state of aggressiveness!

Grand Slam Strength
Grand Slam USA
D1 Football Apex Academy

I'm too tired, I don't want to, I don't have a reason. Wrong. When you are part of a team you have endless reasons! We all fatigue, we all don't want to, and we all go through the motions. Your TEAM is the reason which trumps all of your physical, mental, and emotional excuses! When you can't train for yourself, train for YOUR TEAM!

Be dependable and live YOUR creed!

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Youth coaches, are you pushing your players towards their potential, or are you seeking $5, plastic trophies to "prove" yourself for your organization and your parents? The scoreboard does not matter! Walk the line, make the call, and DEVELOP your young men and women!

Be dependable and live YOUR creed!

Grand Slam Strength
Grand Slam USA
D1 Football Apex Academy

"If you ask me how I want to be remembered, it is as a winner. You know what a winner is? A winner is somebody who has given his best effort, who has tried the hardest they possibly can, who has utilized every ounce of energy and strength within them to accomplish something. It doesn't mean that they accomplished it or failed, it means that they've given it their best. That's a winner."

Be dependable and live YOUR creed!
Grand Slam Strength
Grand Slam USA
D1 Football Apex Academy

If you're on defense, you aren't on defense. Attack! Back against the wall? Attack. Default: ATTACK! Attack the day, night, problem, and challenge!

Be dependable and live YOUR creed!

Grand Slam Strength
D1 Football Apex Academy
Grand Slam USA

You have one life. You don't dictate the length. Time is NEVER on your side. You don't know which sunrise is your last. That being said, every breath is a gift. What are you doing with your gift? If you are not spending your time making another's life better, then you are wasting your time! Your life is one to live, so that you have the privilege to serve others!