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REPLAY, Fueled by Gatorade(R) Returns for Season Two By Tradingmarkets.comFebruary 26, 2010
Today, The Gatorade Company and FOX Sports Net announce the second season of the successful, original program, REPLAY the Series, Fueled by Gatorade, which re-stages classic games between some of the nation's biggest high school sports rivalries. In its second season, REPLAY will reunite two high school hockey powerhouses from Detroit - the Trenton Trojans and the Detroit Catholic Central Shamrocks - who were unable to finish their second match up of the 1999 season after a life threatening injury forced an early end to the game with the score tied 4-4.
"Hockey passion runs deep in Detroit, and is felt throughout the community," said Brendan Shanahan, NHL Vice-President and former Detroit Red Wings forward. "The NHL is thrilled Gatorade is giving the original players of these two teams a second chance to settle their score in front of all their friends and family."
To get ready for their once-in-a-lifetime rematch, the Trenton and DCC players will take part in a customized 8-week training and nutrition program developed by the Gatorade Sports Science Institute (GSSI) and implemented with the help of professionals from Velocity Sports Performance. GSSI has worked with elite and professional athletes for more than 25 years and will help the Trenton and DCC squads understand their individual fueling needs as athletes before, during and after their on- and off-ice training sessions.
"We are looking forward to working with these athletes to prove once you're an athlete, you're always an athlete," said Sarah Robb O'Hagan, chief marketing officer of Gatorade. "It's an honor to be able to prepare these teams to come together in the spirit of sport, passion and good natured rivalry as they compete for their schools one last time."
The REPLAY game is tentatively scheduled to take place in early May and a documentary produced by FOX Sports Net about the REPLAY athletes' journey will air nationwide in June.
"This is an exciting opportunity to collaborate with Gatorade on a very creative and home grown project," said Read Jackson, FSN's senior vice president of production and executive producer of REPLAY. "The tone of the REPLAY documentary series provides a trip down memory lane as viewers get to vicariously re-live their high school sports experience, whether they played on a team or not."
As the Trenton and DCC players prepare for their game, REPLAY fans can follow their journey by visiting www.replaytheseries.com, the official home of REPLAY. Visitors to the site can also check out the first season of REPLAY that featured one of the nation's biggest high school football rivalries between the Easton Area Red Rovers and the Phillipsburg Stateliners.
REPLAY, a series of sports documentaries focusing on rematches between great rivalries, is based on an original concept from the creative teams at Gatorade and TBWAChiatDay Los Angeles.
January 28, 2009
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1/22/09
CONTACTS:
For Local Contact:
Darin Nelson
Business Director
763.390.6624
Velocity Sports Performance – Champlin
divided on Super Bowl XLlll
Larry Fitzgerald Jr. of the Arizona Cardinals and Matt Spaeth of the Pittsburgh Steelers turn to speed guru Bill Welle and Velocity Sports Performance – Champlin for their off-season training
Champlin, Minnesota (1/22/09) —Velocity Sports Performance, which specializes in advanced sports performance training, has two of their athletes playing in Super Bowl XLlll.
For the past two off-seasons, Larry Fitzgerald Jr. and Matt Spaeth have been training together with Bill Welle and Velocity Sports Performance – Champlin. They will be reunited on February 1st playing for the right to be named Super Bowl Champion! Larry Fitzgerald Jr. has been training with Welle since his junior year of high school when he would go down to South Florida to train at Cris Carter’s FAST Program, where Welle was the Sports Performance Director. Spaeth chose to start training with Welle two years ago prior to his NFL combine and continues his off-season training at Velocity Sports Performance.
“It’s certainly exciting to have worked with such talented athletes and see them get to the top of their game” Welle said
“I trust Bill to get me into the best physical condition possible in the off-season. We have worked really hard on strengthening my weaknesses and it’s continuing to pay off.” said Fitzgerald
“After seeing the results of Larry and other great athletes Welle has trained, I knew I needed to work with him to take my game to the next level.” Spaeth said.
Over the years, Welle has also had the privilege of training Super Bowl XLlll players Anquan Boldin, Antrel Rolle, Ralph Brown, Tyrone Carter, and James Farrior.
Bill Welle – Executive Sports Director
Bill received his Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Sioux Falls, and then completed his graduate work in Exercise Physiology at St Cloud State University. As the Co-founder of Cris Carter’s FAST Program, a Sports Performance Training Center in Boca Raton, Florida, he as trained over 15,000 junior high, high school, and collegiate athletes, as well as, athletes from all professional sports.
Bill was the Regional Director of the National Scouting Combine, evaluating prospective free agents for professional teams. Bill was asked to be the speed and agility expert at the 2003 US Army All-American Bowl, instructing the top high school juniors in the country on speed, strength, and agility training. Bill has been doing combine prep training for the last 11 years and has worked with 6 top-10 picks in the NFL Draft. Additionally, he has assisted NIKE in their Speed, Agility, and Quickness football training programs, working with over 2,100 South Florida athletes.
Bill and his training have been featured on ESPN, NFL Films, and HBO Sports as well as national publications including ESPN Magazine, USA Today, NFL Insider and American Football Quarterly.
Velocity Sports Performance
Many teams and individuals are training with Velocity Sports Performance – Champlin for preparation for their upcoming sports season. Velocity Sports Performance defines sports performance training and has built a business devoted to training athletes in every sport, at all ages and all skill levels. Athletes typically train two to three times a week, in groups no larger than eight athletes per coach, so that clients receive individualized coaching and personal attention. Velocity Sports Performance offers athletes from age eight through adult, semi-private and team-based sports performance training designed to help increase speed, power and agility, while reducing the risk of sports-related injuries.
For more information or to set up your free trial session, call or visit Velocity Sports Performance -Champlin at 763.390.6622 or www.velocitysp.com/champlin.
Velocity Sports Performance, the industry leader in providing advanced sports performance training for athletes of all skill levels and ages, was founded in 1999 by world-renowned coach Loren Seagrave, a five-time NCAA champion coach, who trained Olympic, professional and major college athletes improving speed, agility, quickness and strength. Velocity Sports Performance offers worldwide franchise opportunities and provides world-class franchise training and ongoing support. Visit www.velocitysp.com for more information on training programs and franchise opportunities. May 22, 2008
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May 22, 2008
CONTACTS:
For Local Contact:
Todd Wilson
Owner/GM
763.390.6622
Matt Tarpley, Wayzata High School, wins Penn State EA SPORTS Elite 11 Golden Gun, trains at Velocity Sports Performance Center in Champlin, Minnesota
Matt Tarpley Turns to Bill Welle and Velocity Sports Performance to Improve Passing Accuracy
Champlin, Minnesota (5/22/08) —Velocity Sports Performance, specializing in advanced sports performance training for athletes of all ages and skill levels, announced one of their athletes has moved up to the big leagues.
Several passers put forth an outstanding efforts on Saturday…but is was Matt Tarpley out of Wayzata (MN) High School who took home this year’s third golden jersey after winning the EA SPORTS Golden Gun Accuracy Challenge at the conclusion of the event.
67 top gunslingers from 16 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada competed and the third EA SPORTS Golden Gun Accuracy Challenge winner was crowned.
Several passers put forward outstanding efforts on Saturday, including Rutgers commit Tom Savage, who was also the QB MVP at the earlier Nike Camp, but it was Matt Tarpley who took home the year's third golden jersey after winning the EA SPORTS Golden Gun Accuracy Challenge at the conclusion of the event.
Tarpley scored just seven points on the targets in the preliminary round, but then turned it on in the finals, scoring six points in one round and then defeating Erik Olson and Casey Blackport by hitting the tie-breaker on the skinny post target.
Other participants in the accuracy finals included Hampton (Va.) Phoebus QB Tajh Boyd (4 points), South Haven (Mich.) QB Isaiah Grimes (4 points), Avon (Ohio) QB Ryan O'Rourke (1 point) and Delaware (Ohio) Rutherford B. Hayes QB Taylor Wood (3 points). (BY SSFootball.com Staff May 13, 2008)
This off season, Matt Tarpley has been training with Executive Performance Coach Bill Welle at Velocity Sports Performance in Champlin. “When Matt started out with me he could throw a football really hard, but showed some mechanical flaws that prevented him from being as accurate as he could be. After a lot of hard work, Matt has grown into a great quarterback. He's more confident and accurate, making him more effective in the pocket. ”
Many individuals and teams are training with Velocity Sports Performance for the upcoming football, volleyball, basketball and hockey seasons. Velocity Sports Performance defines sports performance training and has built a business devoted to training athletes in every sport, at all ages and all skill levels. Athletes typically train two to three times a week, in groups no larger than eight athletes per coach, so that clients receive individualized coaching and personal attention. Velocity Sports Performance offers athletes from age eight through adult, semi-private and team-based sports performance training designed to help increase speed, power and agility, while reducing the risk of sports-related injuries.
For more information or to set up your free trial session, call or visit Velocity Sports Performance in Champlin (763.390.6622 or www.velocitysp.com/champlin).
About Velocity Sports Performance
Velocity Sports Performance, the industry leader in providing advanced sports performance training for athletes of all skill levels and ages, was founded in 1999 by world-renowned coach Loren Seagrave, a five-time NCAA champion coach, who trained Olympic, professional and major college athletes improving speed, agility, quickness and strength. Headquartered in Roswell, GA with its Service Center in Orange County, CA, Velocity Sports Performance offers worldwide franchise opportunities and provides world-class franchise training and ongoing support. Visit www.velocitysp.com for more information on training programs and franchise opportunities.
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Hitchcock Lineman Academy By Christina GilbertMarch 11, 2010
Hitchcock Lineman Academy
Featuring Former Washington Redskin
Offensive Lineman Ray Hitchcock
Offensive Lineman Ray Hitchcock
Velocity Sports Performance is proud to welcome an amazing opportunity to learn the skills of what it takes to become an elite lineman in football. In addition to the skills training that Coach Hitchcock will provide, our own Bill Welle will take the players through an active-dynamic warm-up and educate them how to become more explosive, quicker, stronger, and more powerful through specific athletic enhancing and career extending training programs.
Why would you need to attend? The Hitchcock Lineman Academy is like no other program – from the classroom briefing, to the warm up, to the training session – all areas are designed exclusively for offensive linemen.
Take your game to the next level by attending the Hitchcock Lineman Academy now, so you can play at a higher level next season!
The Hitchcock Lineman Academy will include the following:
Classroom Session:
- Introductions
- Setting Expectations
- Adding to Your “Toolbox”
- How You will Improve and Recruiting Tips
Run Game:
- Stance
- Fundamentals in Base and Zone Blocking
- Pulling
- Zone Combinations
Technique Work:
- Stance
- Body Control
- Positioning
- Leverage & Balance
Passing Game:
- Proper Pass Sets
- Footwork
- Hand Placement
- Shoulder Positioning
Date: Sunday, March 28th, 2010
Time: 8:30am-11:00am
Who: Young men currently in grades 9-11
Where: Velocity Sports Performance – Champlin, MN
Cost: $99 payable to Velocity Sports Performance due by March 25th, 2010
Note: No equipment necessary – just football cleats!
If you are looking to improve your game, please fill out the attached registration form to enroll in the Hitchcock Lineman Academy today! Limited to the first 14 athletes!
To register online CLICK HERE (must print WAIVER FORM and bring in day of camp)
To register by mail, fax or in person CLICK HERE
November 03, 2009
Conditioning and Nutrition Tips for Basketball
Certain general principles of conditioning and nutrition are common to all sports, but specific emphases are important to optimal performance in each sport. Gatorade's Roundtable panel of experts shared their ideas and experiences on optimal conditioning and nutrition for basketball, one of the most popular "stop-and-go" sports.
Full article: Gatorade Sports Science Institute, Julie Burns
March 03, 2010
Velocity Sports Performance is proud to be the Official Performance Training Provider for the athletes of Gatorade® REPLAY™. In 2009, Gatorade arranged a rematch between archrivals Easton Area High School and Phillipsburg High School 15 years after a game that ended in a 7-7 tie. Velocity trained the 34 year old athletes before they replayed the biggest game of their lives. The results were remarkable, and we’re not just talking about the score….