First Post

Welcome to my first post on the Speed Boosters Sports Performance Training Blog. I am very excited about this new endeavor. The basis of this blog is to present new research, answer questions, provide innovative training ideas, and provide interviews with coaches, players, trainers, and strength and conditioning coaches. How do high school, college, and pro athletes prepare for their season? How do you improve your 40? How can arm strength be increased? How do you increase bat speed and power? What is SPARQ? All of those questions will addressed on this blog. The blog will ultimately give you the reader insight into the evolution of sports performance training.

Speed Boosters and this blog would not be possible without the help of many hard working people. The following people have been instrumental in taking Speed Boosters to the next level and making it one of the leaders in sports performance training in St. Louis: Tracey Handal (co-owner of Speed Boosters), Darin Scott (Speed Boosters Sports Performance Trainer), Geof Manzo (Athletic Trainer-Gateway Grizzlies), Scott Sullivan (Owner- St. Louis Baseball & Fastpitch Academy), Nate Meyer (SPARQ), and Speed Boosters staff members Bryan Hilton, Bob Fisher, and Nick Fisher.

Speed Boosters continues to greatly expand its services and work towards helping athletes achieve their goals. This summer we will open the "Speed Boosters Sports Performance Training Studio" where middle, high school, college, and pro athletes will train to gain a competitive advantage on the field. We will further expand our training for female athletes as we strive to maintain our reputation as an innovator of female sports performance training. Speed Boosters looks to increase its participation in SPARQ Testing and to add a high school football combine to its events schedule. In the past year over 1000 athletes have been SPARQ tested and many have utilized our training staff to improve their deficiencies and score. We also look forward to working with the minor league baseball Gateway Grizzlies of the Frontier League for the second year. This is just a small sample of changes and things to come in the next few months. Check the blog regularly for updates and announcements.

I look forward to posting on a weekly basis and hearing from you. I hope you find this blog useful and a tool for achieving your goals.

For more information on Speed Boosters or SPARQ please feel free to visit our website: www.speedboosters.net or email me at sean.erwin@speedboosters.net

Sean Erwin