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'Every athlete is endowed a certain level of natural ability, but no athlete can maximize the true potential of their genetic gift without detailed and comprehensive player development programs.'
Peter Twist, Strength Coach, Vancouver Canucks

With this in mind, we use the following training principles during training.

Services will vary but are specific to the individual.

Proper Warm-up - The key to maximum performance and injury prevention are workouts preceded by extensive general and specific warm up, dynamic flexibility, and running technique drills.

Progressive Overload - The Concept of Periodization: Planned variation in training intensities over a specified period of time; a logical stepwise progression is critical. We teach technique first and progress from general to specific movements modifying volume and intensities.

Proper Foundation - Satisfy the needs for structural strength before sports specifics. We promote injury prevention by first implementing joint stabilization, core development and flexibility techniques with slow, steady increases in strength. We focus on improvements in deficient strength areas and muscle imbalances with an emphasis on the posterior chain, deceleration and safety.

Education - Knowledge is power and gives its BetterTrained a tremendous edge. As much as we motivate and coach, we focus on providing a teaching environment so athletes gain an understanding of what they're doing and why they're doing it.

Safe, Effective Training Considerations - Carefully applied, well supervised conditioning programs are necessary for safe adaptations to the rigors of explosive sports. General conditioning prepares the body for the increasing demands of training, capitalizing on performance and injury prevention.

Individualization - Exceptional training regimens are designed according to such factors as an athlete's needs, age, maturity, athletic ability, sport, position, and training experience.

Individual training prescriptions are based upon the results of a movement analysis and performance assessment and include correction exercises to eliminate deficits in flexibility, stability, and strength.

Multi-Vector Training - Multiple joint movements coordinated in the proper recruitment pattern, working as one unit, ensure the ability to generate explosive forces. These movements performed in the three dimensional planes simultaneously will dramatically improve functional strength and performance.

Principles of Specificity - We select the training regimen to simulate sport specific movement patterns in terms of angle, duration, resistance and speed. Specific training = specific adaptations = specific (critical) training effects.

Proper Nutrition - As an athlete, physical and mental stresses are placed on the body that are much greater than the average person. An athlete's nutritional requirements are also different from the average person. Therefore, the athlete's lifestyle has to be one of healthy habits designed to keep them at optimum performance levels at all times.

Proper Rest - We require an all out effort during training, therefore, an athlete must have complete recovery to reduce the injury potential and be physically and mentally prepared for the next training session.

Optimal recovery includes proper hydration, nutrition (replenish and rebuild), supplementation and sleep.