Monta Vista Sports Camps

All of MV Sports Camps provide quality instruction under the direction of varsity level coaches. Each athlete enrolled will have the opportunity to enhance their skills in each sport in preperation for the upcoming season. For our high school athletes, it is also an opportunity to catch the eye of a varsity coach before the season starts.

Our speed camps are designed for all of our athletes that participate in sports that require speed, agility, and quickness training.

Here is a rundown of how it can help you improve your game dramatically :

What Our Speed Camp Can Do For You

Improving your speed, agility and quickness (SAQ) will dramtically affect your performance on the field or court. The ability to run faster, jump higher, change directions quicker, and beat your opponent to the ball will help take your game to the next level.

Baseball / Softball

Flexibility
Hitting and throwing movements used in baseball require the core muscles to perform under a considerable degree of stress.

Leg Strength
While hitting or throwing, the initial movement is initiated with the legs. Developing strength and power in the legs is crucial to the sports of baseball and softball. Plyometric training helps develop these muscles and increase explosiveness and reaction.

Core Strength
During the hitting and throwing movements during baseball and softball, your core muscles are put under a large amount of stress. To strengthen these muscles and improve the rotational power of these movements, a high intensity abdominal and core routine will be included in each week's training program.

Anaerobic System
Baseball and softball are both anaerobic sports. The type of training we implement to improve the anaerobic system includes sprint interval training consisting of short, quick sprints.

Basketball and Volleyball

Speed Training
To increase overall speed and maximize the athlete's performance on the court, we incorporate a variety of speed oriented activities into our training program. Utilizing the latest in speed enhancement equipment, athletes do resistance training, hill training, and over speed running, as well as form running to insure proper technique is used throughout each drill. It is also very important to develop quick feet and coordination, so we have implemented a series of rope jumping exercises into our daily routine.

Plyometrics and Strength
Most of the movements an athlete performs during basketball are considered explosive and reactive. It also goes without saying that every player wants to increase their vertical jump and play "above the rim." To help our athletes develop these explosive and reactive movements, as well as maximize the time in which they can perform these movements throughout competition, we put each athlete through an intense plyometric training program. Teaching athletes the proper techniques for performing exercises such as skip hops, ½ turn jumps, bounds, rope jumping, and standing jumps, just to name a few, will insure the athletes are remaining injuring free while training at a high level of intensity.

Football and Lacrosse

Speed and Agility Training
We've all heard the saying, "Speed Kills." Well that is not more true than in the sport of football. In order to perform at a high level on the field, and separate from the opponent when on offense, while staying close to your opponent when on defense, a players speed and agility needs to be at a maximum. Whether in football or lacrosse, speed and agility can separate great players from average players. To help each athlete reach their potential on the field, we train them through a variety of speed and agility drills that reflect the specific movements they will perform in real competition.

Plyometrics and Strength
Strength and power are two of the most important elements for success in football and lacrosse. Most of the movements an athlete in these sports will perform are very explosive and reactive, which require a great deal of strength and power. To help develop these explosive and reactive movements, we train every athlete with a plyometric program which emphasizes the powerful movements of each sport.

Soccer

Flexibility Training
Like football, soccer, when played at a high level, can be very physically demanding and stressful on the body. Every athlete must take the time to prepare their body to endure the stress and pounding it will encounter throughout the season. To improve each athlete's overall athletic ability and decrease their chances of suffering an injury, a program which includes PNF stretching, along with dynamic and static exercises is one way we help our athletes increase their flexibility and remain healthy.

Balance and Stability
One compenent of soccer that makes it unique is the demand it puts on athletes to have superior balance and stability. An athlete may be fast and powerful, but without good balance and stability, that athlete is going to have a difficult time competing at a high level in the game of soccer. Taking this into consideration when preparing our training program, we have designed specific daily exercises that will build strength along with balance and stability in every athlete.

Plyometrics and Strength
Leg strength and foot quickness are essential to the sport of soccer. Our plyometric program is designed to increase overall strength and explosiveness, while increasing foot speed and quickness off the ground. To further meet the needs of these athletes, we incorporate plyometric exercises that increase explosiveness and power both vertically as well as horizontally.

Tennis / Badminton

Speed and Agility
Throughout a tennis match, an athlete will perform hundreds of quick, explosive movements in every direction. To prepare our athletes to achieve the maximum performance they desire while performing these repetitive movements, we have them train in a program that stresses high intensity speed and agility movements with every repetition.

Plyometrics and Strength
To ensure our athletes are able to perform the explosive and reactive movements in the sport of tennis, we train every athlete with a plyometric program which emphasizes these powerful movements. This program also develops the strength and power needed to help each athlete reach their maximum potential in the sport. To further meet the needs of these athletes, our program also emphasizes total body conditioning, leg power and core strength and conditioning.

Track and Field

Speed Training
To increase overall speed and maximize the athlete's performance on the track, we incorporate a variety of speed enhansement activities into our training program. Utilizing the latest in speed development equipment, athletes do resistance training, hill training, and over speed running, as well as form running to insure proper technique is used throughout each drill. Athletes will also be coached daily on their overall running technique to help them run more efficiently and with greater results.

Core Strength
The development of core strength is vital for achieving maximum speed and velocity for track and field. When athletes are competing in sprinting and jumping events, their core muscles are put under a large amount of stress and must be able to maintain explosiveness and power. To strengthen these muscles and improve the rotational power of these movements, a high intensity abdominal and core routine will be included in each week's training program.

Plyometrics and Strength
Leg strength and foot speed, as well as vertical and horizontal jumping, are all essential to the sport of track and field. Our plyometric program is designed to increase overall strength and explosiveness, while increasing foot speed and quickness off the ground. To further meet the needs of these athletes, we incorporate plyometric exercises that increase explosiveness and power both vertically as well as horizontally.

Questions?  E-mail Coach Thomas