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Velocity Sports Performance named official Maulers training center

02/21/05 Joint Press Release

Velocity Sports Performance to Provide Sports Performance Training to The Desert Wolves Girls Fast Pitch Softball Club

Scottsdale, Arizona  facility’s highly trained coaches and advanced programs will provide all Desert Wolves teams with expert performance training in the areas of speed, power, agility and injury prevention. Desert Wolves look to Velocity to help them train to reach the next level of success.

Scottsdale, Arizona – Velocity Sports Performance, an advanced athletic performance training program for athletes of all skills and ages, announced today they have reached an agreement with the Desert Wolves Girls Fast Pitch Softball Club to provide athletic training for all of the club’s teams, comprising over 45 athletes.

Coaches at Velocity Sports Performance in Scottsdale will provide the athletic evaluations at club tryouts and train club members to increase their speed, power and agility and learn injury prevention techniques at both the Velocity facility and at the Desert Wolves practice fields.  Velocity Sports Performance has already developed a custom pre-game athletic warm up and post-game cool down program for the Desert Wolves, and will provide speed camps and clinics to the athletes, along with training seminars for all Desert Wolves coaches and trainers. The customized warm up and cool down exercises developed for the Desert Wolves players will help lessen the frequency of injury, keeping the athletes healthier and will help the players stay fresh during the long tournament weekends.

“Our entire team of coaches is looking forward to training the Desert Wolves,” said Stieg Theander, Sports Performance Director of the Scottsdale Velocity Sports Performance center. Theander, the head strength and conditioning coach for The Phoenix Coyotes NHL Hockey Club for the past eight seasons prior to joining Velocity Sports Performance, has a great deal of experience with developing customized training programs for optimal performance and injury prevention. Theander continues, “Our training methods have proven to make athletes of all ages faster, stronger, and more agile and flexible.”

The Desert Wolves coaching staff and club management is very exited to begin the training relationship. “Velocity’s program does not replace the skills and game play training provided by our coaches, rather it augments and enhances our overall ability to compete by improving speed, power, agility, balance, movement and injury prevention,” said Merrick Firestone,  one of the founders of the Desert Wolves Girls Fast Pitch Softball Club. “They might be new to Arizona but Velocity Sports Performance’s national reputation and their proven training techniques will have a positive impact on all the teams in our club.” Firestone adds that, “Although the performance training programs and clinics we are providing to our players in the practice setting delivers a good foundation, we are recommending that all of our parents enroll their kids in the semi-private training programs offered at Velocity Sports Performance. This company is well known nationwide for creating stronger, healthier and more confident kids, no matter what sport they play. They have proven that the more often an athlete trains, the better the result.”

Velocity Sports Performance will begin the team training program for Desert Wolves players immediately. For individual athletes, teams and leagues, regardless of their sport, tours and program enrollment is available at the training center, located at 9171 East Bell Road (Loop 101). For more information, please call 480-503-8212.

About Velocity Sports Performance

Velocity Sports Performance features a state-of-the-art, climate controlled training facility. Combined with world-class equipment, an indoor football field, basketball surface, 65 yard Olympic running track, and professionally trained and certified coaches, Velocity can deliver sports performance training solutions to the general public that were previously available only to professional and elite athletes.  The Scottsdale training facility is located at 9171 East Bell Road (Loop 101).

Velocity Sports Performance, an advanced sports performance training program for athletes of all skills and ages, was founded in 1999 by world-renowned coach Loren Seagrave, who has coached Olympic athletes, NFL players and long distance runners.  With over 50 locations throughout the US and Canada, Velocity Sports Performance has strategic relationships with national organizations, including IMG Academies, Collegiate Sports of America, National Alliance for Youth Sports and Special Olympics.  Visit www.velocitysp.com/scottsdale for more information on training programs and services.  

About Desert Wolves Girls Fast Pitch Softball

The Desert Wolves Girls Fast Pitch Softball Club, a non-profit organization, was formed in 2003 and is comprised of four teams with girls ranging from 10 to 15 years old.   Teams compete in ASA, TCS, and USSSA tournaments throughout the southwest.   We are based in the North East Valley and have a wide representation of players and support from Scottsdale and North East Phoenix. For more information about the club and teams please view our website at http://eteamz.active.com/desertwolves/