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Sports Performance Training
Using Scientific Evidence to Produce Real Results
Welcome to Finish First Sports Performance, your complete resource for sports performance enhancement training, including articles, scientific information, products, and details about programs and services offered at the Finish First Sports Performance Training Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
"Coach Jeremy Hoy and Finish First is one of if not the main reason I am where
I am today. If it were not for his sport-specific training, I could only have dreamt
of making it this far. Any athlete who has any aspirations of making it to the
next level is foolish to not train with Finish First. Regardless of your current skill,
going anywhere else to train is a waste of time, money and talent."
--Christian Hanson, NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs
"Jeremy Hoy knows hockey and hockey specific training. I have watched many
elite players over the years train with him and they are always prepared, in good
shape and ready to go when the season starts."
--Derek Schooley, NCAA Division 1 Men's Head Ice Hockey Coach
"Finish First was the best weight room, gym, strength coach, and experience of
my athletic career. I know that I would not have been able to play NCAA D1 and pro hockey if it
wasn't for Coach Hoy."
-- Denis Kirstein, Former Professional Ice Hockey Player
Perform Your Best When It Matters Most
It's 4th and goal...2 seconds left in the game...the championship game...your team is down by 5...you get the ball...do you have what it takes to score? Are you prepared to play your best when it matters most?
If you have been preparing for these types of situations, then you know the answer is yes. If not, then how do you prepare?
Success comes to those who are best prepared for opportunities that arise.
Preparation comes in three forms: physical, mental, and technical/tactical. Sports performance coaches specialize in physically preparing the athlete for optimal performance in competitive situations.
Successful athletes spend countless hours preparing physically, technically, and mentally, only to display and use the fruits of their labor for brief competitive moments. Think about an Olympic wrestler. He prepares for 4 years, to compete for less than 10 minutes. Or, more notably, think about Michael Phelps-preparing for 4 years for events that last seconds--talk about preparation!
Evaluate, Plan, Execute
In order to properly prepare, you must first fully understand the demands of your sport. Whether it is ice hockey, American football, soccer, wrestling, volleyball, or another sport, you must first know the specific demands required to be successful at your sport.
It is also important to understand your baseline preparation level. A comprehensive performance evaluation will provide you with the necessary information about where you are. Goal setting and the sport analysis will tell you where you need to be. The Finish First Sports Performance TAPS™ will tell you how to get there.
Complete Athletic Development Training
Our trademarked "Total Athletic Performance System" (TAPS™) was developed using scientific research from across the globe, and with consistent repeatable results spanning athletes of different ages, development levels, and skill levels. In other words, we sifted through countless hours of detailed industry research publications, handpicked the methods with sustainable and reproducible evidence, and created our unique system for performance enhancement training.
We then used these methods with thousands of athletes at many different levels to fine-tune the system and create a system that adapts to the needs of each specific athlete as s/he progresses up the ladder of athletic success.
The result of our efforts is the TAPS™, designed to help prepare athletes to perform their best when it matters most.
Get Consistent Results
A sports performance training system is only successful if it can create results that can be maintained and reproduced by a variety of athletes (different chronological ages, different athletic skill levels, different sports, and different fitness levels). In order to do so, this system must utilize many different methods, and it must know when to implement each system for optimal performance.
"Jeremy Hoy knows hockey and hockey specific training. I have watched many elite players
over the years train with him and they are always prepared, in good shape and ready to go when the season start."-- NCAA Division 1 Head Hockey Coach
Get Customized Performance Plans Specific to Your Needs
At Finish First Sports Performance, we offer professional services such as
performance evaluations,
performance camps,clinics, and seminars,
performance training,
dynamic vision training,
injury prevention training, and
team coaching consultations for athletes near our training centers. For athletes too far away to visit our training centers, we offer
customized online training programs,
performance camps, clinics, and seminars for athletes designed to help athletes achieve their athletic goals.
"There is no training like training the Finish First Sports Performance way. Coach Hoy is phenomenal with any sport, skill level, and age. I was playing professional soccer and Coach Hoy was able to give me expert training that pushed me beyond the level of performance I expected. When I stopped playing soccer to join the United States Coast Guard as a rescue swimmer, he was able to adjust my training to benefit my new career. Consequently, my excelling performance did not stumble at all. In fact, I am at a fitness level above and beyond anyone else in my class! Finish First Sports Performance is the way if you want to work hard and become the best!"
--Clint Loughner, former professional soccer player and current United States Coast Guard
