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Improving athletic performance requires more than individual effort or random training methods. In order to perform like a champion, you need a comprehensive, individualized program that focuses on your whole body; and you need the experts at UPMC’s Sports Performance Program.

Whether you are a fitness enthusiast or high school, college, elite, amateur, or professional athlete, our goal is to help you achieve peak performance while reducing sports-related injuries.

Program Services

• Evaluation and consultation
• Team training
• Individual workout instruction
• Off-site training option

Program Training Components

• Core stabilization and strength training
• Hip and shoulder stabilization and strength training
• Power training
• Speed, agility, and quickness (SAQ) training
• Plyometric training
• General strength training
• Flexibility training
• Sport-specific training
• Cardiovascular conditioning

Program Features

• Functional movement assessment (video analysis) of movement patterns used in sport and daily activities
• A full-service program addressing all aspects of athletic performance
• Assessments for posture, muscle imbalance, total strength, core strength, and neuromuscular firing pattern
• UPMC Sports Performance specialists conduct the workout sessions
• Workouts can take place at your facility, eliminating travel
• Provide services for high schools, recreational or club sports teams
• Injury prevention programming
  

Special Event Camps

The experts at the UPMC Sports Performance Program share their knowledge at special event camps throughout the year. Topics include strength and conditioning, nutrition, speed and agility, plyometric training and first step explosion, injury prevention, and sports psychology. These camps focus on specific sports including baseball, wrestling, football, and other individual and team sports.

For more information on upcoming camps, contact Ron DeAngelo, MEd, L/ATC, CSCS, Program Director, at 412-432-3871; or by e-mail at deangelors@upmc.edu.

Locations

• UPMC Sports Performance South Side- UPMC Center for Sports Medicine, 3200 Water St., Pittsburgh, PA 15203 map
• UPMC Sports Performance North-  1035 Executive Drive, Gibsonia, PA 15044 map

This program is a partnership of UPMC Sports Medicine and Centers for Rehab Services.

For more information, contact Ron DeAngelo, MEd, L/ATC, CSCS, Program Director, at 412-432-3871; or by e-mail at deangelors@upmc.edu.