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In our marketing, I’ve said that we work with champions and in the last 12 months we certainly have. Several track champions this past June. Now we can add a new sport to our champions list – gymnastics.

This past weekend, Dublin Jerome’s Raegan Ernst won the state gymnastics all-around title. That’s kind of a big deal.

Raegan initially started working with us to help improve her speed for track. But, we’ve worked with high level gymnasts before. Our program really helps them with the vault and their floor routines.

So, we got Raegan faster before she began gymnastics. That improved speed and power also just happened to help her with gymnastics this season as she captured the state title.

As she adds this state title to her resume, she begins her track season shooting for a state title in that sport. She will run track in college next year for the University of Dayton.

Other athletes of ours that had some recognition recently:

• Mason Bermudez of Bishop Watterson placed 10th in the 400M and ran on a 4x400M team that placed 7th. Teammate Jake McCann was on that relay who has also been training with us.
• Eden Brush of Bishop Watterson ran on the 4x800M team that placed 11th in the state. Teammate Erin Karas who was on that relay placed 7th in the 1600M in D1.
• Grace Daily of Buckeye Valley placed 11th in the 200M at the Indoor State Track Meet in D2. She also competed in the 60M dash.
• Jordan Rich of Olentangy Liberty was named Honorable Mention All-District in basketball.
• Alex Spiers of Bishop Watterson ran on a 7th place 4x800M team and an 8th place 4x400M at the State Indoor Track & Field Championships.
• Sydney Workman captured 4th place in the 200M at the State Indoor Track & Field championships. She also ran on Bishop Watterson’s 4x200M that placed 7th. On that team was teammate Hannah Brady who has been doing some work with us this off-season.

Congrats to those athletes on their winter sports and any other athletes we might have forgotten about.

There seems to be a lot of signing days. I guess it depends on what your version of a lot is, but in reality there are 3 signing days.

One in November (there might also be one in December, but I can’t remember), one in February (this past Wednesday), and one in April.

Most kids who play sports dream of doing it in college. In reality, only 1 to 2% of high school athletes ever get to fulfill that dream.

When kids come to work with our coaching staff, yes, playing in college is a goal for a lot of these kids.

I can’t say that if you train with our coaches, you will get to play your sport in college. There is a little more that goes into that scenario. But, training with us will hopefully INCREASE your odds of getting to fulfill that dream.

This past Wednesday, three of our athletes committed to playing their sport in college. All three, I’ve been told our EXTREMELY HAPPY with their decision.

Congratulations go to the following athletes:

• Raegan Ernst (Dublin Jerome) – Raegan will be running track next year at the University of Dayton. We’ve been working with Raegan since last June and hoping that she has an outstanding senior year of track.
• Maya Fuller (Dublin Jerome) – Somehow this was leaked out on Twitter (not by me). Maya will be running track next year at the University of West Virginia. Maya has been working with us since 8th grade. Really looking forward to seeing what she can do in college. But, FIRST…one more track season in high school. Get it done!!
• Alex Spiers (Bishop Watterson) – Alex has been working with us for a few years now and this fall will be playing soccer at Capital. Alex also runs track at Watterson and you know a certain someone is hoping he has a bang out senior year of track!!

Add these three with Andrew Shaffer (DeSales), who signed to play soccer at Bowling Green back in November, and that brings us to a total of 4 athletes. 4 athletes that trusted us with their training to get them to this point.

We have thoroughly enjoyed working with all of these athletes. We know the ride isn’t over yet, but want to say this is why you do this extra training.

You certainly don’t have to do it, but could you guarantee that you’d be in the same position if you hadn’t done it?? Guess we will assume probably not.

Congrats ladies and gents!! See you at your next training session.

When you are looking for a speed coach in Columbus, Ohio to help your athlete improve his/her speed, drop time, etc., that individual might say, “I can decrease your 40 time by .4 seconds.”  Or, “I can decrease your 100M time by 1 second.”

Personally, I would want to see some physical evidence to validate such claims.  I can say I’ve had a personal conversation with the Tooth Fairy, but until I show you the recording, you just have to take my word for it.

This picture is PROOF that our training can help you DROP TIME and GET FASTER:

The top left is Anna Kessler’s senior year for the 60M dash indoor in the state of Ohio.  The top right is junior year.  The bottom left is sophomore year, and the bottom right is her freshman year.

If you do the math, from her freshman year to her senior year, Anna improved her time by .65 seconds.  You might think that isn’t much.  But, quite the contrary when you are dealing with athletes who are already fast.  Anna improved the most by any athlete in her class who competed in the 60M at the state level for 4 years.

Click here to read the blog post about it (I’m sending you to another website, but it is worth the read).

Bottom line, if you have an athlete who you feel is already pretty fast, but needs to get to that next level, we can help.  The chart above is to illustrate if you are starting as a freshman, this is potentially what you could shoot for.  

Still each year improving by .15 to .2 of a second is a big deal.  Just ask the person trying to tackle someone and just can’t get him.  Just out of reach.  A tenth of a second improvement can be around 2.5 feet.  Think about that and how it matters in your sport.

Tenths of seconds is a BIG DEAL!

Track athletes, especially sprinters, need to work hard with their training in the off-season if they want to see a drop in their times.  We wanted to recognize three athletes who were nominated for the Central Ohio Track Athlete of the Year for 2021.

Anna Kessler (left) of Bishop Watterson, Grace Jenkins (top right) of Bishop Watterson, and Raegan Ernst (bottom right of Dublin Jerome) were all nominated for the Central Ohio Track Athlete of the Year 2021.

We have found that with track athletes, you really need to get after it in the off-season to be faster the next season.  Not all of it is track work.  The strength program we put together for these track athletes combined with plyometrics, sets the stage for when we implement speed power and mechanical drills.  

The results are eye-popping drops in times.

All three had outstanding seasons and made it to the state track meet.

Anna accomplished the following this outdoor season:

• Anna has trained here longer than the other two so we have awesome data on what we did with her and how she progressed.  Click here to see a chart of her progression from freshman year to senior year and how it compared with the other top runners of the state.
• #1 Time recorded in the state of Ohio in the 100M for D1 girls.
• Competed on the STATE CHAMPION D1 4x200M relay at the Ohio High School State Track & Field Championships.
• Competed on the 4th place D1 4x100M relay at the Ohio High School State Track & Field Championships.
• 5th place in the 100M at the D1 Ohio High School State Track & Field Championships.
• 8th place in the 200M at the D1 Ohio High School State Track & Field Championships.

Grace accomplished the following this outdoor season:

• Competed on the STATE CHAMPION D1 4x200M relay at the Ohio High School State Track & Field Championships.
• Competed on the STATE CHAMPION D1 4x400M relay at the Ohio High School State Track & Field Championships.
• Competed on the 4th place D1 4x100M relay at the Ohio High School State Track & Field Championships.

Raegan accomplished the following this 2021 track outdoor season:

• 5th place in the 300H at the D1 State Meet at the Ohio High School State Track & Field Championships.
• Competed on the state qualifying 4x400M relay at the Ohio High School State Track & Field Championships.

Anna and Grace were seniors and Raegan was a junior.  All three were training hard again this summer to get them in a position to be better next year.  Anna and Grace are moving on to college going to William & Mary and the University of Colorado respectively. 

If you are a Columbus, Ohio track athlete, why would you not want to train here??  Click here to set up a FREE CONSULTATION with us and see how we can get your track athlete faster.

As we are winding down July and getting closer to August that means the next sport season will be beginning soon. There have been releases of end of the season accolades still that I want to share. Since some of our athletes have been on these lists and want to recognize them.

One of these lists are the end of the season rankings for all track athletes in the state of Ohio. These rankings are combined for all three divisions and the Top 500 marks.

Here is where some of our athletes who trained with us this last year ranked in the initial lists that have been released. More will be coming. If you have a subscription to some of these links I share, you can see the list and our nominees:

• Brooklyn Brush (Bishop Watterson) – Brooklyn was part of a 4x800M that ranked #21 and her 800M time was tied for #161.
• Maya Fuller (Dublin Jerome) – Maya ran on a 4x200M team that ranked #53 in the state. She also ran on a 4x400M team that ranked #19 in the state.
• Will Garey (Bishop Watterson) – Will ran on a 4x800M team that ranked #63. He was also part of a 4x400M team that ranked #132 in the final poll. His 800M time was ranked #75 in the state this season.
• Olyvia Kennedy (Bishop Watterson) – Olyvia batted a sprained ankle all spring season, but still threw the shot put for a distance that ranked tied for #267.
• Anna Kessler (Bishop Watterson) – Anna ran on a 4x100M team that ranked #3 in the state. She also ran on a state winning 4x200M team that also ranked #1 in the entire state. Anna was also nominated for Central Ohio track athlete of the year.
• Skylar Themelaras (Westerville Central) – Skylar ran on a 4x100M team that ranked #2 in the state. She also ran on a 4x200M team that ranked #6 in the entire state.
• Sydney Workman (Bishop Watterson) – Sydney also ran on the 4x100M team that ranked #3 in the state. She also was a part of the state winning 4x200M team that also ranked #1 in the entire state.

There are also some athletes that started training with us as a result of the above kids’ success. They didn’t want to settle. They wanted to be better like their teammates above. So these athletes also ranked in the list, but started training with us in the last month or so.

• Mason Bermudez (Bishop Watterson) – Mason ran on a 4x200M team that ranked tied for #152 in the state.  He was also part of a 4x400M team that ranked #132 in the final poll.  Finally, Mason did well in the long jump placing tied for #422.
• Raegan Ernst (Dublin Jerome) – Raegan ran on the same 4x200M team that ranked #53 in the state. She also ran on a 4x400M team that ranked #19 in the state. She too was nominated for Central Ohio track athlete of the year.
• Grace Jenkins (Bishop Watterson) – Grace also ran on the 4x100M team that ranked #3 in the state. She also was a part of the state winning 4x200M team that also ranked #1 in the entire state. She also ran on a 4x400M team that was a state champion and ranked #1 in the state. Finally, she too was nominated for Central Ohio track athlete of the year.
• Erin Karas (Bishop Watterson) – Erin was part of the the 4x800M that ranked #21 in the state.
• Jake McCann (Bishop Watterson) – As a freshman, Jake participated in the regionals on a 4x400M team that ranked #19 in the state

There are still more rankings that are being announced. Most of these kids have more lists they are on so stay tuned.

But, congrats thus far!! Nice collection of athletes and hope this shows how we can help contribute to your success. Do you want your athlete to be a part of this family???

One of the main motivators for young athletes is the desire to compete in college athletics.  Parents want to help make those dreams come true for their kids.  Rightfully so.  That is why so many pursue the club sports and ultimately narrow down to just one sport.  Sometimes that is way too early in their athletic career.

There are certainly other motivators for playing sports.  Some kids don’t have a desire to play at the collegiate level.  They just want to have fun.  Or they like the competition.  Or they just want to compete with their friends and classmates.

Those are great reasons as well.

As a coach, it does get frustrating seeing great athletes play certain sports.  But, for whatever reason, they just do that one sport.  We all probably understand why they do that.  I don’t have to list those.

Yet, I feel their athletic experience isn’t entirely what it could be if they did play other sports without the guilt of supposedly “sacrificing” training or playing for that main sport.

Recently, the Central Ohio nominees for athlete of the year in various sports were announced.  Obviously, these are some of the best of the best in the city.  I’m going to throw out some numbers for you.

• Between boys and girls, 30 sports were represented that had athletes of the year awards.
• 330 athletes were nominated.  A few were nominated in multiple sports, but most of them were nominated in just one sport.
• Out of those 330 athletes, my staff has worked with 13 of those athletes at some point in their athletic career.  1 of those athletes was nominated in 2 different sports and 6 of them were within this last athletic year.
• 7 of the 13 athletes are seniors.  Out of those 7 seniors, 5 of them are participating in a D1 sport next year and 1 is trying to walk-on.

Over the course of a typical sport year, we work with a lot of athletes.  Because it is individualized training and we have limited time slots open, it isn’t tons.  But, if I had to guess I’d say it is 150 athletes a year.  150 athletes who want to improve and better themselves for various reasons. 

And yes, some have the goal of playing in college.

Alright, that is great, but what does all of this mean??

In my mind, first off it illustrates what a small percentage of athletes actually get to be that good where they are playing in college.

Yes, I realize that there are quite a few athletes who will play in college that don’t necessarily get end of the season accolades like these athletes.  Let’s look at my numbers.  6 will be participating in college, but only 3 of those 6 trained with us these last 12 months.

3 athletes out of the 150 we see annually?  All I know is that is a small percentage.

If you know that going in, I guess I would try to see what I can do with my athletic career (which you only have once in your life) to make it as fun as possible.  To find a way where if I have an interest in multiple sports to be able to do it without compromising my physical well-being and be overtrained.

It’s tough.  I get it.

But, I know too many athletes that have put their eggs in one basket, spent gobs of $$$, and in the end the kid decides not to pursue the sport in college and just have fun.  The parents just want them to be happy, but in the back of the mind you start thinking about all the time, travel, and money spent.  

Was all that worth it just to create a positive experience for your kid?

Or could less have been spent to develop the athlete in another sport as well, to have an equally positive experience in that sport too?  Maybe.

It’s a whole other blog post to address how to do these multiple sports, but I just want you to be aware of the numbers.  It’s a small percentage that get to that next level that people desire.  Is it worth it sacrificing every other sport to get there and can you do it?

I guess we will find out.

You always want to reward hard work as often as you can. Some of our athletes are doing some noteworthy achievements. Do I think these achievements will be a direct correlation to whatever athletic success they have? Maybe.

If they are demonstrating these positive traits here, then I have no doubt that they are demonstrating them with their team.

We started something a few years ago called the Captaincy. We offer the title of Captaincy to a few of our athletes we feel represent our values in a positive manner. Recently, we named two more athletes Captain. Owen Muetzel and Ben Lam are two 8th graders that have really grown, physically as well as emotionally, during their time with us and earned the right to be a captain.

We also like to reward consistency. If you are consistently doing the right things, then there is a better chance something positive will happen as a result. We have a handful of athletes that have trained with us 200+ sessions. We make a big deal about it by having them sign a symbolic Gold Star we have on the wall and we also give them some special hoodies.

This quarter 3 athletes reached that special plateau. Owen and Chase Muetzel and Hayley Williamson all hit that mark. Hayley is also one of our facility Captains. You don’t just go to a place 200 times unless you are seeing some positive change. We see the change happening in the facility and they must see the change happening in their playing. Congrats!!

As some of you know, we have a record board at the facility hanging. Anyone who does training with us, does an assessment and part of that assessment is doing various tests. Ben Lam set two records in his age group back in February. He has a birthday and does another reassessment and sets two more records – vertical and broad jump – in his new age group. Not bad!

Brenna Callahan also had a reassessment recently and broke the planks record for her age group. Both Brenna and Ben are working hard to get ready for track this spring. Looks like they are on the right track (HA)!

These kids work hard and deserve a little recognition. Does it mean they will have an awesome athletic career, absolutely not.

BUT…

As I was looking at our Captain’s board and record board, I’m looking at the names. One female record holder just committed to play beach volleyball in college. Another athlete will be kicking at Princeton next year. Another athlete was running in the high school state track and field championships this past June. Another athlete was the Big Ten defensive player of the year in basketball.

Needless to say, there is some pedigree there for success. Let’s hope it rubs off on these athletes.

Hurry and Check these out today!! (this has ended)

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  • Learn the basics of nutrition
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  • Supplements – does your athlete need them???
  • Sample meal plans
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Hilliard Davidson boys and girls track and field athletes who want to get faster for their upcoming season, should check out Fitness Planning Consultants to improve that speed.  Off-season training is how you get faster and no matter what your event, improving your strength and speed for track can’t hurt.

Here are a few of the Hilliard Davidson boys and girls track and field athletes that we have worked with throughout the years.  If they made it to the outdoor state meet, their event will be next to to their name with a place if they placed.:

Adam with one of FPC’s athletes, Aziza Ayoub from Jonathan Alder, who won the Division 2 800M State Title in 2016 and 2017.

• Emilee Fecht (2018)
• Reed Farmer (2017)

WE ARE LOOKING FOR MORE HILLIARD DAVIDSON TRACK ATHLETES TO TRAIN!!

Take a look at the list of names we collected below.  These Hilliard Davidson track athletes participated this past Spring for Hilliard Davidson at the League and/or District meets.  If you know any of them, send them to this page or if you are one of them, click the Contact Us link below this list so we can talk with you.

We want to see if you would be a good fit for our program and if it looks like you will, we have a special offer for our services for you.

Direct these track athletes to us so we can help them get faster for next track season.  These people were found from track meet results on Baumspage and Milepslit.  If you would like your name taken off of this list, please make a comment in the comments box below and we will take care of it. (this list was updated on 7-26-19) :

• Joshua Burton
• Jamil Hallak
• Karina Winer
• Aidan DeCarlo
• Rafael Gonzales
• Nate Harding
• Redwan Kamel
• Isabella Manken
• Vivian Smith
• Jack Defrancesco
• Cici Ezirim
• Mia Martinez
• Talaya Sanford
• Caroline Schneidmiller
• Khadija Seck
• Koharu Takahashi

The following are Hilliard district middle school track athletes who went to the various Hilliard middle schools – Weaver, Heritage, or Memorial. These athletes participated at a high level and possibly at the Middle School State Meet. We’d like to work with them as well (this list was updated on 7-26-19):

• Ayele Amouzouvi
• Lauren Busch
• Thomas Carter
• Eva Conley
• George Hughes
• Keilah Muldrow
• Ayesha Nayeem
• Riley Phipps
• Tyler Brauning
• Sophia DiMuzio
• Haylie Elosh
• Genevieve Jantonio
• Cecilia Joseph
• Juan Melendez
• Trevor Schuler
• Zoe Wolfe
• Sydney Lesko
• Addy Armstrong
• Brayden Kohl
• Parker Schwandt
• Corey White
• Ethan Tebbetts
• Cayden Campbell

WHAT TO DO NOW?

If you are one one these athletes, Click Here to go to our Contact page and fill out that form indicating you are on this list and would like to talk with us.  Leave all your correct contact information.  You could also reach out to us via twitter @FPCSpeed.

If we feel this will be a good fit, then we have a special offer to discuss with you so you can start working with us.

PLEASE NOTE:  We would like to meet with ANYBODY running track for Hilliard Davidson, not just the people on this list.  These just happened to be the ones we saw at League or Districts.  Also, we love to work with distance runners, but at the time of this post we realized they were getting ready for cross country so we chose to leave them off of the list.  No hard feelings please.

Don’t wait and hope you will get faster.  DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!

P.S. You could also leave your contact information in the comments box below, if you chose.  We don’t care how you do it just get ahold of us somehow.