We would recommend setting up an appointment with our team of physical therapists. Each summer program workout for both age groups is ran by a doctor of physical therapy. They would love to work with your injured athlete before the program so they can more easily make adjustments in the group setting. Our approach is based on getting the body back to performance shape, pain free. This is how we transition athletes back into their sport in a safe manner. Your athlete would then be introduced to the training program as soon as they are cleared by our PT.

No! This summer is different from the past and there is more flexibility than ever! Upon purchasing the summer athlete training program, your athlete has access to TWO workouts per week. The program is designed for them to attend Workout A on Monday OR Tuesday and Workout B on Wednesday OR Thursday. If they miss a day, or even a couple weeks, they can come 3x per week and attend the makeup workout on Fridays! Call us or fill out the form with scheduling concerns or questions.

Yes! If your athlete misses a workout, they can attend the makeup workout on Fridays. This also includes if you miss a week or two for vacation, other camps/clinics, practices, tournaments, etc. Your summer program includes access to 20 workouts and you can get those in whichever way you need to with our new, flexible summer schedule. Call or fill out the form if you have additional scheduling questions or concerns and would like to chat with a member of the APEX Team.

Our program is modeled after division 1 collegiate athlete programs and pro athlete programs with similar structure and most importantly, progression over the summer. This program is designed by and coached by doctors of physical therapy and strength and conditioning specialists to ensure your athlete has qualified and well trained eyes on them every workout. We want your athlete to be properly exposed to the basics and progressions that they can expect at a higher level. Obviously, with our younger 8-13 age group, this will be much more scaled down for their age and ability, but have a similar foundation. It will also be centered around making training fun (as opposed to feeling forced leading to burn out) & building a broad, general athletic foundation so they're ready for any sport they choose later.

This is also a PROGRAM, not just general workouts here and there. With a PROGRAM, there are progressions. We have different phases planned for your athlete that they will move thru during the summer. This ensures gains in strength, speed, jumping and more!

YES! The Summer Program (and all of our workout sessions all year) help increase mobility, flexibility and stability. This will be achieved through various exercises and movements from a dynamic warm up to start to an active cool down to finish. Most importantly, your youth athlete will learn what they can be doing at home to continue their improvement on the days they're not at APEX.

A result of strength and conditioning, with plyometric training incorporated in, is the ability to jump higher and further. We will also be testing vertical jumping at the start and end of the program to track progress. With our programs, you can expect your child to jump higher, but training safely to improve overall athleticism as well.

No matter the sport, training the fast twitch muscle groups will help an athlete get faster. We emphasize training both fast and slow twitch throughout every session to help improve speed, agility, strength, explosion, balance and more. We will also be testing starting acceleration and other metrics at the start and end of the program to track progress.

A primary focus of our performance training is strength work. We begin with fundamentals and foundations of strength, and progress each athlete based on their ability. Younger athletes start with body weight and focus more on mechanics, while older athletes will progress to heavier weight to increase overall strength for their sport.

Based on our practice of physical therapy here at APEX (that’s actually how we started our business!), we focus on core components of fundamental strength training which reduces the risk of injury by building the muscular system to better support the body. There is a massive crossover between sports performance and physical therapy training, sports performance is just the next level of the work you would do in a physical therapy session with us. Most of our patients treat their physical therapy with us as a workout, getting the best results for their effort. This also helps to reduce the risk of overtraining.

Soccer athletes have one of the highest risks of ACL and knee injuries. This is THE BEST environment to help your soccer athlete decrease their injury risk, while still making improvements to their overall athletic ability.