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Michol Dalcourt is an educator, author, trainer, inventor, and an industry leader in the areas of human movement and performance training. He has served as an instructor at the NAIT College School of Health Sciences and is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of San Francisco in the Faculty of Sports Science, Director of the Institute of Motion, and Co-Founder of PTA Global. Michol has received his education from the University of Alberta in the area of Exercise Science.

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Leo – an expert in Physical Therapy and Recovery, holds a degree in physical therapy and a master’s degree in athletic training. He has over 20 years of orthopedic and sports medicine experience specializing in the prevention and treatment of upper and lower extremity and spinal injuries.

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Since the age of 16, I knew I wanted to build a career that centered on helping people. Initially narrowing down my choice population to athletes, I’ve got my bachelor’s degree in Athletic Training because I wanted to help the injured athletes get back to what they do best.

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The human body and human locomotion is an engineering marvel and it is for that reason that I was drawn to achieving a better understand of how humans move. Successful athletes need to realize time must be given to assure they move fundamentally well. Building your body to be stronger and building your skill to be sharper is only two of the building blocks. The foundation is the necessity to ensure you move well to begin with.

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Chef Tabitha Reese, M.A., is no stranger to good tasting food that truly nourishes your body.  Tabitha grew up in Michigan with her grandparents who had a very expansive garden.

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High school athletics have become more and more competitive in recent years with individual athletes being stronger, faster, and quicker. Integrating a comprehensive agility and quickness program into a training regimen can help an athlete gain advantage over his/her competitors.

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More distance runners are starting to incorporate sport-specific strength training into their conditioning programs to minimize the risk of injury, improve functional strength, and maximize performance. Developing a running-specific strength training program can strengthen muscle and connective tissue.

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Speed training counteracts all of the above mentioned beliefs. With the help of modern science, we now know that every individual is born with a certain percentage of fast twitch (fast) and slow twitch (endurance) muscle fibers. Maximizing an athlete’s fast twitch potential is the objective of speed development.

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The number one goal of most high school athletes is to develop their show and tell muscles (i.e. chest and biceps) first with the “If I look better, I’ll perform better” philosophy in mind.

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Here is a list of drills to develop both the proper mechanics and enhance movements often seen in a competitive basketball. These drills will help improve a player’s overall game speed. When executing these drills, players should take a 20-second rest interval between each repetition (just like in a game).

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