Summer SPS Sessions (Fall Sports Are Just Around the Corner...)

Get the Jump on Your Competition

Fall sports are just around the corner.  Come in now to be ready -- summer classes are in progress and run through August 29^th. The regular schedule returns on August 31^st.

Athlete spotlight (Elite):

Josh Dzierzak (Union Grove) – Nominated Rookie of the Year for Track and Field

Maddie Lyon (Horlick) – Scholarship to Eastern Illinois University for Soccer

Back to School Special:

Sign-up before September 1^st and receive an additional 10% off of your class fees!  To get your child started, please contact Shaun Liesch, Sports Performance Coordinator -- say you saw the Back to School Special in the Razor Sharp Newsletter! 

Questions? Learn more at the website, or contact SPS Sports Performance Coordinator Shaun Liesch by e-mail or at 262.321.7328.

SPS Sports Performance Basketball Skills with Jake Thomas

SPS Focus on Basketballwith Jake Thomas

Now, the SPS training that you've come to rely on for strength, power, speed and more has a focus on basketball skills! 

We've welcomed former Marquette basketball player Jake Thomas to our staff of SPS Coaches. Classes are forming now.

Visit the SPS Website for more details.

New Look (and some improved content) for SPS Sports Performance Website!

To better describe what we do and offer, we've made some changes to our SPS Sports Performance website. Visit it and see all the latest.

We'll be continuing to add material, so come back yourself, and, certainly, forward the link to your athlete friends (youth or adult) to learn how the SPS program can benefit them.

Strategies from SPS Sports Performance & Razor Sharp Fitness for a Great Sports Season!

Importance of Seasonal Training

Off-Season Training – 3-6 times per week, focusing on:

• Preparation for the season ahead to reduce likelihood/severity of injuries. 
• Improvements in strength, power, speed, agility, mobility, coordination and conditioning, along with identifying and correcting improper movement patterns that develop during the season. 
• Gradual increase in the intensity of activities and conditioning levels across the off-season period.

Pre-Season Training – 2-3 times per week over 6-8 weeks, focusing on:

• Increase of intensity of workouts to near-competition level.
• Refinement of sport-specific skills with the incorporation of sport practices or drills and ongoing sports performance training.

In-Season – 1-2 times per week, focusing on:

• Sustenance of the increases in strength, speed, conditioning, or any other gains made during the off-season and pre-season periods.
• Achieving peak athletic abilities during the season (including post-season tournaments).

Post-Season Training – 1-2 times per week over approx. 4 weeks, focusing on:

• Active recovery to re-build following long periods of physical stress during the season.
• Light leisure activities that are not specific to a sport, as a change of pace before the next period of more intensive training.

SPS Gets You Ready

Take advantage of these training options:

1. SPS ClassesGet started with a demo/initial evaluation and training program.
   
2. Team/Group Training
   Available for ages 8+, workouts and frequency are tailored to the teams’ goals.
   
3. One-on-One & Ignite Training
   Specific individualized workouts are a great way to focus on your child’s needs and abilities. 

To find out more about SPS, or to schedule your child’s complimentary evaluation, contact Shaun Liesch today by phone (262) 321-7328 or e-mail.

Downtown Club Grand Opening Wrap-Up

December 5th was a GREAT Grand Opening Day -- thank you to everyone who came down to visit with us, check the place out, offer congratulations and to officially join our fitness community's newest hub in Downtown Racine.

More pictures are posted here, at our Facebook page. 

Great big thanks go out to Downtown Racine Corporation for the ribbon-cutting, and particularly to County Executive Jim Ladwig, Alderman Jeff Coe and DRC Executive Director Devin Sutherland.

Congratulations go out to the winners of our drawing:

• Anna LeGath, who won a bottle of wine from Uncorkt
• Alice Bieszczat, who won the Carriage House Liquor gift basket
• Nancy Witkofski Ford, who won a $50 Razor Sharp gift card
• Patty Strandell, who won her choice of complimentary SPS Sports Performance or Belle City CrossFit sessions
• Mike Foord, who won his choice of complimentary SPS Sports Performance or Belle City CrossFit sessions
• Laura Sanders, who won a 60-minute massage
• Nancy Ribeiro, who one a package of 30-minute personal training sessions
• Kirk Winder, who one a package of 60-minute personal training sessions
• Mike Cretton, who won a one-year Razor Sharp membership
• Gail Hemm, who won the iPad Air 

Thanks to everyone who came out! We're still celebrating, so if you couldn't make it, stop down at the new club and have a look around. And, be sure to check out and share the Grand Opening special that we're offering at any of our three locations.

SPS Sports Performance Partners with Racine Area Soccer Association

SPS Sports Performance and Razor Sharp Fitness have partnered with Racine Area Soccer Association (RASA) to provide area soccer players with enhanced training. This partnership will provide the RASA organization with an indoor training facility for its Racine United program, recreation and competitive Futsal Leagues as well as a variety of additional developmental programs. In addition, soccer athletes will participate in sports performance training which is geared at improving overall athletic performance and injury prevention. "We're excited to have a facility like Razor Sharp for our winter activities," says RASA executive director Wayne Howard. "Indoor space coupled with sports performance training will be a huge benefit for our players and will help us build a stronger and more competitive club." "Partnering with RASA, which has such strong roots in the community, is a great opportunity to show what our program can do for athletes of all different ages and skill levels," stated Shaun Liesch, SPS Sports Performance Coordinator. "We're looking forward to working with the RASA athletes in improving their performance on the field and preventing injuries." For more information on SPS, please contact Shaun Liesch at 262-321-7328.