Alison Levine, M.S. and Team Sport Mental Conditioning Specialist Joshua Lifrak, M.S. recently traveled to Athens,  Georgia to help the University of Georgia women’s soccer program mentally prepared for the season.
They had one trip at the beginning of the preseason and one trip at the end, with the goal being to help the team come [...]

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‘Still Working’

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Posted: Friday, August 13th, 2010

Summer is coming to an end but the work is never done in the Performance Institute. Walking up to the doors of IPI you can here faint sound of a whistles being blown, a mass of kids counting out repetitions, and shouting of a performance specialist.
No matter what time of the year it is work [...]

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Check out the video of IMG Performance Institute Director, Trevor Moawad, speaking to the University of Alabama football team and coaches. The segment aired recently on ESPN’s All-Access.
Moawad serves as a mental conditioning consultant to the team and last year helped the Crimson Tide win its first National Championship since 1992.

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IMG Academies will be hosting the Combine 360 Global Training Symposium, sponsored by Under Armour and IMG, October 3-7. The Symposium will feature Keynote Speakers such as IMG President George Pyne and Under Armour founder and CEO Kevin Plank. Among topics discussed will be performance training; leadership, management, and personal development; and the C360 Certification [...]

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Better every day.
That’s the mantra Andre Milan lives by; a mantra adopted from his Performance Specialist Trevor Anderson.
“It’s a saying I have. I put it on a bracelet,” Anderson said, flashing his own. “When I saw him this summer, that bracelet was the first thing he showed me. And I can tell he believes it. [...]

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Lyric’s from a very popular song by C + C Music Factory but reality for the campers who perform the sweat test at IMG Academies in the Performance Institute.
Every so often the Performance Institute performs the Sweat Rate Measurement on various athletes on campus. The Sweat Test measures the amount of fluid lost and [...]

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‘Get In Where You Fit In’

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Posted: Thursday, August 5th, 2010

Carly Cerna-Balanoff is going to be a sophomore in high school and wants to tryout for the varsity volleyball team, but she is attending Saint Thomas Aquinas and the team she’s trying out for is a 4 time state champion and last year runner up for the state title. This is quit a daunting task, [...]

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‘Cardiac Jags’

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Posted: Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

The Jacksonville Jaguars has gotten a new face lift on the defense. Upon acquiring some talented rookies in the 2010 NFL Draft they have also acquired some veteran help from some seasoned players, one being Michael Coe. Coe who was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in 2007 (5th round) has been in the league for [...]

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‘Down but Not Out’

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Posted: Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Going from being a future sure fire NFL draft pick to barely being able to walk Sean Smalls of  the Hartford Colonials takes us through his injury, his struggles and working his way back to the League.

Sean Smalls was a very promising college star for the University of Massachusetts going into his senior year being [...]

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The comeback of D’Qwell Jackson

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Posted: Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Two years ago, D’Qwell Jackson dominated the middle of the Cleveland Browns defense, tallying 188 tackles to lead the team.
Last season, an injury in week six ended his season prematurely. To get back to his ‘09 form, Jackson has spent the bulk of his time rehabbing, staying in shape and keeping his mind focused at [...]

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