Both the Marauders (16-3) and Manatees (11-6) entered Tuesday’s action as the probable top seeds for the playoffs. The Marauders are already guaranteed either the one or two seed. The only team with a chance to overtake the Marauders for the top position in the IMG Wood Bat League before the playoffs would be the [...]
Vision training continues to impress many athletes at IMG and Chase Votaw is one of them. The Gateway Charter High (Ft. Myers, FL) sophomore linebacker came to the IMG Madden Football Academy in hopes of improving his vision, among other parts of his game but he had no idea the advanced technology the Performance [...]
Alex and Alex: two IMG Soccer Academy veterans and unlikely best-of-friends. There’s Ohio Alex, aka Alex Elliott, a 17 year old junior from Columbus, and there’s LA Alex, aka Alex Schuster, a 16 year old sophomore from California. They met as roommates last summer, training and residing at IMG for three weeks. This year, they [...]
Nationally renowned lacrosse coach Ted Garber joined campers Wednesday at the IMG Lacrosse Academy for a day of fun and instruction in Bradenton, Fla. He and Academy director Kevin Finneran have been friends for many years. When Finneran approached him and asked if he would spend some time with his campers, Garber jumped at the [...]
Campers at the IMG Madden Football Academy relished the moments as high school, collegiate, and pro athletes hit the field together during today’s WR/ QB session. Cleveland Browns Linebacker D’qwell Jackson and Baltimore Ravens Cornerback Fabian Washington ran along side Florida State Freshman QB, Clint Trickett and top high school recruit, Jefferson High [...]
Hagan Bottomley traveled from Evans, Georgia expecting to take part in a two-week lacrosse camp at the recently-launched IMG Lacrosse Academy. Nearing the end of her stay, she decided to stay on for one more week of fun and skills training. We caught up with the 15-year-old sports junkie for a little Q&A:
Q. Why did [...]
Larry Jackson has come a long way. Literally and figuratively. The second youngest in a family of two girls and two boys, Larry grew up in East Palo Alto, California- a part of the Bay Area socioeconomically similar to Compton. But his hard working mother- a Registered Nurse and caretaker, and father- a handyman round [...]
IMG Academies Women’s Lacrosse Coach Aly Josephs on the importance of the triple threat video demo.
The IMG Lacrosse Academy will be hosting 7 special guest coaches this summer at camp. Mike Pressler, Ted Garber, Kirk Ventiquattro, Ryan Winters, Matt Kerwick, Chazz Woodson, and Max Seibald. The IMG Lacrosse Academy, directed by eight-time World Champion Kevin Finneran, looks forward to the Summer additions. ?We are excited and honored to welcome all [...]
Manatee County recently approved a $65,000 grant for the creation of jobs at IMG Academies.
Here’s what an op/ed column in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune had to say about the grant and IMG Academies:
EARLIER THIS MONTH, I HAD one of those “Aha!” moments during a chance meeting on a business trip.
I chatted with a gentleman who told [...]
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