2KAcademy
Speed | Agility | Quickness
Kristen Konkol
Ph.D. in Sports Science and NASM-certified Performance Enhancement Specialist, founded the program with the goal of assisting athletes in reaching their maximum potential.
about the coach
Kristen is currently a professor of Exercise Science at Syracuse University. She was a multisport athlete that played basketball at the D1 level. She worked with youth and college athletes while living overseas as well as in Wisconsin, Minnesota and in New York. She had the opportunity to work with the Guyana Football (soccer) and Basketball Federations overseas as a player and coach. She also played and coached soccer while living in South Africa. She helped to develop a youth football (soccer) program (Izichwe) which developed youth at the provincial and national level, and assisted with the soccer program at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She has worked with and trained youth, college, national and professional level athletes in speed, agility and quickness performance enhancement.
Credentials: Ph.D. Sports Science, National Academy of Sports Medicine Performance Enhancement Specialist
The training program
Goals
Improve balance, coordination, proprioception, vision, reaction time, conditioning, core strength and the ability to accelerate, decelerate and change direction rapidly and efficiently.
Why is this important?
In the highly competitive world of sport, athletes are always looking for an edge. Athletes look to find at least one thing to help to widen the margin and compete at the highest level they can. A program that can maximize an athletes’ performance while also decreasing the risk of injury is key to widening the competition gap.
Through Speed, Agility, and Quickness (SAQ) training one can improve balance, coordination, proprioception, vision, reaction time, conditioning, and core strength. This is why SAQ training is great for all sports.
The ability to rapidly and efficiently accelerate, decelerate and change direction is an essential element of success. Having the physical capacities required to maintain explosive speed (repeat sprint ability) to the final whistle will set you apart from your opposition. Breaking away from your opponent and maintaining control at a fast pace are all attributed to athletic function and speed development. This program will focus on perfecting these skills while dramatically increasing agility, speed, explosive strength, and power.