by John Cortese | Dec 16, 2014 | Announcements, Baseball Training, In Season Training, Softball Training, Speed Training, Strength Training, Youth Athletes
Baseball and softball are two of the most competitive sports that young athletes participate in when it comes to the middle school and high school sports training world. There are tons of different leagues, travel teams, coaches, organizations, scouts, tournaments,...
by John Cortese | Dec 2, 2013 | Agility Training, Baseball Training, Basketball Training, Featured Posts, Football Training, Injury Prevention, Mindset, Recent Posts, Softball Training, Speed Training, Strength Training, Vertical Jump Training
The terms “Strength Training” or “Weight Training” or even “Weightlifting” are some of the most misused and misunderstood phrases that is commonly thrown around to describe a big, slow, bulky behemoth looking man or woman that you...
by John Cortese | Aug 22, 2013 | Agility Training, Conditioning, Featured Posts, Flexibility and Mobility, In Season Training, Speed Training, Strength Training, Youth Athletes
The Truth About Speed Training for Young Athletes is quite simple, really! You see, my coaches and I have worked with hundreds of different athletes from all sports, backgrounds, and ages. One of the top goals of every athlete that comes to train with us is to...
by John Cortese | Feb 12, 2013 | Baseball Training, Football Training, In Season Training, Recent Posts, Speed Training, Uncategorized, Videos
Most athletes fail to understand the importance of training year-around with some form of GPP or general physical preparedness. It’s way too common to see young athletes specialize in one sport and spend all of their time training their skills, rather than...
by John Cortese | Jan 31, 2013 | Agility Training, Baseball Training, Basketball Training, Conditioning, Featured Posts, Football Training, In Season Training, Olympic Weightlifting, Recent Posts, Speed Training, Track and Field
I can just hear it now… “I’m too tired”… “I’m too busy” “Practice is too long” We hear these same excuses from athletes who are either leading up to their competitive season OR currently in the competitive...
by John Cortese | Jan 31, 2013 | Featured Posts, Football Training, Olympic Weightlifting, Recent Posts, Speed Training, Strength Training
Hey guys, Check out this video of team CTS Strength & Conditioning at the 2013 PWA Junior and Senior weightlifting championships in San Francisco, CA! Every one of our junior athletes (20U) took home at least one medal AND hit new personal records!! Nice work...