Nike SPARQ Training Programs

General Athletic Performance

At the core of every player in every game in every sport is an athlete. At SPARQ, we believe that if you train to be a better athlete, you will excel in whatever sport you choose to play. So if you play tennis or volleyball, if you’re a wrestler or a hockey player, this rating will tell you what need to know about your overall athleticism.

The SPARQ Athletic Assessment is a fantastic tool to help you decipher what you need to do to improve yourself, the Athlete, so you can dominate your competition, no matter what sport you play.

Competition in basketball is fierce. First, you compete for a spot on the team, then you’re competing for a spot in the starting line up and THEN you finally get to compete against your opponent. But what about yourself - do you compete with yourself? Pitting the athlete you were against the athlete you are to become, the athlete you know you can be.

Basketball is full of one-dimensional skill "guys" – incomplete players who have the length to block shots, or a sweet outside jumper. But to be a complete athlete and a better player, you have to train. If you can find the drive within yourself to improve as an athlete, SPARQ Protocols, Rating and Training has what you need to succeed.

Football has changed. You may have noticed. The cuts are quicker, the action is faster, the hits are harder and the players are more powerful and explosive than at any other time in the game’s history. To keep up, athletes must commit themselves to training – off and in season – to push beyond perceived limits, break through physical barriers to become faster, more powerful, more agile, more instinctive and lightening quick.

SPARQ Training, Protocols and Ratings will help you raise your level of athleticism, and raise your game. And as a result, you may just end up raising a championship trophy come December.

Do you think Babe Ruth would cut it in today’s brand of baseball? The "slow" game of baseball now moves at light-speed and successful baseball athletes know they have to train to be faster off the base pad, quicker to the ball in the infield, more powerful behind the plate, and a defensive monster in the outfield.

If you’re looking for ways to enhance your game that won’t get you called in front of a congressional committee, SPARQ provides the tools - Protocols, Ratings and Training - you need to elevate your athleticism. It’s already inside you – use SPARQ to let it out.

Fastpitch Softball Performance

Does it get any better than a strike out to end the game? Or a lightening quick, blink-and-you-miss-it double play? Or launching the ball into the hole in deep left? Or beating out a throw to the plate? Fastpitch is a high-intensity, high-power game that requires bursts of speed and agile body control. A athlete who is committed to training will blow away her competition.

SPARQ studied fast pitch and its players to develop comprehensive Protocols, Ratings and Training that address specific aspects of the game and its athletes. Use these tools, along with your own motivation and drive, to expand your athletic potential.

Soccer Performance

You already know you’re the fastest person on the pitch, and you want to make sure you’re on the ball when it counts. Or maybe this year you’re determined to claim a place in the starting 11. Either way, soccer is your passion, and you know that to reach your dreams, you have to train. Lucky for you, training is our passion.

SPARQ provides Protocols, Ratings and Training designed specifically for soccer. Because to get where you want to go as an athlete, you have to know where you stand – and SPARQ has you covered.

And as of this spring, SPARQ’s coverage of elite youth soccer just got broader. SPARQ is now the Official Performance Testing and Training partner to U.S. Soccer Federation. U.S. Soccer Federation understands that physical training is a vital component of player development. As part of its commitment to provide elite youth players with the best possible environment and tools for training and development, U.S. Soccer has partnered with SPARQ to enhance training for players on the men’s and women’s Youth National Teams and all clubs in the Development Academy.

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